[Lord It's Hard To Be Happy When You're Not Using] The Metric System

Track 14 "[Lord It's Hard To Be Happy When You're Not Using] The Metric System" by MC Lars off his new CD "This Gigantic Robot Kills"

LYRICS:


12 inches per foot
Two pints per quart
Why don't we make it easy?
The English system of measurement must relate to history
We can use units of 10 and convert with ease like all the other countries
I am in command yes I am taking a stand from this disease we must be free

Good God!

You're drunk with your tradition that has no validity
Well I'm intoxicated with sports in metrics come drink a decaliter with me
We want metrics, we want it now,
We know we can win
I weigh 170 pounds that's 90 kilograms see metrics can even make you thin

Bam
True players
Atom Goren

Here we go
Verse two okay

All cool things are in metrics
For example here's just one,
I've got my 9 well that's 9 millimeters,
Sounds cooler than my point two seventy inches gun
The president will not exist and they will call me communist and call me scum
But its worth it, Canadians will think we are smart or at least they will think we are not as dumb

You're drunk with your tradition that has no validity
Well I'm intoxicated with sports in metrics come drink a decaliter with me
We want metrics we want it now,
We know we can win
I weigh 170 pounds that's 90 kilograms see metrics can even make you thin

The revolution is here
We must overcome at last
As we symbolically stick their 12 inch foot up their antiquated ass guitar!

I wanna say peace, but here comes the chorus one more time from the West to the East!
You're drunk with your tradition that has no validity
Well I'm intoxicated with sports in metrics come drink a decaliter with me
We want metrics we want it now we know we can win
I weigh 170 pounds that's 90 kilograms see metrics can even make me thin

Category:

Music

Tags:

• MC
• Lars
• This
• Gigantic
• Robot
• Kills
• Lord
• It's
• Hard
• To
• Be
• Happy
• When
• You're
• Not
• Using
• The
• Metric
• System

[BunyipAndler]

Also, where it says "deciliter" in the lyrics, it should say "decaliter". A deciliter is a tenth of a liter. A decaliter is ten liters. :P

[theholyfork]

Haha that's what i thought it said, but for all the lyrics I looked up for the song it said deciliter, but I'll change it cause it makes more sense haha

[jamieluvsreading]

It's "antiquated" where the "?" is in the lyrics.

I love this song so much.

[theholyfork]

Haha thanks!

[Elilie101]

Yeah, but metrics are much easier than imperials. I have no idea how to do imperials. I'm British, by the way.

[poorliljeffy]

@PhearDaR34per You mean except the country that came up with the system of measurement that we use?

[dsman348]

that robot looks awsome

[TheNewGuyification]

170 pounds is actually 77kilograms.

[PopeKurt]

I refuse to properly learn any system lol

[RichietheAssasin]

metrics make so much sense, imperial was just for back in the day when u had to measure shit usin ur hands, americans are idiots for still usin it. also mc lars is pretty good but this song is a truly awful cover of atom an his package

[yazid3848]

Lol "this song is cool"

[Axientar95]

@Tintalasia Infinitely more, because our number system is based off of 10!! Yet we insist that we stick to difficult measurements out of lazy inability to bother switching!! It took me YEARS to understand the imperial system, but I learned the Metric system in a day....

[Tintalasia]

@Tanthen decalitre Only if you're in the USA, Tanthen. From the Oxford dictionary:

decalitre (United States decaliter, dekaliter) (abbreviation: dal; United States also dkl)

n noun a metric unit of capacity, equal to 10 litres.

[Tintalasia]

Awesome! I have no idea why people stick to imperial. How much easier can units of 10 be?

[CaptianBlindfold]

i'm not sure if i like the original, or this one more. they're both so good.

[katelovesyou666]

Its "smarts and metrics" not "sports."