1982 [Als ob's gestern war] [English translation]

As if it was yesterday, from Atlanta to Extertal

It wasn't long after the reunification

Then in Almena, I could barely speak the language

Three siblings, small room, mom on the bed couch

The only Latchkey Child* in the German course

Was home alone, until 7 pm

As if it was yesterday

Lied in the bunk bed, was absorbt in huge stadiums

Bad guitar riffs, loved the limelights

Soccer was in, dribbled in offence like Kirsten, Kuntz or Chapisat²

Listen to "What is Love", "Mr. Vain", "Ace of Base"

Shortly afterwards, "Ace of Spades"

As if it was yesterday

As if it was yesterday (was yesterday)

To go to paradise³, I only had to drive two stations with the suburban train

Arrived between tourists and nudism

Have our own Lloret de Mar

We're beach children, don't get along with stress

School is only nice on the last day

Oh, forgive us that we were heroes

I burn here in the district four hectares

Deep fear in my eyes, only seen by my sister

As if it was yesterday, the full moon shines

Wasn't it that pretty, you wouldn't need the lighthouse

There is no Toys"R"Us, there is only a Broiler-Bar

Hammer and sickle shine between all flags of Germany

Beckhausstraße, Bielefeld, industrial park

Opposite the Miele factory, above of the gas station

Smell of diesel and petrol in the nose

In front of the door where you push through the rent

The kimney so big built, in the way of every dream

State street so loud, thought hardly to understand

By day standing in the record shop, then filling the bar until night, filled with panic that it would continue like that forever

As if it was yesterday

Elch on the beats, Lump and Bobo rapping,

Cracking Cool Edit Pro, DJ Rob on the decks,

Long before "So Perfekt", long, long before the ash rain⁴

Pimpulsiv, Timi, Shef record everything at Bjet's, yeah

As if it was yesterday

Juggle once around the block, I'm Hansa-child

Come on, who wants to lose today?

The days of dark clouds are over

Now you see huge sunflowers blowing before the houses

Risen from ruins⁵ to brand-new bluejeans

Practice tricks with a Zippo storm lighter - We are made of petrol

Our role models wrestlers, street gangs

No time for politics because every parliament segregates colors

No wonder that thick cars are burning here sometimes at night

Looks like the pictures from the Tagesschau news you know from Yugoslawia

I woke up, the shot suddenly wakes me up

But that's the way it sounds when a dream bursts somewhere near here

Was a long way from Hardenkamp to the party city (Berlin)

Where lamps glow always just as Mardi Gras

Alex said that I'll make it until it works

All thought I was crazy

As if it was yesterday

Battledrones, Hanse City, we are Baus

Freestyle with Marten in front of the fist

Kinder des Zorns with Sep' und A' was published

667 to Selfmade, damn what a chaos

Then the Chronik, all "Mittelfinger hoch"

With Affenboss and Ilke to the shows

Not always much life here, but always best times

I'm anxios how the shit continues

As if it was yesterday

As if it was yesterday

Walk through the Beatstreet, generation MTV

Because MTV plays music

Tiny Toons, Freakazoid in TV

In infinite repeat the "Sabotage" video by the Beastie Boys

We settle on Hip-Hop

Everything else too tight, we make our sweaters ourselves - Wu-Tang

A life between Truman Show and hood over the head

Battlefight Galactica, look I'm fan of the Roots

Writing lyrics, don't waste time

Bad alien-bong-posters on my four walls

You mustn't look at the boys in front of the casino

Get a load of gas from extreme right-wing skins

As if it was yesterday