German Rappers just can't cut it.

[blackgang]

Straight Outta Rhineland-Palatinate: German Hip Hop Gets Real as Rapper Shot in Berlin - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News


German rappers are fond of bragging about how hard life is in the ghetto, but until now many people have suspected they were exaggerating things a tad. After all, just how tough can life be in Germany, with its (relatively) generous social welfare net? Even Berlin's Neukölln district, which Germany's answers to Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre like to portray as the country's equivalent to South Central, is popular with students and artists attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian edge.

Despite the new wave of keeping-it-real violence, German rappers still need to work on their street cred if they want to impress their cousins on the other side of the Atlantic -- but sometimes they're just too, well, German. In one song, "When the Moon Crashes into My Ghetto," Massiv complains: "I've had to beg for my unemployment benefits ... here in the ghetto, no one is satisfied with his €300 a month after deductions."

[Hootad Binky]

It's amusing when one sees youth from other cultures wearin' the hats and parka and tats and splitting their fingers and waving their arms in a desperate imitation of ebonic African-American culture. Especially if they are from Germany or Japan or Argentina or wherever. Post-modern, globalised "culture," I guess.

[nedwalk]

you see that shit even in the northern territory, middle of australia
i used to love calling the young blokes over and tell em that their hats were on backwards, just in case they did,nt know, would,nt want people to laugh at em, they did,nt know if i was taking the piss or was serious, always gave me chuckle, still does, try it some time, cheap laughs

[Marmite the Dog]

SO what BG is saying is that European societies are more advanced than the US and that it is daft for Europeans to try and copy the misery of black folks who have the sufferance of living in a racist, backward society?

I'll go along with that.

[nedwalk]

every generation of youth will always try to find a way to be revolting err woops sorry revolt, i doubt very much that there is any one here who did not do something stupid [still do], whenst they were young and dum,
the world has gotton smaller, so kids doing shit same same all over the world should come as no shock

[Texpat]

I think what the OP is saying is that it's crap in any language.


Refrain:
Du bist eine Nummer, Nummer, Nummer.
Du bist eine Nummer, Nummer ! - Ja!
Und du machst mir Kummer, Kummer, Kummer.
Und du machst mir Kummer, Kummer! ~ Klar!
(1) Du bist ein Warmduscher.,
Warmduscher?
Warmduscher!
Du bist ein Motzer!!
Motzer?
Ja!
Du bist ein Warmduscher.
Warmduscher?
Warmduscher!
Du bist ein Protzer!
Protzer?
Klar!
Refrain: Du bist eine Nummer……

(2) Du bist ein Jodeltarzan.
Jodeltarzan?
Jodeltarzan!
Du bist ein Hohlkopf.
Hohlkopf?
Ja!
Du bist ein Jodeltarzan!
Jodeltarzan?
Jodeltarzan!
Du bist ein Quatschkopf.
Quatschkopf?
Quatschkopf!
Klar!
Refrain: Du bist eine Nummer…. ….
(3) Du bist ‘ne Schockmeise.
Schockmeise?
Schockmeise!
Du bist ein Gruftgirl.
Gruftgirl?
Ja!
Du bist ‘ne Schockmeise.
Schockmeise?
Schockmeise!
Du bist ein Duftgirl.
Duftgirl?
Klar!
Refrain: Du bist eine Nummer……
(4) Du bist ‘ne Kirchenmaus.
Kirchenmaus?
Kirchenmaus!
Du bist ein Schosspudel.
Schosspudel?
Ja!
Du bist ’ne Kirchenmaus.
Kirchenmaus?
Kirchenmaus!
Du bist ‘ne Kreischnudel.
Kreischnudel?
Kreischnudel!
Klar!
Refrain: Du bist eine Nummer



Du bist eine Nummer! = You’re a number (real different, a piece of work, a unique person)

[Warmduscher = Softy, wussy, wimp

Motzer = complainer, grouch

Protzer = show off, he/she prances/struts around; he/she thinks too much of self

und du machst mir Kummer = and you give me heartache / grief / sorrow/ you’re a pain

Jodeltarzan = a jerk, a person with a puffed-out chest, full of himself

Hohlkopf = idiot, a hollow head, dimwit

Quatschkopf = a numb skull, silly goose, a head really full of nonsense; pudding head
Schockmeise = Drama Queen,

Gruftgirl = gothic girl (Gruft = tomb, vault)
Duftgirl = smelly girl (too much perfume); (Duft = scent, fragrance)

Kirchenmaus = church mouse, goody two shoes; very good, well-mannered girl

Schoßpudel = lapdog (lap poodle); spoiled princess brat

Kreischnudel = screamer, shrieker (screaming noodle)

[Sir Burr]

every generation of youth will always try to find a way to be revolting err woops sorry revolt, i doubt very much that there is any one here who did not do something stupid [still do], whenst they were young and dum,

Too true. Wearing platform shoes and shirts that had collars that would lift a jumbo jet (ahhhhhh the '70's).

[stroller]

It should be noted that German Rap is dominated largely by Turkish origin second generation youth.
Neukolln is a run-down, dodgy immigrant district, though hardly comparable with Black ghettos in the US. No "Bohemian edge" that I noticed, but ye can score in the streets.

How much social does one get in the US, bg?