Wie Ein Junkie Lyrics in English by Heinie Nüchtern, t-low
Hassgift is a German compound word that literally translates to "hate poison". It's a striking, intense term rarely heard in everyday German, combining 'Hass' (hate) and 'Gift' (poison) into something far more destructive than plain anger.
In the song, the artist raps "Nah, ich hab' kein Tabak, ich hab' Hassgift" ("Nah, I don't have tobacco, I have hate poison"), using Hassgift to suggest he's consumed by something more corrosive than any addiction.
"Wie Ein Junkie" is Heinie Nüchtern and t-low's ode to chasing a high that never fully lets go. The hook says it plainly: "Ich bin high wie ein Junkie" (I'm high like a junkie), and every verse loops back to that same craving.
The verses stack up the trappings of a fast lifestyle - throwing money, popping champagne, counting pills - but keep undercutting the flex with the same confession: "Hör' ich auf, doch fang' wieder an" (I stop, but I start again). The bragging and the addiction are the same cycle, just described from two angles.
Slang runs through the lyrics too - Lean, weed, "Cookies" (a strain nickname) - grounding the song in a real drug culture rather than a vague metaphor. It's less a cautionary tale than a portrait of someone fully aware they're stuck in the loop and choosing to stay in it.
