You want to hear the truth
to know how it really was
what happened to rap
since the time you were 14
where are the times of bunkers
when you need them
without internet or cellphones
money and applause
I miss it, I got used to it, but you know
it wasn't always like that, Berlin used to be the coolest1
Today there's only immigrated Berlin citizens2 and tourist bars
back then, they respected you when you sprayed graffiti
But in the real world, egos aren't wanted
I have 100.000 fans and you less than 5
and still I have the same wounds like you
more money, more problems: ersguterjunge3 yeah
Never again stress with Sido4
with filming like Tarantino did with Specter (of reason)
We won the Echo5 for best video
I watched carefully what was happening,
there's a good act here, and a thousand copycats
hook:
If I had the choice, I would do it all again
I would walk the same road again through this storm
would want to feel the feeling of the first step again
'cause only at the end you know who you really are
If I had the choice, I would do it all again
I would walk the same road again through this storm
once again the flashlight storm, but in any case you should
know the downsides, that's life
second verse
I started at the bottom and anyone knows it now,
you get successful when an idea pops into your mind
First I was underground, then major and then independent
I know, you get rewarded when you do it right
You say, I didn't deserve the Bambi award6
because of things that happened in my past
On tour, I united everyone on my own
I moved to arenas when music halls weren't big enough
there, black and white raised their hands when I raised mine
In stead of saying that I adjusted well, they say that I ruined the youth
It's my fault that they wear leather jackets, have no pencil cases and live that, what I say
Fuck the government, I can't help your mistakes
King Bushido starts to think politics don't need electors
2x Hook
hook:
If I had the choice, I would do it all again
I would walk the same road again through this storm
would want to feel the feeling of the first step again
'cause only at the end you know who you really are
If I had the choice, I would do it all again
I would walk the same road again through this storm
once again the flashlight storm, but in any case you should
know the downsides, that's life
1. I assume 'dickste' is used in that sense here. The actual sense of 'dickste' is 'fattest'.2. a 'Wahlberliner' is someone who wasn't born and raised in Berlin, but moved there by choice3. Bushido's record label. Ersguterjunge is the short form of 'er ist ein guter Junge', meaning 'he is a good boy'4. another german rapper5. Echo Awards, the most important music awards in Germany6. the Bambi awards are the oldest media awards in Germany