Raised in West Vienna in the nineties
Between Serbian signs of war on the house facades
My language foreign, no idea what people expect
They asked me "What do you want to become?" I said "A star", dreamed of ravens
Every evening to church, because mom said "Be thankful for what we have!" (Mom)
Your father is just in his twenties, so who's going to pay for your Nintendo? (Dad)
Since then I wanted to save my first million by the next millennium (but)
But cracking bikes and dealing grass wasn't even enough for the Penny Market stamps
Millennium came, still poor, dreamed of ravens
Two thousand years, smoke bong like a junkie, in my cloud
Build beats, which sound like shit, but I found them bomb
Thousands of texts at the back table of my class
From the whore director directly to the street, shame!
All I told them was

I've tried everything!
McDonald's for four hundred euros, didn't work
School was fun, but I didn't understand anything
My teachers back then told me that I wouldn't amount to anything
And I was frustrated
Didn't even study
From training to Hartz IV, I've tried everything
Didn't know what to do with myself, got myself tattooed
All teachers back then told me that I wouldn't amount to anything
But now I'm standing here and I have more money than you

2-0-0-7, move up to Berlin (peng peng)
This is how it has to work, sit for hours just on beats
To place them on some album
No one wants them and the managers even advise me not to produce
Stand frustrated every evening in front of Bushido posters, dream of ravens
Not a cent in my pocket, the job center bitch is totally overwhelmed
Zero support for me without work and citizenship
Play concerts in front of empty clubs, I'm so sick of these embarrassments
Before sleeping pictures of their mangy laughter, dream of ravens (ah)
2010, I bring tapes to the market, only with MySpace as promo
Earned money for the first time, the first sluts like my photo
But tax officers come into the apartment, first came the threat
Then they took everything, shame!
All I told them was

I've tried everything!
McDonald's for four hundred euros, didn't work
School was fun, but I didn't understand anything
My teachers back then told me that I wouldn't amount to anything
I was frustrated
Didn't even study
From training to Hartz IV, I've tried everything
Didn't know what to do with myself, got myself tattooed
All teachers back then told me that I wouldn't amount to anything
But now I'm standing here and I have more money than you

Now I'm standing here
Suddenly everyone was there, posting photos of me
Ah, believe me, I haven't forgotten anything, no, you're just tolerated
Ah, piss from West Vienna directly onto your posh district
Ah, until the last one gets it, until the last one sees it

It worked
Yes, Alpha A7 sports car anthracite foiled
Tax officers greeting, they made half a million off me
The daughter of the school director was sodomized backstage by the whole team, I sponsored
A raven on my back, controlling everything around me
It worked
It worked, yes, it worked
It worked
Mom, look, Dad, just look, it worked
It worked
It worked, yes, it worked
It worked
Tell everyone who once knew me, it worked

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