Schwer erziehbar 2010 [English translation]

(1)

Now I know life isn't a bed of roses1

On my wish list for Christmas: I hope Daddy is dead

As for my mother I hope she's strong enough

and suffers for a while

This track here is my journal

I write it down, I don't have a mother anymore

But the Bible says thou shalt honour thy father and thy mother, too

I say thanks, thanks for the Ritalin

and the Parazine2 later on

Thanks Mom, I say it to your face

27 years, man, I thank you for nothing

'cause you've never believed in me, never empowered me

I've never confided in you, never looked up to you

I think about it and realize how it gets me down

When you don't know, don't know whether your mother loves you

You think of yourself and don't give a shit about me

Danger to society? I didn't have a choice!

(Hook)

Behaviourally challenged3 because I'm still not done

Behaviourally challenged, nobody plays with the street kid any more

Behaviourally challenged, Mom, tonight I'll disappoint you

I'm like a devil, I know you're not proud of me

Behaviourally challenged, I hope you can forgive me

Behaviourally challenged, but I am who I am

I remain behaviourally challenged

Mom, why is your heart made of stone?

Why are you sending me to a foster home?

Please don't leave me alone.

(2)

I'm sick, why?

You've made me sick

And when I dreamed of you at night

I only dreamed of fear and hate

What you've done? You've only thought of yourself

Dressed up for other guys

But for me you've done nothing

A few presents, but love you cannot give

Don't tell me

Please Patrick I'm so worried about you

Do you remember that time? Fuck, you reported me

Your own flesh and blood had been homeless all that time

Off to a community home

You say you're not strong enough for kids and family

You lie with every breath you take

Every day a note from school

Your son's drunk, doesn't pay attention, is hyper-active

Damn, you shunted me off

Patrick is too inconvenient

Out in the cold I had to stand all alone in the dark

You are gone, but the ghetto is blood

And I am who I am: Frank White, the rapper

(Hook)

Behaviourally challenged, because I'm still not done

Behaviourally challenged, nobody plays with the street kid any more

Behaviourally challenged, Mom, tonight I'll disappoint you

I'm like a devil, I know you're not proud of me

Behaviourally challenged, I hope you can forgive me

Behaviourally challenged, but I am who I am

I remain behaviourally challenged

Mom, why is your heart made of stone?

Why are you sending me to a foster home?

Please don't leave me alone.

(Outro)

This is my song

I give it to you for Mother's Day

Isn't that nice?

Life is so wonderful

I want to hate you, but I don't know whether that's right

I want to love you, but I know I haven't missed you

(Hook)

Behaviourally challenged, because I'm still not done

Behaviourally challenged, nobody plays with the street kid any more

Behaviourally challenged, Mom, tonight I'll disappoint you

I'm like a devil, I know you're not proud of me

Behaviourally challenged, I hope you can forgive me

Behaviourally challenged, but I am who I am

I remain behaviourally challenged

Mom, why is your heart made of stone?

Why are you sending me to a foster home?

Please don't leave me alone.

1. kein Zuckerschlecken: not a picnic, walk in the park, all fun and games2. international name for Taxilan3. the most common English adjective for 'schwer erziehbar' is 'difficult', a word that in this context doesn't really catch the severity of the problem. Other than that it is phrased as 'with behavioural problems' which in this translation sounds a bit awkward