Lebende Legende [English translation]

[Verse 1]

Yeah - a new king was born, it was 2001

King of Kingz - have I got your full attention?

Started with demo tracks, that's Orgi's fault

Aiming high, without a plan, coke or patience

We were young back then, were hungry and had no job

Because they sold dope by the kilo in my block. (Yeah)

Everyone takes what he can, everyone fights for himself

If someone wants you to be a thug, think of me.

I've seen everything from the kerb to the skyline

The first one in Germany to talk about drive-bys

We just wanted a quick buck at any cost

And if there were rules we did the opposite

I still don't give a fuck about your rap shit

You don't need technique to fill accounts

You just need the right instinct here and there

Maybe you could achieve something if I weren't around any more. (Yeah)

[Hook]

We have been hoping for years that someone will finally listen to us

Nobody could have known where the journey will end

The first time you throw the towel into the crowd*

Nobody could have known where the journey will end

Look where we were then, look where we are today

Nobody could have known where the journey will end

When you hear an angel the devil will sing too

Nobody could have known where the journey will end

[Verse 2]

When I finally signed one day

I talked about a plan I came up with

But for some reason no one wanted to understand me

So I went my own way and bought my first 7 Series

Whoever is independent, they say an era is at an end

Sonny Black - living legends

In those days it didn't suit anyone that we were successful

My first gold records made me an enemy of the state!

And on the back of that a Golden Age followed

And I invited the whole nation to bear witness. (Yeah)

I've cleared my horizon of clouds

And what hasn't happened by now shall never be

Everything surely needs a reason

I don't need people to tell me what to do

Full stop!

I'm sly like a fox

I can dig myself out of trouble

The monkeys around me seem deaf, blind and dumb

[Hook x2]

We have been hoping for years that someone will finally listen to us

Nobody could have known where the journey will end

The first time you throw the towel into the crowd

Nobody could have known where the journey will end

Look where we were then, look where we are today

Nobody could have known where the journey will end

When you hear an angel the devil will sing too

Nobody could have known where the journey will end