Almanya [English translation]

He came from Kozan in Anatolia about fifteen years ago

Arrived on a wet and cold evening in February.

He who never made it beyond Adana

Except for his military service

When they sent him to Trabzon by the Black Sea.

"Almanya" was the magic word there, too

But only after having three children did he manage to get here

[Chorus:]

Almanya - dream destination, fairytale land

Almanya - at that time you still were unknown

A moist dump and a job underground

Each end of a month he'd send home money

And spend a quarter of an hour at the blondie's parlour

Who was rewarded for it.

It took a thousand and one nights until he could take in

His wife and kids who didn't recognize him.

Some time later his eldest son asked him

Why they'd call him "Canack"1 at school.

[Chorus]

All worked well except for some dirty talks and swastikas

Which he started to take seriously too late

And made them into the tip of an iceberg.

Until that one night when the cops brought home Ahmed covered in blood

Who had more pride than daddy

They claimed he had menaced six young Germans on a train

with a stiletto and for no reason.

[Chorus]

In Anatolia in Kozan

Five laid off slaves

"White niggers" who had been pushed around

Have buried their dream of the fairytale land.

It can't be a coincidence

That [in German] the words "Poets and Thinkers"

Make such a terribly good rhyme -still-

On "Judges and Hangmen"

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1. cuss word for foreigners from the Middle East or North Africa

• Artist:BAP
• Album:Ahl Männer, aalglatt (1986)