How Bad Can I Be? (Fan-made Latin version)

• published: 22 Dec 2014
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Oh, you thought I was done with the Lorax? How cute. Anyhow, last year during christmas exams I was studying Latin with How Bad Can I Be stuck in my head instead, and I thought, "What if Latin was still a living language?" Took me a while to think up a text, then for my Latin teacher to take out mistakes, then I tried my hand at singing it but I had no way of putting a background chorus in. Now, though, I'm asking you, if there are any sound editors out there, if you can get me a few good chorus takes in of the title and/or the line in parentheses. Oh and here's the text, with translation besides. Quam malus possum esse? Quod facio, id facio jure. Quam malus possum esse? Stultum est fortunam certare. Quam malus possum esse? Quod facio, id facio jure. Quam malus possum esse? Possumne vere tam malus esse? (How bad can I be? Whatever I do, I do justified. How bad can I be? It's foolish to challenge fate. How bad can I be? Whatever I do, I do justified. How bad can I be? Can I really be that bad?) Enim haec est lex naturae (haec est lex naturae). Certe verum est, forsan scitis. Supervivunt fortissimi (vivunt fortissimi). Explicabo ut prehendatis. Animal qui vincit, aggreditur, nec caedere dubitat. Et animal qui perdit, ita, animal qui perdit, morietur, dum alius id devorat. Sed vos quaero... (You see, there is a law of nature. It's certainly true, maybe you know it. The strongest survive. I'll explain so you'll understand. The animal that wins, attacks and doesn't hesitate to kill. And the animal that loses, yeah, the animal that loses, will die, while others devour him. But I ask you...) Quam malus possum esse? Quod facio, id facio jure. Quam malus possum esse? Stultum est fortunam certare. Quam malus possum esse? Quod facio, id facio jure. Quam malus possum esse? Possumne vere tam malus esse? (How bad can I be? Whatever I do, I do justified. How bad can I be? It's foolish to challenge fate. How bad can I be? Whatever I do, I do justified. How bad can I be? Can I really be that bad?) Idem est in negotiis (idem in negotiis), et ad quem loquor, quicumque scit. Is qui habet pecuniam (qui habet pecuniam), circum eum terra jam volvit. Igitur alo rem meam, alo meam officinam, alo etiam rei signum mei. Habeo consilia: quod est tibi, cura. Ego? Curabo qoud est mihi. Ut denarii. (It's the same in business, and everybody knows what I'm talking about. The one who has money, the world spins around him. So I expand my business, I expand my factory, I even expand my business sign. I have some advice: take care of what is yours. And me? I'll take care of what's mine. Like denarii (Roman silver coin, line isn't said here.)) Dicete mecum: smogofumus (smogofumus)! Sloppitislop (sloppitislop)! Queremini quae vultis, ne credideritis me umquam dicere 'stop'. (Stop!) (Say with me: Smogulous smoke! Shloppity shlop! Complain as much as you want, don't think I'm ever saying: 'stop'.) Dic mihi, possumne vere tam malus esse? Quam malus possum esse? Oeconomiam facio crescere. Quam malus possum esse? Omne animal me amat, videte. Quam malus possum esse? Nec dubitat pauperibus stipes dare. Quam malus possum esse? Possumne vere tam malus esse? Audite me. (Tell me, can I really be that bad? (How bad can I be? I'm making the economy grow. How bad can I be? Every animal loves me, you see? How bad can I be? 'He doesn't hesitate to donate to the poor.' How bad can I be? Can I really be that bad? Listen to me.) Mancipes perstant sumere. Et argentum perstat fluere. Et mentiri solent RP. Et advocati negant quodcumque. Est improbumne arbores caedere, si potest me divitem facere? Dic mihi! Possum vere tam malus esse? (The customers keep on buying. And the money keeps on flowing. And the PR (RP: Relationes publicae) is used to lying. And the lawyers deny everything. Is it evil to chop down trees, if it can make me rich? Tell me. Can I really be that bad?) The Lorax and the Once-ler is (c) Dr. Seuss The song and clip is (c) Illumination Entertainment