Bordstein und skyline zugleich [English translation]

(The lyrics that are posted here seem to be incorrect in places. There are a couple of different versions on the Internet. I used the posted ones along with what I can make out from listening to the song on Youtube.)

When I say jump, you only ask how high,

bury yourself at the cemetery, my name: Bushido,

what millionaire? You know that I would be

like i am, even if my pockets were empty,

(did Hallas lay1 formerly across from the palace2

today I wake up, exorbitant the palace

each one of you wants to be a pro like me

but unfortunately you will never catch up to me,

I thought they'd say no to an ex drug dealer,

but I made it into the upper league,

Tempelhof, Neukölln, dudes that speak no German,

you only see junkies that chase after the stuff,

everybody here pisses on your video blog,

but I was always that one, always this dealer on the bloc,

and from the horizon to the asphalt,

I was never the same since my stint in jail

Hook:

One thing you rappers cannot deny,

I am the most successful rapper of all times,

you'll bite the dust, one word from me is enough,

I am skyline and curb at once,

What dude is superior for so long,

no, you don't have to think on it for long,

everybody knows it, the time is right

I am curb and skyline at once.

Part 2:

I have a friend with me, you don't have a friend with you

and believe me, it's not Moritz Bleibtreu3 I have with me

I come from this one town,

with the poker robbery4, Lanz5 makes himself out to be super smart, but

hangs up my poster at home,

I am (Tunis?6), don't make like Lunis7

King Bushido, nobody tells me what to do,

back then I was still the youngest in the park,

sold un-sprayed grass8 half a gram for DEM 5.00,

today I take five stars under an artist's contract

if somebody gets smart with me he'll live off the state in the future

Schöneberg/Mitte9, I piss on your drivel

Schwarzkopf in the Mercedes, followed by the vice,

I will run you over kind of like a tractor trailer,

they will be shocked when your parents will see me,

and from to curb to the skyline,

I made it from downstairs,

all the way up to prime time

Hook:

One thing you rappers cannot deny,

I am the most successful rapper of all times,

you'll bite the dust, one word from me is enough,

I am skyline and curb at once,

What dude is superior for so long,

no, you don't have to think on it for long,

everybody knows it, the time is right

I am curb and skyline at once.

Part 3:

I meet your shit gang at a picnic,

do a hat trick when I kick your Tupperware container

what Bambi, I am not Ghandi

still a wog10 when you look at me close

yeah,

yes my life is now going perfectly

at this time a shout out to Volker Beck11

young man, I'm back like a boomerang,

don't babble at the gansta, go take a number man,

I started at the very bottom because I was never a rapper,

my world is grey, that's the weather in Berlin,

Wedding/Kreuzberg12 where nobody learns German

but where everybody drives a new Merceds,

everything OK, ghetto star, VIP,

tomorrow in the Bundestag13 already, never say never,

because from the skyline back to the curb,

I fucked the business in record time, yeah,

Hook:

One thing you rappers cannot deny,

I am the most successful rapper of all times,

you'll bite the dust, one word from me is enough,

I am skyline and curb at once,

What dude is superior for so long,

no, you don't have to think on it for long,

everybody knows it, the time is right

I am curb and skyline at once.

1. this does not make much sense and when you listen to the song, it doesn't sound like that's what he says, but I am not sure what it is he does say!2. Likely a reference to the Palace of the Republic in Berlin3. German actor4. an incident where masked gunmen robbed the European Poker Tour in Berlin5. Markus Lanz, German tv presenter; Bushido was on his show and afterwards parts of his discussion was cut/censored6. I am not sure if this is what he actually is saying and if so, what it means. Possibly something to do with his father being Tunisian??7. German DJ8. untreated marijuana9. Localities in Berlin10. Kanake (wog in British English) is a derogatory term for Southern Europeans11. German politician12. boroughs in Berlin13. legislature

• Artist:Bushido
• Album:A=myF