Your teacher hates you
If you're just a bit different
This whole country's just one big grade school
You won't ever leave its walls
Your employer hates you
If you're just a bit weird
You think life's more than cash
That a human life's more than just some numbers (nonsense)
The clerk at the kiosk hates you (him, too?)
People are awfully serious
They've forgotten everyone was a child once
They pretend they didn't come out of-- (shh)
Your candidate hates you
Your catechist hates you
Some guy on the internet hates you
But that ain't special, since he likes hating
You do a DNA test, to find out where your home is
White-red envelope, result: you came from here
(Get the fuck out)
Sorry, I can't, I came from here
(Get the fuck out, dude, just standing around and fucking whinging)
No, I can't, I came from here
(Don't like it here, then nothing's fucking stopping you)
Sorry, I can't, I came from here
(Telling you one last time, don't like it, get the fuck out, gone)
No, I can't, I came from here
The other side hates, too
Came from a small town - the elite finds you disgusting
If you're from the countryside, they don't even want to sneer at you
Since to them you don't exist if TVN1 doesn't see you
And then all on their own they came
Those sirs saying you have the right to exist
Sure, maybe their speech is a bit hateful
But those other ones speak with more and more aggression
A celebrity writing slogans on sheets of paper
Covered in tears, her little mascara got smudged
Later, the same star on giant posters
Praises shoes sewn in workshops full of slaves
I'd love to find an exit
But I live in a labyrinth behind a barricade
Every political debate
Is won by the one who shouts "Sir, it was You!" the loudest2
"You stole from your countrymen!"
"No, Sir, it was You, slandering the Poles!"
"You see, Sir, it was You who hurt the nation,
The nation, which is bleeding, 'cause you wanted yourselves stuffed!"3
"But You see, Sir, it was You!"
"Sir, Sir, it was You!"
"Sir, it was You!"
You do a DNA test, to find out where your home is
White-red envelope, result: you came from here
(Get the fuck out)
Sorry, I can't, I came from here
(Get the fuck out, dude, just standing around and fucking whinging)
No, I can't, I came from here
(Don't like it here, then nothing's fucking stopping you)
Sorry, I can't, I came from here
(Telling you one last time, don't like it, get the fuck out, gone)
No, I can't, I came from--
(One last fucking time, fucking leave, bitch)
(Meanwhile, on someone's land in Warsaw, another building rose up - a McDonald's bar. Mass media treated the arrival of the hamburger to Poland with reverence equal to that of bringing the ashes of Paderewski4. A BigMac was welcomed with the same protocol as president Bush.)
1. A Polish TV station2. All of the 'You's here are plural3. A more literal translation would be "'cause you wanted a manger"; in colloquial Polish, such a phrase compares the opponent to a pig, who merely wants to get stuffed and doesn't care for anything or anyone else.4. Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist and politician; an advocate for Polish independence.