Berlin tag und nacht [English translation]

Part 1

I'll take you with me to the City of dope

into the real1 life and not like in the soap opera

no matter what, Berlin stays straight

it's a city that never sleeps

'cause only here, brothers give me security

when you make it here, you can make it anywhere

here you simply live carelessly, like Icke 2

and in the morning you treat yourself to a 'Schrippe'3

I make myself comfortable as long as I live

that's the flavor that Lanz4 didn't understand

Sonny Black, this track is catchy

You hear it come out of cars at the 'Schlesisches Tor'5

there, where Hertha BSC6 will soon rise in the ranking

where light is shining out of the hearts of people

What are New York, Paris and Madrid

this here is Berlin, we don't give a fuck!

Hook:

Berlin day and night, I go on subway 7

damn, how I love this city

and when it's cold and grey, I know pretty well

that I'll stay here until the sun will laugh again

Berlin day and night, so much happens here

you could get lost in this huge city

I'm standing at the Brandenburger Tor7, like I did before

Four million people, everyone knows what you're doing

Part 2

B is the letter, Berlin the town

some day, the airport will be finished too8

this city has the most delicious women

and almost every man here is an honest soul

the Berlin mouth says what it thinks

in this city a gift every day

Be it us9 in the park in Wedding10

or the students there at the Hackescher Markt11

You hear the newest hits on Kiss fm

no matter where you are

people from small towns don't understand

I love the big B12 at the Spree13

In summer you make us feel good and in winter you hurt

I had your name tattooed because I support you

no matter if it's east, west, south or north

I'm happy about my Berlin every morning

Hook:

Berlin day and night, I go on subway 7

damn, how I love this city

and when it's cold and grey, I know pretty well

that I'll stay here until the sun will laugh again

Berlin day and night, so much happens here

you could get lost in this huge city

I'm standing at the Brandenburger Tor, like before

Four million people, everyone knows what you're doing

It's the vibe that the city spreads

one look out of the window and you'll see how it blossoms

24 hours action and party

From the 'Prenzlauer Berg'14 to Checkpoint Charlie15

in which other cities are there so many nationalities

and people that get along

The art and music, I too had a chance to create it

You know what? German hip hop was born here

I always missed it when we were out of town

My city from the Sony Center to the TV-tower

City of dreams, you are awake day and night

There, where I fulfilled my dreams

Drive through the city that is part of my everyday life

That is the reason why my album sounds like it does

you have no boundaries and since the fall of the wall16 you have no frontiers

Berlin, raise your hands

Hook:

Berlin day and night, I go on subway 7

damn, how I love this city

and when it's cold and grey, I know pretty well

that I'll stay here until the sun will laugh again

Berlin day and night, so much happens here

you could get lost in this huge city

I'm standing at the Brandenburger Tor, before

Four million people, everyone knows what you're doing

1. waschecht in literal sense is 'colorfast' (in the context of washing clothes) 2. David Icke, I assume3. a sort of small bread roll4. a couple of possibilities here: -

Peter Lanz, architect

- Markus Lanz, TV presentor

- A small community close to Berlin 5. a subway station in Berlin6. Berlin soccer team7. A monument in Berlin. Considered as the symbol of Berlin8. Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt airport, was scheduled to open in October 2012, but due to problems the opening is moved to 2013 or 20149. with 'kanacken' they mean people from Turkish or people from North African origin10. Wedding is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. (source: Wikipedia)11. The Hackescher Markt is a square in Berlin Mitte, known for it's night life12. Berlin13. river that flows through Berlin14. Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, forming the southern part of the borough of Pankow.

Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was itself a borough of Berlin; in that year it was merged (together with the former borough Weißensee) into the borough of Pankow.

After German reunification in 1990 Prenzlauer Berg became a centre for more bohemian Berlin youth, while more recently it has experienced gentrification. (source: Wikipedia)15. Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (source: Wikipedia)16. The Berlin wall, that used to part the city in east (part of the DDR, east-Germany) and west (part of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, back then West Germany) . The wall fell in november 1989 and east and west were reunited in 1990