Superheld [English translation]

Hey!

I would like to be your superhero.

Oh yeah!

Because many people can't imagine and don't know how it feels like when your son is lying next to you in the bed and tells you:

I wish I was white.

And you know that all of his superheroes are white - starting with Harry Potter through to Luke.

And I can tell you one thing for for sure: If they had met you they would have wished to look like you.

And I know, sometimes it isn't that easy to be dark skinned (brown) when the majority is white.

You look around and you compare yourself with the other ones and you feel lonely and you are desperate.

I I have first-hand experience of that but in the course of time I learned that the doubts and the pain can vanish as you get older.

And you will realize your value and till then I would like to be your superhero...

Your superhero with a dark skin. But I can't raise myself into the air, there won't be any thunderbolts through my hands.

However, I can be there for you and I can promise to love you.

Because many people can't imagine and don't know what it is like...

when you grow up as a dark-skinned boy in a white country

and when you miss something you don't get there.

Because you are often the only one here and now and then you will be disrespected.

But believe me, no, better yet, Baby, believe in you. Then you can achieve everything you want. However, I know sometimes it isn't easy to be different when the majority is quite the same here.

And you look around and you compare yourself with the other ones.

You feel lonely and you are desperate.

I have first-hand experience of that but I went my own way.

And I'm not a superhero, just an average (simple?) man who will be there for you for a lifetime.

Nevertheless, I would like to be your superhero.

Your superhero with a dark skin. But I can't raise myself into the air, there won't be any thunderbolts through my hands.

However, I can be there for you and I can promise to love you, to love you!

Listen, my superhero is just half my size. No, he is not that tall but he is somehow so great. Yes, this is my small man. It seems he can do everything.

He plays soccer so well...in two years he will mug ( win against) Ballack.

He can run fast, swims and rides a bike well,

he draws pretty pictures

for me on Christmas and on Father's day.

He sings, plays the piano and the drums.

He can build a "Transformer" in a minute.

But he can do more things than that: He can write and read, calculate but freestyle and break dance as well.

He pays attention in class as he wants to be educated.

He is always kind to people, always ready to help...

muscles that are really huge and a sixpack made of steel...

superhero with a dark skin...this is the standard now.

So many people (superheroes) are out there who are like that.

Just wait and watch, your time has just started here ( just started)

I would like to be your superhero...

Your superhero with a dark skin. But I can't raise myself into the air, there won't be any thunderbolts through my hands.

However, I can be there for you and I can promise to love you, to love you!