Song Analysis

The song 'Shababs Botten' is about Pashanim and his entourage.

His Kurdish ancestry can be clearly seen in this song, from using Turkish words, 'Çanta', 'Müsteris', 'adana' to mentioning the country several times.

The song contains references to the lives of Turkish immigrants, such as going to Turkey often, 'Und alle paar Monate flieg' ich Türkei',

'every few months I fly to Turkey'

Or Turkish food, 'Ich ess' einen Adana oder auch zwei', I eat an Adana, (kebab), or even two'

The dangerous lifestyle they have, 'Abi hat Katana an seinem Bein', 'my friend has a Katana( a sword) in his trousers.

References to luxury pieces, 'Prada Çanta', 'Prada bag', 'Tn's rocken',

wearing TN's (nike air max plus).

Meeting girls, 'Shawty, sag' mir, wie du heißt', 'girl tell me your name'.

And the neighborhood they live in is mentioned, 'Mehringdamm'.

Overall this song tells the story of the everyday life of Berlin youths from the 61, Kreuzberg, a neighborhood that has a high population of Turkish immigrants. Almost every detail of their life is present in the song. From new clothes and jewelry, girls and friends or food to shady ways of doing money.

The song has a fairly simple structure.

First comes the chorus, than the main body, which has only one main stanza, that doesn't repeat. Than comes the chorus again. As an outro the chorus is sung once again.

Lyrics of the song:

Shababs botten, grüne Augen, braune Locken

Tn's rocken, halbe Kiste, wenn wir shoppen

Shababs botten, grüne Augen, braune Locken

Tn's rocken, halbe Kiste, wenn wir shoppen

Prada Çanta voller Haze

Komplett Kafa, outta Race

Braune Locken, grüne Augen

Shababs sind am Botten, no face, no case, ey

Halbe Kiste im Toyota gebunkert

Einundsechzig, keiner sober, nur Kundschaft

Neue Ringe, neue Eyes

Einundsechzig, gerade heiß

Shawty, sag' mir, wie du heißt

Hab' vergessen, tut mir leid

An Sarrazin will ich verdienen, bin in Berlin

Sein Sohn holt jede Woche Tilidin

Mehringdamm, Saka-Wasser oder Lean

Müsteris schreiben mir: „Komm' vorbei“

Und alle paar Monate flieg' ich Türkei

Ich ess' einen Adana oder auch zwei

Abi hat Katana an seinem Bein und

Shababs botten, grüne Augen, braune Locken

Tn's rocken, halbe Kiste, wenn wir shoppen

Shababs botten, grüne Augen, braune Locken

Tn's rocken, halbe Kiste, wenn wir shoppen

Shababs botten, grüne Augen, braune Locken

Tn's rocken, halbe Kiste, wenn wir shoppen

Shababs botten, grüne Augen, braune Locken

Tn's rocken, halbe Kiste, wenn wir shoppen

Translation and notes:

Teenagers run, green eyes, brown hair

Wearing TN's, half bag when we shop

Teenagers run, green eyes, brown hair

Wearing TN's, half bag when we shop

Prada bag full of weed

Complete 'Kafa',we listen to Outta Race

Brown hair, green eyes

The teenagers are on the run, no face, no case, ey,

Half a crate stashed in a Toyota(probably drugs)

61(the neighborhood they are from), no one is sober, only customers,

New rings, new ice (jewelry necklaces)

61 degrees hot

Shawty, tell me what's your name

I forgot I'm sorry

I want to earn at 'Sarrazin', I'm in Berlin

His son buys Tilidin (anaesthesic drug found in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland)

Mehringdamm(the area they are from), Saka-Wasser(a turkish brand of water) or Lean(drug)

Müsteris( turkish word for clients) write me, 'come here'

I fly to Turkey every couple months

I eat an adana(turkish food) or two

RB(one of his friends) has a katana on his foot, and,

Teenagers run, green eyes, brown hair

Wearing TN's, half bag when we shop

Teenagers run, green eyes, brown hair

Wearing TN's, half bag when we shop

Teenagers run, green eyes, brown hair

Wearing TN's, half bag when we shop

Teenagers run, green eyes, brown hair

Wearing TN's, half bag when we shop