RA'SIAH VS SMIL3Z

Confidence

"SMIL3Z, you can’t touch me bro, you can’t try me."

RA’SIAH opens with confidence, immediately stating that SMIL3Z is not on his level.

Status

"They like you, I don’t think that they like me."

This frames RA’SIAH as the less favoured battler. It gives him an underdog edge.

Confidence

"But you sweeping me? It’s not likely."

A direct rejection of a clean sweep. RA’SIAH says SMIL3Z cannot wash him.

Writing

"They can’t out-sack me, I can out-write me."

This is a pen/status bar. RA’SIAH claims nobody can outwrite him.

Status

"They can’t figure me out, they don’t think I should be here."

This speaks to his tournament journey. RA’SIAH says people still doubt his place.

Adaptation

"I’m in PenGame mode, now I figured it out."

RA’SIAH says he has adapted to the platform and understands the format now.

Aggression

"I’m a fighter, I don’t mind swinging it out."

A direct physical/intensity bar. It shows he is ready for conflict.

Location

"I came all the way down to London just to fuck up the function."

This is a strong regional statement. He represents the north coming down south to cause disruption.

Location

"Watch how this up north nigga come down south and kill this prick with a loud mouth."

A north-versus-south battle line. RA’SIAH frames himself as invading London and silencing SMIL3Z.

Insult

"I heard your baby mum is a local skip."

A crude baby-mother insult. It is battle material, not fact.

Rhythm

"Rhythm and flow, yo, I got lojo."

A rhythmic flow claim. RA’SIAH says he has movement and musicality.

Wordplay/Martial Arts

"I hate how I don’t enter my dojo."

This is a martial-arts/self-space image. He frames his writing zone as a dojo.

Music/Money

"I’m just trying to stack funds like Kojo."

This references Kojo Funds. It is a money/music wordplay line.

Comedy

"You’re just funny like Kojo."

A second Kojo reference, this time likely Kojo Anim, the comedian. RA’SIAH flips the name from music to comedy.

Pop Culture

"I’m so sick of this guy like Neo, I dodge all the bullets he shoots in slo-mo."

This references Neo from The Matrix, who dodges bullets in slow motion. RA’SIAH says SMIL3Z’s shots cannot touch him.

Camera Wordplay

"See from my POV like a GoPro."

A camera/perspective bar. GoPro links to first-person footage.

Camera Wordplay

"Painting pictures like Kodak."

A camera/photo reference. RA’SIAH says his writing is visual.

Violence/Camera

"When I shoot SMIL3Z, I don’t mean pose for a photo."

This flips camera shooting into gun shooting. It completes the GoPro/Kodak scheme.

Age/Camera

"You’re like 40 years old, still not developed like a Polaroid."

This is a strong age/photo punch. Polaroids develop visually, but RA’SIAH says SMIL3Z has not developed despite age.

Space/Status

"If you’re a star, I’m supernova."

A space/status bar. A supernova is bigger and more explosive than a star.

Pop Culture Contrast

"This ain’t Skepta and Jonah, more like Flanders and Homer."

This contrasts serious grime energy with cartoonish The Simpsons imagery.

Pop Culture Contrast

"This is the angry chicken versus Peter Griffin."

A Family Guy reference. It frames the battle as a chaotic cartoon fight.

Brand Comparison

"This Pepsi versus Coca-Cola."

A brand-comparison bar. RA’SIAH says they are rivals in the same lane.

Brand Comparison

"New iPhone versus Motorola."

Another comparison bar, suggesting he is the upgrade and SMIL3Z is outdated.

Sports Comparison

"Mayweather versus Adrien Broner."

This references boxing. Mayweather is the elite, Broner is often seen as below him despite style similarities.

Brand Comparison

"A Casio versus Daytona."

A watch/status comparison. Daytona refers to a Rolex Daytona; Casio is cheaper. RA’SIAH says there is a class difference.

Wordplay/Street

"You come from the yard, being in the pen, so you think that you’re hard."

