Replacement angle
"I was looking forward to facing Storm, I was itching to pitch him."
iiiBEREALZ opens by saying he prepared mentally for Stormz, not DEENO. It immediately frames DEENO as the replacement option rather than the desired battle.
Replacement angle
"Car crashed, uncripped him. Now I’ve got to turn this kid to a victim."
He references the reason Stormz could not appear, then says DEENO is now the one who has to take the punishment instead.
Replacement angle
"There’s not much difference. Both talk mad but both get lifted."
iiiBEREALZ says Stormz and DEENO are similar because both talk tough but can still be beaten.
Replacement angle
"Marks, I’m pissed. This replacement here is shit."
A direct attack on the booking. He says PenGame should not have given him DEENO as the stand-in.
Replacement angle
"You should have just let me perform a couple songs instead of cremating kids."
iiiBEREALZ says battling DEENO is so easy that it would have been better use of time to let him perform music instead.
Level setting
"He’s not ready for this, and I’m certain."
This is the main angle of the battle. iiiBEREALZ argues that DEENO is not prepared for the level or pressure.
Replacement angle
"Whether it’s Stormz or DEENO, you’re murking."
He says the opponent does not matter. Stormz or DEENO, the result would still be him winning.
Confidence gap
"Look in his eyes, you’ll see he’s nervous."
A performance-based attack. iiiBEREALZ is telling the crowd to read DEENO’s body language and see the lack of confidence.
Status challenge
"Who’s DEENO? You put him in a coffin."
He dismisses DEENO as unknown and immediately links that lack of status to defeat.
Character attack
"You ain’t no man, more like a mouse."
A simple character attack, saying DEENO is small, timid and not intimidating.
Age/Status angle
"Not a big man, no, you’re a minor."
iiiBEREALZ keeps the age/status angle going, making DEENO sound like a child in an adult battle.
Longevity reference
"I came into PenGame and I got a 3-0 win with a stumble."
He reminds the room that even with imperfections, he already proved he could win clearly.
Delivery critique
"You ain’t even really started rap, but it’s best you know against me, you sound even less composed."
iiiBEREALZ attacks DEENO’s experience and delivery, saying he sounds raw and unready.
Level setting
"I am on the levels you’re dying to reach."
A clear level-setting bar. He says DEENO is chasing a standard iiiBEREALZ already occupies.
Identity bar
"I be rules, three eyes, that’s me."
He uses the “iii” part of his name as a three-eyes concept, turning his name into an identity bar.
Weather flip
"I’m not Storm, I’m a tropical cyclone."
A strong weather flip. Since DEENO replaced Stormz, iiiBEREALZ says he is not just dealing with a storm — he is dealing with something bigger.
Age/Status angle
"You still drink from a sippy cup, listen up."
Another age angle, making DEENO look childish and not grown enough for this stage.
Lyrical style
"It’s not rap, man, it’s literature."
iiiBEREALZ positions his writing as higher-level than normal bars, saying his pen is more advanced and crafted.
Level setting
"You ain’t ready just yet. In a thousand years, try me again."
He ends the round by saying DEENO is so far behind that even time would not close the gap quickly.
Career attack
"Losing, it’s your profession, not music."
A clean career attack. iiiBEREALZ says DEENO is better known for losing than for making music.
Dominance
"I can stay silent and still win."
He claims the battle is so one-sided that even without rapping, he would still beat DEENO.
Lyrical trick
"If you don’t recognise those words, they don’t really start, but I said it in reverse."
iiiBEREALZ points out a technical writing trick, saying part of his material was structured in reverse. It reinforces the idea that he is thinking more technically than DEENO.
Dominance
"All my bars, they murk. I hope they get met with your priest in church."
A death/funeral image, saying his writing is enough to end DEENO’s battle life.