[1] It is a mix of hip hop and rap as performed by Lange and melodic music sung by Thé Lau, the frontman of the Dutch band "The Scene".
The lyrics take three social cases of broken dreams, presenting the stories of an aspiring soccer player whose sports career ends with a major injury, then a young soldier who suffers post-traumatic syndrome and a teenage single mother surviving on welfare after dropping out of school to take care of her newborn.
[2] All three ask Frans to sing for them: Zing een liedje voor me Frans Ook al is het in 't Frans Zing een liedje voor me Het leven gaat zo snel voorbij Dus zing en ik vergeet de tijd Je muziek die maakt me vrij Zing een liedje voor me It translates as 'Sing a song for me Frans / Even if it is in French / Sing a song for me / Life goes by so fast / Sing so that I forget the time / Your music makes me free / Sing a song for me...' In December 2010, Lange Frans took part in 3FM's Christmas radio charity called "Serious Request", where DJs of the station would lock themselves in a glass cage for a full week to collect money for various causes under the auspices of Dutch Red Cross.
Lange Frans visited the event volunteering to sing new verses to the well-known song "Zing voor me" written by ordinary Dutch people about themselves or about friends they knew.
[3] In February 2011, he sang 6 further verses chosen from texts provided by various listeners of 3FM on Valentine's Day.