"We fight for a country of our own a new nation where we choose our own laws Choose our own leaders. Yes, and choose our own systems of weights and measures Weights and measures, sir. Yes. Yes. I dream of that one day our proud nation Will measure weights and pounds and that 2,000 pounds shall be called a ton And what would 1,000 pounds be called sir nothing Because we will have no word for that Seems like we should have a word for 1,000 pounds sir. And yeah, we won't Because we are free men And we will be free to measure liquids and liters and milliliters, but not all liquids only soda wine alcohol Only those sir. Yes, because for milk and paint we will use gallons pints and quarts. God will How many liters are in a gallon sir, nobody knows In this new country, what plans are there for men of color such as I? Distance will be measured in inches feet yard or mile So 12 inches to a foot 12 feet to a yard 12 feet to a yard if they were always so simple 3 feet to a yard and How many yards to a mile nobody knows?"