Augen auf [English translation]

“Heyy! Hello kids”

“Hello Sido”

“Hey Anna, hey Thorsten and all others, Levin put down the cell, should I tell you a story?”

“yes”

“Then listen now!”

Little Jenny was so cute when she was 6 years old,

But then mama had her little sister!

Now she was no longer the center of attention, but at the back of the line,

And then when she was 12 she started drinking uninhibitedly.

It was like a cry for help, that no one really heard!

Every sip she took, she thought “Mama, please be repulsed”

But Mama, was only seldom there, none paid attention.

Papa rather has a night on the town with his co-workers.

Jenny was outside with her gang where they loved her,

There she was understood, knowing about the situation at home.

When she was 13 she went to party’s for 18 year olds

With make up like a hoochie mama, jumping into the nightlife!

E, Coke, fucking in the ladies room,

Doing 56 tequila shots flat just because,

How much more can this girl take?

And I am saying: kids come on, we have to tell the parents

Something like this:

Chorus:

Heyyyy – Mama open your eyes,

Help to get rid of my habits,

I want to grow up so badly

And not die when I am 18

Heyyyy – Papa open your eyes,

I am not out of the house yet

Regardless of difficulties you have to

Show love and affection.

The birth of little Justin had not been really planned

But his Mama believed that ‘abortion means killing’.

The problem was just, that Papa was against it

That’s why Justin had been found abandoned

He grew up in an orphanage from the start

But when his social worker said something, he didn’t give a shit

He found out fast that the place was not his home,

Here they made you feel that you are good for nothing

There is only little hope that he will turn 18 alive

Because he smoked cigarettes when he was 6, pot when he was 8, and is drunk at 10.

Say, how much more can this boy take?

And I am saying: kids come on, we have to tell the parents

Something like this:

To raise a child is not easy, I know that!

You are always busy, even when you’re off.

Always be watchful! Always keeping an eye on the brat,

Best yet let him wear a bell around his neck

Kids are expensive – so you have to earn money

And

You have to acknowledge problems

And

You have to listen during good and bad times

And

You have to be there

And

You have to show love

If you make a child it is because you wanted it!

But as soon as reality hit with the upbringing you have enough

How much more can the Kids in Germany take? How many?

Listen if your kids are talking and saying

Something like that:

[3x] Chorus:

Heyyyy – Mama open your eyes,

Help to get rid of my habbits,

I want to grow up so badly

And not die when I am 18

Heyyyy – Papa open your eyes,

I am not out of the house yet

Regardless of difficulties you have to

Show love and affection.

• Artist:Sido
• Album:Ich und meine Maske (2008)