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жанры: hip-hop, rap
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The Metric System
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MC Lars
жанры: hip-hop, rap
альбомы: This Gigantic Robot Kills
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Music and lyrics by Adam Goren (Yardsticks are pathetic) 12 inches per foot 2 pints per quart Why don’t we make it easy? The English system of measurement must be laid to history We can use units of 10 and convert with ease Just like all the other countries I am in command yes I am taking a stand From this disease we must be free! (Good God!) CHORUS You are drunk with your tradition that has no validity While I’m intoxicated with smarts and metrics Come drink a deciliter with me We want metrics, we want them now! We know we can win! I weigh 170 pounds, that’s 90 kilograms See metrics can even make you thin (Yardsticks are pathetic) All cool things are in metrics For example, here’s just one I got my “nine”, well that’s 9 millimeters Sounds cooler then my .3 something inches gun! The powerful, if non-existent “they” Will call me communist or call me scum But it’s worth it: Canadians will think we’re smart At least they’ll think we are not as dumb CHORUS The revolution’s here We must overcome at last As we symbolically stick their 12 inch foot up their antiquated ass… guitar! CHORUS
Это интересно:MC Lars (real name: Andrew Nielsen) began making hip-hop-based tapes while still a kid, but was sidetracked from rap by such traditionally important issues to teenagers as playing guitar in a punk band and getting accepted to a college. Nielsen went to Stanford, and then did an exchange stint at Oxford, but all the while he was fiddling with desktop productions and developing his quirky, pop culture-savvy style. Boisterous live gigs and word of mouth built buzz for Lars' home studio raps (influences: everything from Atom & His Package and Weird Al Yankovic to KRS-One and the Beastie Boys). Then London imprint Truck Records issued a Lars full-length called Radio Pet Fencing in 2003, and the... продолжение
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