Nie ein rapper 2 [English translation]

[Part 1]

'Cus I was a never a rapper

I've taught myself everything

Taught, how to make gold out of this shit

Look at me now, 8 years later, Man

I'll do this my whole life long

Had sleepless nights, no plans for the next day

Here no one will shed a tear for you

We're the "under" class, kids without prospects1

We reach for the stars and then die

That's life, it lets you get dull

All the setbacks feel like lacerations

And when I punch the probation officer

My lawyer shakes her head

I was never a rapper, because I don't tell fairy tales

One has goals, but most of them fall through

And since 1987 I wanted to be like Gordon Gekko

You all have rich parents and say Germany ain't got no ghetto

[Hook] [2x]

'Cus I was never a rapper, I fought for the streets

And Mama feels with with every line that I'm thinking of her

'Cus I was never a rapper, I never wanted to be respectable

I've got concrete in my chest, cus' of that I can't cry

[Part 2]

'Cus I was never a rapper, I never went to school 2

Didn't matter, since today I'm taking the Benz 'stead of the U-Bahn 3

I just thank my fans

Because where I come from, nothing's guaranteed

Given a piece of this pie

I've created an image

And I never sold out

'Cus I'm not like you (all)

And today, I've done it

All the money I've earned, for me it's like compensation

I've got better things to do than talking with reporters

Who'll just turn my words around anyway

It doesn't matter to me, what you (all) want

I'm not a kid anymore and I know for sure my mama's proud

Everything makes sense, I have my laugh back

I've cried, the fear makes you crazy

And maybe I had luck

I'm one of those that can say today: "Head high, the shit falls off"

[Hook] [2x]

[Part 3]

'Cus I was never a rapper, I've been on the bottom

I had to deal drugs and didn't write verses

'Cus I was never a rapper, you're (all) dogs that bark

That lose their courage and kill themselves

'Cus I was never a rapper, because I don't know a little stoner

I'm from Berlin-Who's Fifty Cent?

'Cus I was never a rapper, and I'm still not

I never wanted to be anything else, look, I'm still just me.

[Hook] [2x]

1. literally "kids with no career"2. literally "I was never a gay student"3. literally "And today the young man, despite this, takes the Benz instead of the U-Bahn" Presumably he's referring to himself in the third person.