Ponos
Marcelo Lyrics

Ti, tvoji roditelji i tvoj grad, vecni ljubavni trougao.
Yourself, your parents, and your hometown are always in a love triangle.

Sta ces da budes kad porastes?
What do you want to be when you grow up?

Kazes to i to hoces
You say what you want.

Oni ne bi da te koce, ali ipak znaju bolje.
They don't want to hold you back, but they still know better.

A onda procep, nisi ono sto je plan ocev, a i keva ima svoje, al' ni to nije tvoj hleb.
Then it dawns on you that you're not what your father planned and your mother has her own desires, but that's not your bread either.

Oni misle samo najbolje oni znaju sta rade, istina, al' se ipak dele na dve kaste:
They mean well and know what they're doing, but they split into two classes:

A)uspesni su pa moras i ti i
Either they're successful, so you must be too or

B)nisu uspesni pa zato moras ti.
They're unsuccessful, so you must succeed.

A ti si mali drkos i gle cuda imas hir da u umetnickom nemiru sebi trazis mir.
And you're a little jerk with the audacity to find peace in artistic turmoil.

O ne los sin, kao da nije skroz cist, zar u danasnje vreme sta ces da jedes moj ti?!
Oh, what a bad son, almost like he's not quite clean. What are you going to eat in this day and age?!

Umesto podrske sledi pogled kameni, nije opcija da ih razocaras i osramotis.
Instead of support, you get a stony look. Disappointing and embarrassing them is not an option.

Ali hej svoje puteve sam biram, a to se ne zove inat nego ponos, on je pogon u zilama.
But hey, you choose your own path, and that's not called stubbornness but pride. It's what drives you.

Sto cini da plivas sam za svoje ja, za svoju stvar.
That's why you swim alone for your own self, for your own thing.

Matori shvate da si car kad im drugi kazu da si car.
Older folks realize you're a boss when others tell them so.

To tako biva i nema ljutnje, vazna je briga.
That's just how it is, and there's no anger about it. What's important is the care.

I da bice ponosni na tvoj ponos iliti inat.
And they'll be proud of your pride or your stubbornness.

Ref.
(refrain)

Dotaci sunca zrak i to sam
I'm simply a ray of sunshine.

Znaci i stoput opeci dlan
It means you burn your hands a hundred times too.

Cak i kad misle sve naj opet nisu ja.
Even when everyone thinks so, I'm still not them.

Svoju stvar najbolje znam sam.
I know my own thing best.

Sta ljubav ima s ponosom predstavljam, cim nadjes me u sokaku cirkam gorivo za, skinuo izborio se za stih, nasao recept svoj.
What does love have to do with how I represent pride? When you find me in the streets, I'm scrounging for fuel and fighting for verses, finding my own recipe.

Solo revolt, pod djonove zabio bol.
A solo revolt, burying the pain under my soles.

Ali som ostaje som ipak probiju moj gard kad kazu da ne pamtim ko sam i odakle sam.
But a som remains a som, still managing to break through my guard when people say I don't remember who I am or where I come from.

Nisam otporan, te vakcine nikad nece biti!
I'm not immune; there will never be a vaccine for that!

Nista ne stiti od pakosti sto je pletu ljudi sitni.
Nothing shields you from the wickedness spun by petty people.

Ruže što do juče meni trnjem hrle, sad žale što ih s ponosom ne zadenem za rever.
The roses that were once thorns to me now regret not being proudly worn on my lapel.

Uvek ja dobro znam ko je tu bio i kad, ja volim grad, ali nikada celi grad.
I always know who was there and when. I love my town, but never the whole town.

Pa je najlakse srati da coveka menja uspeh.
That's why it's easiest to say that success changes a person.

Ja ne dizem nos ja samo od takvih dizem ruke.
I don't raise my nose; I only raise my hands against those kinds of people.

Kad u apoteci savesti nemas serum protiv pakosti, jedino u tudjoj propasti sebi radjas radosti.
When you don't have a serum against wickedness in your conscience, you only find joy in someone else's failure.

Postoje takvi, zato popizde kada rokas carski.
Those people exist, which is why they freak out when you spit like a king.

Ili se pag glupo slavi sto je uspeo nas mali(nas mali).
Or they foolishly celebrate that our little guy has succeeded.

Kao da si svaciji, a nisi naravno.
As if you belong to everyone, but you don't, of course.

Eho podsmeha podseca sta je bilo pre! Al? neka ih ej!
The echo of ridicule reminds you of what happened before! But who cares about them!

Najblize drustvo deset godina, nije promenilo sastav al? smo sad vec rodbina.
The closest circle of friends for ten years, they haven't changed, but we're now like family.

Oni ponosni na mene ja blistam sto imam njih.
They're proud of me, and I shine because of them.

Uz njih mi je po. Nos sit i ostajem ponosit.
I'm good with them; my nose is full, and I remain proud.

Ljudi cesto grese oko toga sta je podrska, misleci da je to aplauz kad se slavi pobeda.
People often misunderstand what support is, thinking it's applause when victory is achieved.

Stace mi bodrenja kada vec steknem ordenja?! Cemu rame zaplakanje onda kad je vreme osmeha?!
What's the point of cheering me on when I already have my merits?! Why comfort me now when it's time to smile?!

Sve mozes sam tad al? kad sam sam kad krene lose, kad je mrak, dna, i jak ja sam izmedju mene i volje.
I can do everything myself then, but when I'm alone, when things go wrong, when it's dark, the depths, and difficult, it's between me and my determination.

Onda i samo onda vredi iskren stisak ruke i topla rec i samo tad si blizak druze.
Then and only then does an honest handshake and warm words matter, and only then are you close, my friend.

Deca tudjih nada, deca malog grada.
Children of other people's hopes, children of a small town.

Cemu ta ljutnja na sta usvari spada?! Na nas jer nismo to sto ste hteli od nas il? na vas sto to niste videli ranije...
What's the point of the anger? Is it because we're not what you wanted us to be, or because you didn't see it earlier?

Cuvam se promene, putem promene, a u dzepu nosim snove sve, i samo ja znam dobro gde...
I'm wary of change, though I tread the path of change, and I carry all my dreams in my pocket, and only I know well where...