[Intro: Sounds of a siren in the distance, a heavy bass drop] [English/German] Yo, listen... You tryin’ to build me a cage out of diamonds. But you forgot where we met, yeah? Hör mir zu, baby. (Listen to me, sweetheart.) [Verse 1: Laid back, rhythmic, English/German] You talkin' 'bout a penthouse, way up in the sky, Cool AC, designer silk to keep your Empress dry. You want me smellin' like perfume from the glass display, Wanna hide me from the grime, keep the street-heat away. But King, you buggin’, you got it all twisted, I don’t want the high life—I never even missed it. Ich brauch keinen Safe für mein Herz, verstehst du? (I don't need a safe for my heart, you understand?) I'm stayin' in the ends [Chorus: Dub/Reggae-Melody – catch the "off-beat"] I’m your Queen, but my throne’s on the factory floor, I don't need the glitter, I don't need no golden door. I love these ends, 'cause these ends are your ends, Where the struggle is real and the concrete bends. Top of the ruin—yeah, that’s where I’m stayin’, To the rhythm of the block, that’s the music I’m playin’. Found my love in the ends [Extra Verse: Deep Dub-Flow, more aggressive beat] You see a skyline of glass, cold and blue, But I see the rust and the gold in the view. Up there, the air is filtered and thin, Down here is the thick of the life we’re in. Ein Käfig aus Seide ist immer noch Haft, (A cage of silk is still detention,) But here in the ruin, I feel all your strength—deine Kraft. Let the rich man hide in his tower so high, While we watch the sparks from the factory fly. From the top of the wreck to the dust on the floor, I’m Magma, your Queen—and I’m asking for more: More of the struggle, more of the truth, More of the fire we had in our youth! I'm stayin' in the ends [Verse 2: Harder, Street-Rap Flow, English/German] You think I’m fragile? Think I’m gonna break? Like some expensive art you keep locked up for show’s sake? Nah, I’m the one to patch you up when the road gets peak, When the sirens are haulin’ and the outlook is bleak. I wanna stride by your side, through the mud and the rain, Mend every wound, yeah, heal every pain. Lass mich an deiner Seite sein, im Dreck und im Licht, (Let me be by your side, in the dirt and the light,) ‘Cause a life in a tower? Boy, that just ain’t me. Found my love in the ends [Bridge: Slow, spacey Dub-Echo, English/German] Your tower got a lift? Safe. I’ll take it to the ground. Right to the basement where the heavy bass sound. You find me on the steps, yeah, right at the door, Sitting on the stone—I don’t ask for no more. Mein Lieblingsplatz. (My favorite place.) Right here. With you. [Outro: Bass fades, echo repeats, English/German] No penthouse... Just the roof-top ... Nur wir zwei. (Only us two.) In the ends. Yeah.