RA’SIAH opens his second by playing with “yard” and “pen.” It links street image and writing.

Writing/Violence

"Kill him with my pencil, slice him up with my sword."

A pen-as-weapon bar. RA’SIAH says his writing cuts.

Wordplay

"I’m a bartender, so I know my bars well."

One of RA’SIAH’s cleanest second-round bars. “Bars” means drinks and rap lyrics.

Wordplay/Drink

"Hitting you with a strong shot."

This continues the bartender/drink scheme. A strong shot becomes a strong bar.

Performance/Rhythm

"Pull up with the Broco, hit him like doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo."

This gives the round rhythm and performance. The repeated “doo-doo” pattern becomes part of the live energy.

Supernatural/Setup

"Them thought me dust when I hit him with the juju."

RA’SIAH uses “juju” as spiritual/curse imagery. It leads into the cinnamon prop moment.

Prop/Moment

"I hit him with the juju."

The cinnamon/juju moment becomes one of the standout live moments of the battle. It is not just a bar; it is a staged performance action.

Direct Attack

"I hate how you rap, bro, your flow is so shit."

A direct technical critique.

Insult

"Holding the mic like you’re on a deep throat."

A crude performance/hand-position insult. It is battle material.

Music Industry

"You said you couldn’t sign with Konvict Music — that’s a con, that’s a lie."

This attacks a music-industry claim from SMIL3Z. RA’SIAH says it was false.

Music Quality

"It didn’t happen cause your dead songs prove it."

This follows the Konvict Music angle. RA’SIAH says the music quality explains why it did not happen.

Status

"It’s my first season battling on your telly, I’m already in the semis."

A strong tournament-status bar. RA’SIAH says he reached the semi-finals in his first season.

Comparison

"My flow’s tighter than yours, my girl’s nicer than yours, my teeth whiter than yours."

A repeated comparison scheme. It attacks SMIL3Z in multiple lanes.

Appearance/Joke

"I can even open my eyes wider than yours."

This is an eye/appearance punch. It lands because SMIL3Z has been attacked for his eyes before.

Insult

"For fifty pound, I had your mum on all fours."

A crude mother/sex-work insult. It is battle material.

Wordplay/Bartender

"Who gets more cow? Bartenders or makers?"

This is a bar/maker/bartender wordplay section. It links back to his bartender image.

Street Image

"My bros really had the most court cases."

A street/credibility line. RA’SIAH claims his people have more real legal trouble than SMIL3Z’s image suggests.

Fashion Insult

"You got your whole fit from Argos."

RA’SIAH opens round three by attacking SMIL3Z’s clothes as cheap.

Street Image/Insult

"You’re not ghetto, you was getting bombed in your cell."

This is a prison/street-image insult. It should be treated as battle material.

Pop Culture/Street

"Thought they could do it on Narcos."

A drug-cartel pop-culture reference. RA’SIAH says SMIL3Z’s drug image is fake.

Pop Culture/Colour

"Stick to the green like Saint Patrick."

This references Saint Patrick, associated with green. It may also link to weed or money.

Supernatural/Threat

"God, I’ma turn you to a ghost."

A death/ghost bar. It keeps the supernatural image going.

Status

"You’re my son in this."

A status/fathering bar. RA’SIAH says SMIL3Z is beneath him.

Pop Culture/Insult

"Cupid, dead rapper trying to be famous."

This attacks SMIL3Z as someone seeking fame through battle. Cupid also links to arrows/love.

Dark Humour

"I hate everybody bro, I’m not racist."

A dark humour line. RA’SIAH says his hostility is universal, not targeted by race.

Reputation

"He’s overhated, he’s overrated."

A reputation flip. RA’SIAH says SMIL3Z gets both too much hate and too much credit.

Writing Critique

"Do a lot just to hide that you can’t write."

This attacks SMIL3Z’s pen directly, saying the performance covers weak writing.

Dark Image

"I’m moving like Mary in pain."

A dark pop-culture/religious-style image. The wording is rough, but it adds to the horror tone.

