Amerika [English translation]

1)

So that's what they look like, the guys,

look there, they even got a black guy with them!

Look on top of the tank over there,

he's eighteen at most, our liberator!

They warned us of them,

why have we believed in all this crap?

Those guys went through quite something,

it's a long way from the canal, if you walk through mines.

Where they come from it's night now,

they're still sleeping around this time, beyond the ocean.

They have houses taller than the cathedral (Cologne Cathedral),

where Jazz is on the radio all day long.

Refrain:

They say everyone is equal there,

no matter if poor or rich - America

And everyone would get his chance there,

a paradise of a country - America

2)

Americans here in our street

Don't tell me now you have seen this coming from the beginning.

"He, Mister, do you have chocolate?"

The children were the first to lay down their fear and talk to them.

What I wouldn't give for a Lucky Strike!

I smoke only straw for an eternity now.

Blessed is he, who wins such a war,

he can get himself women for a few nylons.

Where they come from they're doing well,

there never was a single city threatened by a bomb.

Over there all houses are standing still,

everyone gets fed there, warm meals being cooked every day around lunchtime.

Refrain:

They say everyone is equal there,

no matter if poor or rich - America

And everyone would get his chance there,

a paradise of a country - America

• Artist:BAP