2pac gets shot, I'm just thirteen years old
I feel invincible because I wear new nikes
City-famous rowdy, because I've got a big mouth
Haircut like Nick Carter, but a straight right hook to go with it
Hair raven black, eyes red and nike jersey
Secretly made out with Corinna in the ladies' room
Secretly made out with Tatjana at the riding stable
Man, I swear, I believed this will continue forever
I was already rapping about all the hot chicks with big curves
Long before tattoos and piercings became fashionable
The girls loved me and I loved them
Which means I was before my fame v.i.p
Many friends, little money, always just cheap booze
Bad manners despite a good upbringing
But father taught me to become a man on the way
You have to drop your anchor in every harbor
I'm drifting out, i'm alone on the high seas
So much ballast, I must not go to the ground
Navigating the stars, I just have to look up
I'm all alone here on my odyssey
I'm drifting out, i'm alone on the high seas
So much ballast, I must not go to the ground
Surviving on not much, that's something I'm an expert at
I'm all alone here on my odyssey
The twin towers, they fall, I'm just eighteen years old
Even then, it felt like a masquerade
My block slowly turns grey, just like mom's hair
But I keep running through the gutter like a cockroach
So many brothers who went to prison for nothing
Remember, you have to quickly jump over the fence before the cops get you
Friends became enemies because we didn't hang on to the same dream
Take a hit from my joint and fly like a spaceship
Except for rap, I don't lift a finger
Partying every weekend with a bottle of cheap rum
No one was on mode mio, everyone was on mode plus
And the wax in my hair smelled so beautifully like coconut
It was about whisky and yayo instead of high c
Dad warned me early on about this odyssey
Lots of little pussies want to see you on the floor
Throw it off, the ballast, sack for sack, what's going on?
I'm drifting out, i'm alone on the high seas
So much ballast, I must not go to the ground
Navigating the stars, I just have to look up
I'm all alone here on my odyssey
I'm drifting out, i'm alone on the high seas
So much ballast, I must not go to the ground
Surviving on not much, that's something I'm an expert at
I'm all alone here on my odyssey
When I was in my early twenties, I played in front of the audience
I've broken your heart, baby, sorry
But the one big chance doesn't last forever
Love or rap? A thousand questions are running through my head
Can I do it or not? Do I miss my last chance?
That's why you're probably sitting alone in the restaurant today
Just a little bit away from great happiness
Only a street boy with too big an artist's heart, I
Screw your hype, I was already a teen heartthrob
Long before spotify and shishabars
Thanks to rap, I could pay my rent and drive a Beemer
When your favorite rapper was just seven
I'm sorry I can't feel the piss here
I swear, the best of my boys left way too early
And today I count about ten dead friends
Living seems as complicated as Beethoven's ninth
Shit on it, I would have a heartfelt wish today
I'd wish that mom and dad were perfectly healthy again
Go ahead and keep searching for treasures deep on the ocean floor
I keep looking to the stars, Odyssey Copernicus
I'm drifting out, i'm alone on the high seas
So much ballast, I must not go to the ground
Navigating the stars, I just have to look up
I'm all alone here on my odyssey
I'm drifting out, i'm alone on the high seas
So much ballast, I must not go to the ground
Surviving on not much, that's something I'm an expert at
I'm all alone here on my odyssey