"When you try to squeeze seven, eight people in a single apartment on the outskirts of Bucharest... family issues start coming up just like that"
I
Don't judge me too harshly, mom
I'm not a model son but I'm not scum either
Drugs and vagrancy until dawn
I'm never home when you wake up in the morning
Quarrels never end
I remember that you kicked me out of the house
I never thought I'd come back
No problem: my house is on the street
With the homies and the faggots,
The guys who stick by me and the hustlers
Where the f*** are you at now, dad?
Where the hell are you so I can tell you my pain
It would have been better if you had been here
But mom struggled hard and made it work without you anyway
These are just family problems and I'm sorry
That you didn't stick around to experience them by your kid's side
"I don't remember what my dad looked like. Maybe if I see someone on the street who looks like me I'll think it's him."
II
It's hard as a young'un to make it on your own
You're gonna run into a lot of problems
Pockets: empty, it's hard
When daddy buys vodka with the grocery money
Here he comes again, home late at night, drunk
Sees himself as a great hustler
Row after row every night
Your mother works like a slave to keep you in school
So that at least you can have a better life
In the 'hood the poverty remains a constant
You see kids that are all skin and bones
Filthy apartments turn your stomach inside out
And you feel like leaving and going out into the wide world
When your parents don't give a shit about you
Grit your teeth, no matter what goes down
They're only problems - only family problems (family problems)
III
Tired of going from job to job, some start looking to take a punt
Life is far from cheap
You wouldn't believe how little you make after a whole day's work
While others throw piles of it away
Your sister put on too many airs
So much so that she ended up a tramp
Your mother 's crying, covered in bruises
She says she slipped but it's not true
Some people's lives are like a soap opera
Only it's live, it's like you're on stage
You're the leading actor in the leading role
Even if the play seems a nightmare
If you're playing the role of Father, get a little worked up
Don't be just a spectator, if you get my meaning
Maybe you're having a hard time too
Both you and I've got family problems
"Too many children live alone in the 'hood and become problems for their families. That's just the reality of it is and no one can change that shit."