Sei Gewarnt [English translation]

Verse 1

You’ve got to keep a cool head, even if you have to eat shit

Life is a test, and who thinks that it’s easy

Who’s your friend, who’s your enemy? God damn,

I don’t know!

I’ll toss a coin in the air, and I’ll decide

My dad says; open your eyes, you can’t trust anyone

But that doesn’t mean you should just steal from everyone

I know, my son; this world is damned ugly

But God alone decides who, here, is in the right

I’m supposed to work for peanuts ¹

Hear the arrogance of my boss in his undertone (ahhh)

That’s the way life is, we’re all feeling the pressure

Which one of you feels the anger I’ve got to swallow? ²

My girlfriend doesn’t say a word, but thinks:

“If this fucker cheats on me and breaks my heart,

I’ll cut his dick off while he’s sleeping.”

Now you know why I’m afraid to go to sleep

Ref: (2x)

Which one of you honestly means it? And who’s mistaken? ³

Show me your wounds and I’ll rub some salt into them

Consider yourself warned, ‘cause everyone’s in it for themselves

And if you act like a sheep, then they’ll devour you

Verse 2

Pull my hood up to hide my face and zip up my warm-up jacket

They put their unwanted babies in the baby hatch ⁴

For that reason, I looked deeper into the matter and I learned

They don’t like children, but love their dogs!

No morals, no conscience, no clue, no job! ⁵

Every day, I hear this voice in my head, which says:

“My friend, you were played for a fool

Why wait, go get all that money

You’re a decent guy, but you live in an ugly world

In which people consider human weaknesses as love”

And she was right, but I can’t go to prison

If Mama would see me in jail, then she’d kill me

And so there’s nothing left for me, except my voice, your voice,

His voice, pshhhht quiet silence

But I know my fans are blown away

They say, “Fard, you’re the king of rap for us!” (Aye)

Ref: (2x)

Which one of you honestly means it? And who’s mistaken?

Show me your wounds and I’ll rub some salt into them

Consider yourself warned, ‘cause everyone’s in it for themselves

And if you act like a sheep, then they’ll devour you

Verse 3

A lot of us want out of this misery

Out of these nightmares, out of this neighborhood

And Aisha promised her mother that she’d get out,

A promise that she’s never broken!

She once said, “for me, you’re a bunch of low-lifes! ⁶

Someday I’ll marry one of those rich men.

I’ll sell my body and buy me a house and a boat.”

For that, Hassan spit on her every day on the playground (puh)

We firmly believe that good will prevail

The devil’s in the details; your fate will be passed to you ⁷

“Ah, don’t listen to him; it’s just the devil here,

Forget all the others, don’t listen to the people

I hereby promise you heaven on earth

Believe me, my friend; heaven can’t be more beautiful

And I keep my word, you can ask anyone

And I only want to have your innocent soul for it, arahrr”

Ref: (2x)

Which one of you honestly means it? And who’s mistaken?

Show me your wounds and I’ll rub some salt into them

Consider yourself warned, ‘cause everyone’s in it for themselves

And if you act like a sheep, then they’ll devour you