[Intro]
Concrete breathin'
Graffiti bleedin'
Still dreamin'
Still breathin' (yeah)
[Verse 1]
First kiss at Warschauer
Cheap wine by the Spree
We were broke, we were louder
Didn’t care what they’d say to me
Turkish bakery, curry smoke
Three languages in one joke
Club stamp on my wrist for days
Sun up, still in a bass haze
Rainbow flags on a rainy night
Hand in hand, nobody asked why
You wore lace, I wore torn-up jeans
We were kings in a world between
[Chorus]
This is my Berlin, my heart, my track
City of love where the outcasts laugh
Every color on the map, every accent on the map
It’s turnin’ gray now
We want our Berlin back
We want our Berlin back (hey)
We want our Berlin back
From the fear and the cold and the narrow minds’ attack
Scream it from the U-Bahn
We want our Berlin back
[Verse 2]
Now rent higher than Fernsehturm
Old bar gone, there’s a brand-new firm
Posters torn for another march
Candles meltin' in the empty arch
You side-eye my friend on the late-night train
Like his brown skin is to blame
Politicians on a banner talk “law and order”
While a kid gets pushed at the border
But I still see love at Kotti
Drag queens sharin' fries, laughin' softly
Grandma dancin' to a street set
Says, “Ich war früher Punk, don’t forget”
[Chorus]
This is my Berlin, my heart, my track
City of love where the outcasts laugh
Every color on the map, every accent on the map
It’s turnin’ gray now
We want our Berlin back
We want our Berlin back (oh)
We want our Berlin back
From the fear and the cold and the narrow minds’ attack
Scream it from the U-Bahn
We want our Berlin back
[Bridge]
From Neukölln up to Wedding, can you feel that crack?
Every neighbor that they push out, every code they hack
But the beat still bumps in the basements, facts
We are louder than the hate, put your fists up, match
Every brick, every tag, every kiss in the rain
Every “du bist nicht allein” when you’re drownin' in pain
If they paint this town gray, we repaint it in mass
On the wall, on the glass, one line, one phrase:
[Chorus]
This is our Berlin, our heart, our track
City of love, we protect that pact
Every color on the map, every accent on the map
If it’s turnin’ gray now
We want our Berlin back
We want our Berlin back (hey)
We want our Berlin back
From the fear and the cold and the narrow minds’ attack
Scream it from the U-Bahn
We want our Berlin back
(We want our Berlin back)