Perspektiva [English translation]

Brain besides the PC, and unhealthy chow,

for the weaklings, there's always cheap dope to be found.

For the persistent a car, but the gas is pricey,

a 20 buck betting ticket - Sloba's ressurected1.

Europe awaits us, fridge looks like a pharmacy,

There's some bread and ketchup, you can sleep soundly2

On the TV - tennis, in the underwear - cobwebs3

from Pazar4 original Levi's5, freedom is a spook!

We harvested watermelons6, as the harvest was so bountiful.

Neck deep in shit, but you still swim.

No pay, no retirement check, no difference if you had them.

We live off of music, just keep the song playing.

There's football on the street, stones are goalposts

and a corner shop beer, to make things alright.

It's easier to be with company when you have problems,

I'll try and have a better outlook7.

Outlook, outlook...

our reality is black and white, our future is gray!

Outlook, outlook...

We all, all of us, have a dismal outlook!

Outlook, outlook...

our outlook is a cheap cigar.

Outlook, outlook...

outlook - a corner shop beer!

1. Slobodan Milošević2. "se", here and below, is a form of subject omission: "može da se" - you can, one can, it is possible...3. Lit. "spider", probably in place of the obvious rhyme of "penis", which is also slang for 'nothing'.4. Novi Pazar, home of Serbia's textile industry5. Original, US made Levi's were somewhat of a status symbol during the 80s and 90s6. Idiom: "we're fucked"7. The English word "perspective" is a false friend. "Perspektiva" means "outlook", both as in attitude (perspective), and as in future expectations (prospect)