“This is Germany“

Der Englisch-Leistungskurs aus der Q1 von Frau Schneider hat sich beim Thema „Nigeria“ auch mit dem eigenen Land und dessen Herausforderungen auseinandergesetzt.

Die Songtexte sind während des Unterrichts entstanden. Eine Gruppe hat mit Hilfe der KI eine Melodie mit dem eigenen Text komponieren lassen. Den Link dazu findet ihr bei den Texten (Group 2). Hört euch den Song an!

 

Group 1: Kavin, Rana, Lara, Havin and Kiran

We’re waiting for Germany
We’re waiting so scornfully
We’re waiting for Germany
To stop facing issues so carelessly

Welcome to a country where the state appears clean
But you showed ur true colors after 2015
A place where racism is extremely normalized
Your children are taught bigotry, they don’t act civilized

We’re waiting for Germany
We’re waiting so scornfully
We’re waiting for Germany
To stop facing issues so carelessly

Old men in power, still making our choices
Funny how they are the face of our voices
How can you claim,
Youre a country thats progressive
When hate get louder and the silence gets selective

We’re waiting for Germany
We’re waiting so scornfully
We’re waiting for Germany
When will they stop facing issues so carelessly

 

Group 2: Timmy, A‘lmos, Alexis, Selim, Michael

This is Germany

Look what’s happening

If you don’t focus on education

you’re willing to sacrifice the nation

History taught us but still we see

power fights and inequality 

This is Germany

Can’t you see the reality 

The rich stay up, the poor fall down

you can see it in every town 

This is Germany

What will the future be

The AfD gets more and more power

our culture they want to devour

This is Germany

Open your eyes and see

What kind of country we want to be

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Group 3: Isabelle, Maria, Antonia

Chorus:

Now this is Germany drowning in bureaucracy
drowning in bureaucracy
Everybody be "kleinkariert"
And this is Germany
drowning in bureaucracy
Never ending bureaucracy
Everybody be “kleinkariert”

1.
Buildings falling apart
Culture is loosing its heart
Sports yards become flower meadows
and education starts standing in the shadows
This is Germany
Now this is Germany
Shouldn't we stop this decay
Start to renew today
find a way to say
minister use the money to pay
education, culture and sports noed to stay
to teach our kids to live in colour, not in gray


2.
This is Germany
tight and tidy, shifting quietly
step by step, moving right, you see
This is Germany
narrow-minded, tight and blinded
fear designed it, now they’re behind it
say it louder, “just protection”
build the walls in every section
turning people into questions
This is Germany
History taught it, now “forgotten”
echoes marching, slowly sharpened
This is Germany
voices rising, truth dividing
hate disguised as “just deciding”
Point and label, draw the borders
turning chaos into “order”
same old language, different order
This is Germany
watch it closely, how it’s forming
Rechtsruck dressed up as reforming


3.
Yes, this is Germany
we're walking in broken streets
wait with restorations until
bridges collapse on our properties
Yes, this is Germany
construction sites everywhere
It feels like getting to work
is a long journey here
Yes, this is Germany
waiting for ICE's
train is never on time,
personnel dies,
Now, we all strike again!
Pay taxes and taxes for things
that take ages to be completed.
Time is money we say.
Here you can see it.

 

Group 4: Eva, Cameron

[Verse 1]

Still today, history defines our nation. Innocent people get sent away, not respecting their worth or their dreams. Systems destroy, dreams vanish.

 

[Chorus]

This is Germany,

We stand strong

Between dark and light we belong

This is Germany

We dream of a future, we break every wall

With learning and hope we stand tall

 

[Verse 2]

In the streets a call, the fear grows strong

Old dreams held high, the future feels wrong

Right wing voices and military beat

But the young still hope, they stand on their feet

 

[Chorus]

This is Germany,

We stand strong

Between dark and light we belong

This is Germany

We dream of a future, we break every wall

With learning and hope we stand tall

 

[Verse 3]

In the schools there is silence, just strict control

Right wing ideas and military role

But we rise up, we ask, we dream

A future with justice, more than it seems

 

[Chorus]

This is Germany,

We stand strong

Between dark and light we belong

This is Germany

We dream of a future, we break every wall

With learning and hope we stand tall

 

[Outro]

This is the moment we rise from the fall, we hold on to the truth, we answer the call. No more silence, we shape what is real

A future of hope, a future we feel.

(B. Schneider)