Horror Pop Culture

"I’m gonna kill him, Insidious."

This references the horror film Insidious, creating a dark atmosphere.

Horror Pop Culture

"Can’t see how I’m conjuring omens."

This references The Conjuring and omens, continuing the horror scheme.

Visual Imagery

"This is daylight murder in the midsummer."

A strong visual bar. Daylight and midsummer make the murder image feel public and unavoidable.

Visual Imagery/Wordplay

"Taking apart your image like a finished jigsaw."

This is one of RA’SIAH’s best third-round writing lines. A completed jigsaw can be taken apart piece by piece, like he is dismantling SMIL3Z’s image.

Name Flip/Insult

"Ross Wolcott, pussy, why do you sound like a vet?"

SMIL3Z opens by using RA’SIAH’s government name and attacking his voice.

Résumé Attack

"You only had one good round with Sips."

A direct résumé attack. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH’s reputation rests on one round.

Direct Attack

"All of your bars are dead."

Simple but direct. SMIL3Z attacks the pen immediately.

Violence/Visual

"I’ll drag your claw in the dirt at the back of your baggy jeans till your face gets shredded."

A violent visual line. It mixes dragging, clothing and facial damage.

Status/Dismissal

"You’re far from my friend, far from the best."

A status and relationship dismissal.

Violence/Threat

"I’ll aim for your chest if he’s wearing a vest, I’ll aim for your head."

A gun-bar variation. SMIL3Z says protection will not help.

Violence/Threat

"If I can’t get you, I aim for your friends."

A family/friends threat. It is battle material.

Status

"Nobody knows you in your ends."

This attacks RA’SIAH’s local reputation.

Image/Insult

"He’s the type of guy that paints his nails black."

A style/gender-expression insult.

Authenticity/Threat

"You ain’t never had to step about, I want your life, brother."

SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH has not lived what he claims, then escalates the threat.

Authenticity

"You ain’t never shot, kicked, punched, slumped."

A street-credibility checklist. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH has done none of it.

Violence

"I might even reverse on a bitch and laugh."

A car/violence bar. It is battle material.

Writing Critique

"Say a whole lot of nothing and your rap’s still scant."

SMIL3Z attacks RA’SIAH’s writing as empty.

Appearance Joke

"Looks like all the food that you eat goes to your lip."

A body/appearance joke. SMIL3Z attacks RA’SIAH’s lips.

Appearance Joke

"I know I got a big lip too, but when I look at him…"

This is a self-aware lip joke. SMIL3Z admits his own feature, then says RA’SIAH’s is worse.

Pop Culture/Violence

"You think you’re 50 Cent? You can get shot in your toe."

This references 50 Cent being shot, but flips it into toe-shot imagery.

Pop Culture/Wordplay

"If I see you stepping out on Lloyd Banks with some bread, you’ll get robbed every time by my Young Bucks."

This is a G-Unit scheme. Lloyd Banks and Young Buck were part of G-Unit, and SMIL3Z uses the names for robbery/status imagery.

Money/Weapon

"I’ll rob you for your P, I tell my nigga pass me the K."

SMIL3Z opens round two with money/weapon wording.

Local Reference

"I had to holler at Craig Mitch so he can tell me the method to put him in mess."

This uses judge Craig Mitch and his Kick Game connection for a room-specific bar.

Local Reference/Wordplay

"He told me come to the store and he’s got me for kicks."

This continues the Craig Mitch/Kick Game line. “Kicks” means trainers and can also imply violence.

Wordplay/Bartender

"K’s at the bar just serving drinks."

A bar/drink/letter-K line. It connects to RA’SIAH’s bartender image.

History

"Since you got smoked by I.B. Reals, you ain’t recovered yet."

This references RA’SIAH’s previous battle with iiiBEREALZ and says he still has not recovered.

Writing Critique

"Your battle was senseless, far from left."

A writing/quality critique. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH’s material makes no sense.

Direct Attack

"You’re boring as fuck, your bars are dead."

