"Für immer jung" is a song by Czech schlager singer Karel Gott

Karel Gott

Karel Gott is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he has being voted the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national pool Český slavík in total thirty-six times...

, and a cover of Alphaville

Alphaville (band)

Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold , Bernhard Lloyd , and Frank Mertens Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum,...

's hit song "Forever Young

Forever Young (Alphaville song)

"Forever Young" is the title track from German rock/synthpop group Alphaville's 1984 debut album of the same name. Though it was not the group's highest-charting European hit and failed to reach the American Top 40 despite three separate U.S...

", with German song lyrics. He also made a version in his native language

Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

, called "Být stále mlád" (literally in Czech

Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

, "To be forever young").

In 2008, a new version of this song was made by the rapper Bushido

Bushido (rapper)

Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, , better known as Bushido, is a German rapper. The word Bushido is Japanese and means "Way of the Warrior". He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black, based on Dominic Napolitano. As of 2009, he sold more than 1,5 million albums in Germany alone...

 for his album Heavy Metal Payback

Heavy Metal Payback

Heavy Metal Payback is the sixth solo album by German rapper Bushido, released October 10, 2008 under the record label ersguterjunge. The title of the album was taken from an earlier song entitled "Heavy Metal Payback" from Aggro Ansage Nr. 2. 3 Singles were released: "Ching Ching", "Für immer...

with Karel Gott featured.

Lyrical Content

In this song, Bushido raps frankly and openly, without cursing. He raps from the perspective of an older person, who is looking back on their childhood. During this time, they were young and powerful and their parents lived happily together. There is a desire to return to this time in the past.

Bushido also raps that his childhood and youth have passed by too fast and now, being an adult, this is difficult for some adults to respect.

In the final verses Bushido raps that, in his view, life is a struggle to attain something and he gives young people advice to spend more time with their family and friends and stop wasting their life away smoking and drinking.