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von Baba Saad

PUNCH 1
How did I deserve this, my people are dying
My compatriots stand up to being tortured
My father was persecuted
10 years later we are here in Germany
And his little son succeeds
That's too hard for my people
How could you do that
Tell me why is there still shooting in Beirut
Please tell me what did I do to deserve this
That my father's brother didn't leave prison
Mama tell me if this shit will finally change
Tell me what love and freedom are still worth to people
What is the value of this peace there in the Middle East,
In money it would certainly cost huge numbers
Feelin' like a hermit crab in my skin
And don't expect you to understand this shit
It's almost too much, it's about this and that,
Dear God tell me what did I do to deserve this?


(CHORUS)
How did we deserve this, my compatriots ask themselves,
Get together now it's in your hands today
What did we do to deserve that we are now at the end
We all wait for the day that turns us around.
How did we deserve this, my compatriots ask themselves,
Get together now it's in your hands today
What did we do to deserve that we are now at the end
We all wait for the day that turns us around.

PUNCH 2
How did I deserve this, my mama is crying
'Cause I've borne too much time for too long
There are also people, people who die at 40
And that's why I decided something will become of me,
Everyone's destiny is to lie in the brood
This is for my grandpa and I hope he rests in peace
Too many still shoot in my homeland
What would dead people give just for one day
Be strong mom I will come to you again
No one can explain to me what is happening in Lebanon
Dear God, is it really what you wanted
Please tell me why our fatherland is obsessed with hate
Look around and see the situation my people are in
Still I look up, up at my flag with pride
You never know, maybe tomorrow your neighbor will have to flee
And I really ask myself what did I do to deserve this?


(CHORUS)
How did we deserve this, my compatriots ask themselves,
Get together now it's in your hands today
What did we do to deserve that we are now at the end
We all wait for the day that turns us around.
How did we deserve this, my compatriots ask themselves,
Get together now it's in your hands today
What did we do to deserve that we are now at the end
We all wait for the day that turns us around.

PUNCH 3
How did I deserve this, a stranger in the country
Wanna act bad but get treated like a gangsta
Tell me why nobody here wants to give me this shit
Why do I still have friends who can't write
On my tour I hang your picture on my wall mom
When I come back I kiss your hand Mom
You know I was a tough man when I was 10
Why, unfortunately, is there war in our fatherland,
When I was a little boy at school, I slowly realized
Ask me why don't I look like all the others
Why did I always see six in German?
The teacher then made me stand in the corner as a punishment
My father knows I carry our family name with pride,
Get on your knees, pray to God and ask for mercy
Pray so my mother sees no more hate
And I ask myself what did I do to deserve this?

(CHORUS)
How did we deserve this, my compatriots ask themselves,
Get together now it's in your hands today
What did we do to deserve that we are now at the end
We all wait for the day that turns us around.
How did we deserve this, my compatriots ask themselves,
Get together now it's in your hands today
What did we do to deserve that we are now at the end
We all wait for the day that turns us around.