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Listen up, what you're doing ain't right

I don't give a shit about what you think is important

What's important is that I've got what you've also have

So spare me your advice and get lost. (Piss off)

Believe me, you're making a big mistake

Oh yeah? Who says that? You great teacher?

Yes man! Think of your brother, he needs you.

Shut your gob, do you think that makes me sad?

Mother's got no money in the damn bank and has been living out of the medicine cupboard for years

My father did it quite simply –

He'd had enough and went back to his homeland.

I can understand that that makes you angry

but don't you think that that makes us brothers

I don't understand why you won't let me talk to you,

You wanna talk? No problem, come on, we'll talk now!

You wanna help me? Help yourself! I don't need any – NO!

I'll fight my own battles, it was always that way – I was always like that, I see you tell lies like Pinocchio (2x)

Man, you claim that things are going bad for you and think that you live in a mess you poor swine

Be glad that you've got a roof over your head –

Another stupid saying like that and I'll knock your head off

It seems that you know nothing – I don't give a shit about that, I could scream in anger but no, I'm not crying.

Do you want to swap your soul for possessions?

I'm only doin' what everyone on the street is doin',

Why didn't you try at school?

Quite honestly, I was never good at school!

Lots of them laughed at me and took the piss, they thought that I was stupid 'cause I didn't master their language.

OK – I can understand, that it was hard –

It was much harder, I never had a father.

Now you come along, behaving politically correctly

Man, all your politics mean fuck all to me

You wanna help me? Help yourself! I don't need any – NO!

I'll fight my own battles, it was always that way – I was always like that, I see you tell lies like Pinocchio (2x)

Man, you've got to come down.

Come down for what?

The weight on my shoulders weighs a hundred tonnes,

Money isn't everything, yet without it nothing happens

Yeah, you're right man, I understand you.

No! You understand nothing, you're just all talk

You know nothing about me and my shit life

or what it's like when the cops kick your door in at 6 in the morning and haul you off as a suspect in handcuffs, in full view of the neighbours.

I'm pissed off. Shut the fuck up.

I've learnt to be a real man, show no weakness,

As I've said what you think isn't important.

Are you judging me?

No man –

Go fuck yourself!

One more thing, I never wanted to be known as a black sheep,

Now piss off, I've got to go into the bank.

• Artist:Fard
• Album:Alter Ego