Superheld English translation
von Samy Deluxe

Hey ya
I'd love to be your superhero
Mmm yeeeeey

'Cause many people can't imagine
And don't know what it means
When your son lies next to you in bed
And says to you he'd like to be white
And you know, all his superheroes are white
From Harry Potter through to Luke
But believe me, if they knew you personally
They'd want to look like you
And I know
That it's sometimes not easy
To be brown when the majority is white here
And one looks around and compares oneself, feels alone and is forlorn
I've seen it firsthand
But with time I've learned,
That the doubt and the pain fade with the years
And you recognise your own worth but until then


I'd love to be your superhero
Your superhero with brown skin
But I can't fly through the air
Can't shoot lightning bolts out of my hands
But what I can do, is be there for you and promise to love you

'Cause many people can't imagine it
And don't know what it is
To grow up as a brown boy in a white country and miss something that you can't get
'Cause your often the only one here
And now and then you get dissed
But believe me
No, better still, baby, believe in you
And you can do everything you want
But I know
That sometimes it's not easy
To be different when the majority here is the same
And one looks around and compares oneself, feels alone and is forlorn
I've seen it firsthand
But I went my own way and am no superhero (oh no)
Only a simple man, who will be there for you his whole life long

But still


I'd love to be your superhero
Your superhero with brown skin
But I can't fly through the air
Can't shoot lightning bolts out of my hands
But what I can do, is be there for you and promise to love you

Watch out
My superhero is just half my heigh,
No he is no tall dude
But already so great
Yeah, that is my little man
Looks as though he can do everything
He plays football so well
In two years he'll leave Ballack
He can run fast, swim well, ride a bike
Paints me pretty pictures on Christmas or Father's Day
He sings, plays piano and the drums
Assembles such a transformer within a minute
But that's not all he can do
He can write and read
Calculate, but also freestyle and break
He takes care at school, 'cause he wants to be educated
He's always nice to people
He's always helpful
Super thick muscles and six pack of steel
Brown-skinned superhero is now normal
And there are a lot of them out there
Wait, your time has only just begun

I'd love to be your superhero
Your superhero with brown skin
But I can't fly through the air
Can't shoot lightning bolts out of my hands
But what I can do, is be there for you and promise to love you, to love you