[Verse 1: Wolfgang Ambros, Georg Danzer, Maria Bill &
Rainhard Fendrich]
They rule like kings, while poverty reigns in the country
Hunger has a method, there are weapons instead of bread
The country is burning, misery, as usual, knows no pardon
The big brother rubs his hands and sends the bullets
[Pre-Chorus: S.T.S. & Dew Mitch]
"Why?" the whole world asks
And no one knows, no one understands
We send money so that we feel better
[Chorus: Choir]
Ethiopia, once you were a princess, ah-ah-ah-ah
Today you'rе a beggar, oh-ho-ho-ho
Let us begin, ah-ah-ah-ah
Again oncе more, oh-ho-ho-ho
[Verse 2: Peter Cornelius, Wilfried Scheutz, André Heller &
Ulli Bäer]
It means you were once a queen, the pride of Africa
Today you are a beggar, helpless and alone
Hunger is an instrument, hunger supports the masters
Because the one who has nothing to eat can't defend himself
[Pre-Chorus: Opus, Schmetterlinge & Opus & Schmetterlinge]
"Why?" the whole world asks
And no one knows, no one understands
We send money so that we feel better
[Chorus: Choir, Wolfgang Ambros, Georg Danzer, Maria Bill, Rainhard Fendrich, S.T.S., Dew Mitch, Peter Cornelius, Wilfried Scheutz, André Heller, Ulli Bäer, Opus & Schmetterlinge]
Ethiopia, once you were a princess, ah-ah-ah-ah
Today you're a beggar, oh-ho-ho-ho
Let us begin, ah-ah-ah-ah
Again once more, oh-ho-ho-ho
[Guitar Solo: Ewald Pfleger]
[Chorus: All]
Ethiopia, once you were a princess, ah-ah-ah-ah
Today you're a beggar, oh-ho-ho-ho
Let us begin, ah-ah-ah-ah
Again once more, oh-ho-ho-ho
Ethiopia, once you were a princess, ah-ah-ah-ah
Today you're a beggar, oh-ho-ho-ho
Let us begin, ah-ah-ah-ah
Again once more, oh-ho-ho-ho
Ethiopia, once you were a princess, ah-ah-ah-ah
Today you're a beggar, oh-ho-ho-ho
Let us begin, ah-ah-ah-ah
Again once more, oh-ho-ho-ho
Ethiopia, once you were a princess, ah-ah-ah-ah
Today you're a beggar, oh-ho-ho-ho
Let us begin, ah-ah-ah-ah
Again once more, oh-ho-ho-ho