Nena was born Gabriele Susanne Kerner in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany. She acquired her nickname "Nena," an alternate version of the Spanish word "niña" (little girl), at the age of 3 during a vacation to Spain. Her first band was called The Stripes. They had a very minor hit with the song "Ecstasy," but never managed to achieve broad success. The band Nena was formed with Nena (singer), Rolf Brendel (drums), Carlo Karges (guitar), Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (keyboard) and Jürgen Dehmel (bass) in Berlin in 1981.
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Nena
not gonna explain myself to the likes of you
tired of feeling sorry for feeling the way i do
ive heard that you cant please everybody on this earth
so from now on im putting myself first
doing what you know to be right, fuck everybody else
doing what you feel to be right, you only got yourself
never turn your back on friends that are true
sooner or later it comes down to you
stand up for yourself and what you believe
as long as you're true to yourself, theres nothing you cant achieve!
there comes a time when you may find yourself down and beaten
NO HOPE, NO FUTURE, total utter abandon
but you gotta take control, rise up outta nothing
only you can help yourself, your strength comes from within
have pride in nothing, cause nothing is sacred.