Wszystko na niby [English translation]

- Is there some difference when talking with you, Filip Szcześniak, and with Taco Hemingway?

- Probably depends on who's talking with me

- And here, right now, which one are you?

- Well here I'm on behalf of my label, I came here as a rapper

- And we're talking honestly, or is it just part of the show?

It's all a coincidence, like the hit songs on our CDs

Their life line is wrinkling like Frida's1 eyebrows

And near Witos2 those kids keep doing kick-flips

Kids and teens send me DMs "How do I live Fifi?"

Tells me he wants to hang himself because he was abused

His father drinking liters of vodka while mother poured liters of tears

And you can't put that bastard through a Brita filter

What do I say? "It'll be okay kid, just write albums"?

Motivational coaches lie saying it's all about resolve

Only a testament will make it so you don't die forgotten

Only on the other side someone will finally give you a medal

I leave things behind me so I won't be afraid of death

There's so space for coins in the grave, a vision of decadence is tempting

Dancing for a few decades, always making fun of MC

Your favorite rapper is lying, saying "It's not for the money"

Because if someone gave him, he'd take it, crying "oh this is great, thanks, thanks"

It's all fake, it's all fake

When we walk into the cabin, don't believe anything

It's all fake, it's all fake

When we walk into the cabin

Don't believe in anything, anything, anything

Doesn't matter if there's almost 30k of people in the pit

Or thirty people, some random guys from Opole3

I'll play the same way even if it's a hostel full of trash up to my knees

Or an apartment at Hilton, that's how you create renown, kid

I've played for 50zł and a beer, I've played for 50k

They want me to be ashamed that Soma4 is spreading around schools in exchange for VIPs and some goods

I was only a kid when my sister's boyfriend

Took us to a Webber, Fisz Emade, and Łona5 concert

That's when I took in the polish rap, I was 11 years old

So am I supposed to apologize for my fan's young age range, ha

To put it quickly, I'll gladly accept the young age range

You have no range, they listen to us in corporations

And in primary schools, your grandpa, friend, grandma, cousin, mother, daughter all listen

Here's an advice from an uncle6, listen

Although I've never lied in a track yet

Just in case, assume that this is all fake, kid

It's all fake, it's all fake

When we walk into the cabin, don't believe anything

It's all fake, it's all fake

When we walk into the cabin

It's not even my real voice

They say I'm playing pretend

They say the phobias aren't real

They say I don't really love her

They say my character and my words are fake

So maybe I'm fake

Maybe there was a casting and I won it

Maybe it was done by Jan from Flirtini7

Or maybe Grabski8, or Parti9

Or some other marketing genius

I don't even want to waste saliva for this, no, no, no

You have to pick your heroes carefully

Your friend will tell you who you can trust, and who you can't

Your American idol has four ghostwriters

If your suspicions fell asleep, wake them up

Millionaires in the States are playing gangsters

They pour water10, creating a flood

And the gangsters in music videos pretend to be millionaires

Because in this impossible world no one wants to be themselves anymore

They're not Gambino11, but they're all making a show

So remember, before you play us on the projector

At least make sure the directing was good

I feel like I'm being shot by Stanley Kubrick

They're not Gambino, but they're all actors

Remember that before you buy a ticket to see us

I feel like I'll forget it in a moment myself

Just remember, that it's all fake

-Qu'est-ce oui!

-Oh shit! I was tricked

-Another round?

-Yeah, another sparkling water and three wines

1. Frida Kahlo2. Plac Witosa, place where people often ride skateboards in Warsaw3. Taco's first concert outside of Warsaw was in Opole, where supposedly not many people came, and they didn't even truly know who's concert they went to4. SOMA 0,5 mg, Taconafide album that blew up among young people5. Trio of Polish rappers6. Reference to a 1980s movie Miś which has a character that gets called a "good advice uncle". The term is common in Poland now, and means a person (uncle) who often likes to give others advice, especially to young people. It also sometimes gets said sarcastically, to mean someone who gives too much unwanted, bad advice7. duo of musicians/DJs8. Marcin Grabski/Tytus, creator of Asfalt Records9. Łukasz Partyka10. Polish phrase "to pour water" means to talk/write in a wishy-washy way/off topic/avoiding the topic i.e. saying very little while talking a lot11. Childish Gambino

• Artist:Taco Hemingway
• Album:Café Belga