Translation of the song lyrics Zašto Te Imam - Elemental

Zašto Te Imam (original)

Shot:
Stavljali su plakate sa nekom pametnom frazom, tvoje
Lice sa kravatom i nekim polu-tupim izrazom
Američkim smiješkom, onako ni vrit ni mimo, nakon
Dva’est dana nacrtane brkove ti bi im’o
Al' prošlo je — i mi smo popušili spiku, dali ti
Taj prokleti glas na lijepe oči, valjda na sliku smo
Pali — ti si se dočepo fotelje, ušo u
Sabor, šutio, pustio da neko drugi melje
Ušo bi u dvoranu kad rekli bi «dižu se ruke» preko
Veze u neki upravni odbor upao bez muke
Plaća je rasla, u saboru nisi reko ništa
Radije cijeli dan u kantini uz dva gemišta
Riješio si za stranca neke građevinske dozvole, od
Grada da dobije zemlju da shopping centar otvore
Uzeo si proviziju, kupio stan u gradu, imao
Jako skup auto za ić' na sjednicu u vladu
Kolotečina te uzela, fino si se uljuljao, u samo
Nekoliko godina daleko si dogurao od
Običnog činovnika, kroz rat u mjesnoj zajednici
U civilnoj zaštiti do stranke pa u središnjici, pa
Eto ti izbori — sugrađani vole te, sad
Tu si di jesi, ma dobro je, ma boli te
Tu si di jesi, ma dobro je, ma boli te
Tu si di jesi, ma jebo narod, boli te…
Zašto te imam kad ne daješ mi ništa
Zašto te imam kada ne čuješ moj glas
Da li padnem koji put ja na pamet
Dal' ikad staneš malo pomisliš na nas?
Remi:
Tko bi rek’o, kako je vrijeme proteklo dok si uživao
Evo opet izbora, opet si se kandidirao
I kupio medije, izlijeto iz pašteta
Nastupao pod sloganom «Izbacimo što narodu smeta»
A zapravo, nisi znao što se zbivalo
Zaglibio si preduboko da bi razlučivao
Al' još jedna pobjeda i zastupnički honorar
Iz oporbe i stranke svi su skandirali «Ti si car»
Bio si u odborima, rezo vrpce crvene
Radio ispod radara uz mito i koverte
Milijuni kuna na računu se talože
Svi te mole za pomoć, uz tvoj potpis sve se može
Ulizivo se tajkunima, ljubio si satove
Prodao si dignitet za drago kamenje
Zavarao si narod, pokazao im srednjak
A oni su mislili da si poštenjak
On je prekrasan čovjek i radišan idealist
A prije par godina najžešći komunist
On se bori za narod i kaže da je humanist
A na naš trošak on je hedonist
Shot:
Al je stislo, ti mediji, teško ih kontrolirat
Počeli čačkat i kopat tamo di se ne smije dirat
Nekom obrve se digle, Uskok upetljao prste
Ali ne mogu ništa, nemaju dokaze čvrste
Remi:
Izgubio si razum, gramzivo grabio za sebe
Ne daj Bože da masa digne glas protiv tebe
Otpuhivao si cigaru s prozora urbane vile bez papira
Nedodirljiv gad bez duševnog mira
Stolac ti se zatreso zbog istražnog zahtjeva
I afere izgrađenog shopping centra bez dozvola
Uz povlačenje veza, zataškalo se sve
Vrijeme liječi rane, ljudi brzo zaborave

(translation)

Shot:
They put up posters with some clever phrase, yours
A face with a tie and some semi-blunt expression
With an American smile, it doesn't boil or pass, after
You'd have a mustache drawn for twenty days
But it's over - and we smoked spike, did you
That damn voice on beautiful eyes, I guess we're in the picture
Pali - you grabbed the armchair, you heard
Parliament, silent, let someone else grind
He would enter the hall when they said "hands up" over
Connections to some board of directors fell into trouble
The salary grew, you didn't say anything in the parliament
I prefer the whole day in the canteen with two gems
You have decided for a foreigner some building permit, from
The city to get land to open a shopping mall
You took a commission, bought an apartment in the city, had
A very expensive car to go to a government session
The rut took you, you swayed nicely, into yourself
You've come a long way since
An ordinary clerk, through the war in the local community
In civil protection to the party then in the center, well
Here are your choices - fellow citizens love you, now
You're where you are, you're fine, you're in pain
You're where you are, you're fine, you're in pain
You're where you are, fuck people, it hurts…
Why do I have you when you don't give me anything
Why I have you when you don't hear my voice
Do I ever think of it?
Do you ever stop to think about us?
Rummy:
Who would have thought how time passed while you were enjoying yourself
Here is the election again, you ran again
And bought the media, poured out of the pate
Performed under the slogan "Let's throw out what bothers the people"
And in fact, you didn't know what was going on
You delved too deep to discern
But another victory and a representative fee
From the opposition and the party, everyone chanted "You are the emperor"
You were on the boards, cutting the red ribbons
Radio under the radar with bribes and envelopes
Millions of kunas are deposited in the account
Everyone is asking you for help, with your signature everything is possible
You licked tycoons, you loved watches
You sold dignity for precious stones
You fooled the people, showed them the middle ground
And they thought you were honest
He is a wonderful man and a hardworking idealist
And a few years ago the fiercest communist
He fights for the people and says he is a humanist
And at our expense he is a hedonist
Shot:
But it's tight, these media, it's hard to control them
Start digging and digging where you can't touch
Someone's eyebrows rose, Uskok tangled his fingers
But they can't do anything, they don't have solid evidence
Rummy:
You lost your mind, you greedily grabbed for yourself
God forbid the masses raise their voices against you
You blew a cigar from the window of a paperless urban villa
An untouchable bastard without peace of mind
Your chair shook because of the investigative request
And the affair of the built shopping center without permits
With the withdrawal of ties, everything was covered up
Time heals wounds, people quickly forget