| Ja tu esi mans prezidents, stasti ka iet,
| If you're my president, tell me how to go
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| Vai sis udens ir dzerams vai ne?
| Is this water drinkable or not?
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| Ka pa svaigi plautu zali var iet, nesadurot kajas uz naglam?
| How can you walk through the fresh lungs of the grass without sticking your feet on your nails?
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| Ka tu izvairies no AIDS un vai esi kadreiz bijis ASV?
| How do you avoid AIDS and have you ever been to the United States?
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| Ja tu esi mans prezidents, ker mani ciet, tu esi tads pats ka es.
| If you're my president, make me suffer, you're the same as me.
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| Ja tu esi mans prezidents maci man zagt,
| If you're my president teach me to steal
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| zagt domas un buvet pilis, kur nebus ne cigaru, ne auto, neka,
| steal thoughts and build a castle where there will be no cigar or car, nothing,
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| tur dzivos sirdis, kuram nav ko milet.
| there live hearts who have nothing to love.
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| Es nezinu kads ir tavs totems,
| I don't know what your totems are
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| vai tev garso piens vai zemenu krems,
| do you sound milk or strawberry cream
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| bet ja tu esi mans prezidents, ker mani ciet,
| but if thou be my president, let me suffer,
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| tu esi tads pats ka es.
| you are the same as me.
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| Ja tu esi mans prezidents, nedod man daudz.
| If you're my president, don't give me much.
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| Liec saviem ministriem pievaldit zobus.
| Make your ministers grind their teeth.
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| Dod pratu policistu nujam kad sist, raketem saut
| Give a mind to the police when they hit the rocket
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| un rozem kad ziedet.
| and roses when blooming.
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| Tu neesi ne dievs ne velns, tavas asinis nav sarkana krasa,
| You are neither a god nor a devil, your blood is not red,
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| bet ja tu esi mans prezidents, ker mani ciet,
| but if thou be my president, let me suffer,
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| tu esi tads pats ka es, tiesi tads pats ka es. | you are the same as me, just the same as me. |