A simple but direct critique.

Travel/Status

"You took a long trip on that train just to hold this L in stress."

A travel/defeat bar. RA’SIAH came from Sheffield only to lose.

Insult

"I’ll rob your mum when I see that fat bitch limping."

A harsh mother/violence insult. It is battle material.

Sexuality Insult

"Is he a batty man or is he straight? I’m thinking that he’s sitting on fence."

A sexuality-based insult. It should be treated as hostile battle material.

Identity Attack

"You don’t even know who you are."

This continues the identity attack.

Fashion/Money

"Why do you spend all your money on shit when you still can’t dress to save your life?"

A fashion/money punch. SMIL3Z attacks RA’SIAH’s clothes and spending.

Status

"Here in London, nobody rates you."

A regional/status attack. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH has no respect in London.

Location/Dismissal

"Go back to Sheffield and take your mates too."

A direct send-home bar.

Threat

"Do you wanna die? Nah, but you might."

SMIL3Z opens round three with immediate threat and tension.

Imagery/Threat

"Look at the flows and bars, a provider of explosives, something like dynamite."

This starts the TNT/dynamite scheme. SMIL3Z frames his writing as explosive.

Violence/Imagery

"I’ma aim for his torso and feet — it’s TNT."

A body/explosive punch. TNT connects to the dynamite setup.

Shock Imagery

"Boom, now he’s looking like a terrorist charge on me."

This continues the explosive imagery. It is shock battle material.

History

"Brother, you saw what I did to JC."

SMIL3Z references his quarter-final win over JAYCEE, using it as proof of danger.

Status

"You’ve had nothing but luck, now you’re running out of luck."

A tournament-status line. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH’s run is ending.

Location

"Quit about Chef Town, little nigga, you ain’t equipped."

This attacks RA’SIAH’s Sheffield/Chef Town pride.

Dismissal

"You’re a letdown."

Simple but effective. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH has failed expectations.

Visual Insult

"If I run up in your flat, you’ll jump out the window and use your jeans as a parachute."

A strong visual bar. It attacks RA’SIAH’s jeans and fear at the same time.

Gender Expression

"He wears earrings that hang from his ears, that’s normally something that a girl would do."

A gender-expression insult about RA’SIAH’s earrings.

Identity

"This nigga wants to be American so bad."

This is one of SMIL3Z’s main third-round angles. He says RA’SIAH is forcing an American style or image.

Threat

"Carry on like that, you’ll get left with a toe tag."

A death/body-identification bar. A toe tag is placed on a corpse.

Threat

"Leave your family so sad."

This extends the death image into family reaction.

History/Flip

"iiiBEREALZ is bartender, you’re a joke man."

This flips RA’SIAH’s bartender angle back against him and references iiiBEREALZ.

Drink Scheme

"He was the Henny with the ice."

A Henny/ice/bartender line. It keeps the bar/drink scheme going.

Drink/Violence

"I want the Ray, I’m cold with a bottle, so I can crack your head."

A drink/bottle weapon bar. It uses alcohol imagery as violence.

Fashion

"Why the fuck do you dress like this? You look like an emo."

A direct fashion/style insult.

Comparison

"Screaming out Chef C, man, this nigga’s like JC, trying to make your ends look gangster."

SMIL3Z compares RA’SIAH to JAYCEE, saying both try to make their areas look more gangster than they are.

Dismissal

"All these mother jokes you’re making bring no stress to me."

A rebuttal to RA’SIAH’s mother material. SMIL3Z says it does not affect him.

Status

"I’m levels above, you ain’t next to me."

A direct status closer. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH is nowhere near his level.

Status

"I’m not one of them man you’ve battled in the past."

This is a strong closing idea. SMIL3Z says RA’SIAH cannot treat him like earlier opponents.

Status/Preparation

"I was writing up a shell by the shore on holiday, bro — you thought I’d come unprepared?"

This is one of SMIL3Z’s best final-round lines. He says even on holiday, he was writing serious material.