Status Claim
"Back to the bone, been gone for a bit, now I’m back in my zone."
F-DON & DAN open by announcing a return to form.
Status Claim
"I’m back on the throne of a champion flow."
A champion/status line. They say they are back at the top.
Direct Violence
"I might just smack this bitch in the face."
A direct violence bar. It is battle material.
Name Wordplay
"If I scan, you’re a freak."
A scam/scan wordplay aimed at SKAMZ.
Credibility Attack
"You rap like you’re from a country left deep, but you ain’t got no shank in the waist."
A credibility attack. It says the street image is false.
Sexuality Insult
"He’s still a virgin."
A sexuality/maturity insult aimed at SEVZ.
Wordplay/Insult
"You should be outside chasing a sterling, but you’re inside playing with your gherkin."
A money/sexuality punch. Sterling means money, while gherkin is used crudely.
Age Joke
"You look too young to buy smoke, lucky day cause I’m gonna serve him."
An age/smoking bar aimed at SEVZ.
Credibility/Image
"These men ain’t got their hands dirty, but these hands are filthy."
A strong credibility line. They say SKAMZ & SEVZ have not lived what they rap.
Virginity Joke
"SEVZ don’t get girls, he already keeps his hands to himself."
A sex/virginity joke aimed at SEVZ.
Name Flip
"Everybody knows that SKAMZ’s a scam."
A clean name flip.
Credibility Flip
"You ain’t got a knife, boy, you got robbed a knife."
A strong credibility flip. Instead of carrying a weapon, SKAMZ allegedly got robbed for one.
Résumé Attack
"You lost to Blazn and that was a scam."
A previous-battle result attack.
Tournament Legitmacy
"Got let back in the tourney, that was a scam."
A tournament legitimacy angle.
Reputation Punch
"Got to the fans, forgot your bars, but we all know SKAMZ’s a scam."
A choke/reputation punch. It attacks SKAMZ’s reliability.
Maturity Attack
"SKAMZ, you’re a bitch, you’re here with SEVZ, so many little YGs, it’s an 18-plus event."
F-DON & DAN open round two by attacking age and maturity. They suggest SEVZ looks underage.
Age Joke
"Has anyone here even checked his ID?"
This completes the age joke.
Team Insult
"You must not have many friends if that’s who you brought along to fight me."
A team-selection insult.
Solo Claim
"I’ll smoke you both for my ones."
A solo-status bar. One person claims he can handle both opponents.
Imitation Accusation
"I don’t really remix bars, but you sure like to remix mine."
A direct accusation that SKAMZ or SEVZ copy or adapt their material.
Music Reference
"Cold word, white NW Melly, cause right now murder is on my mind."
A reference to YNW Melly and his song “Murder on My Mind.” It adds a violent music reference.
Location Wordplay
"You might be from Barking, but you ain’t barking."
A location/dog wordplay line.
Wordplay/Insult
"You and your dogs all bark, no bite."
This continues the Barking/dog scheme.
Wordplay Closer
"You’re barking up the wrong tree."
A strong closer to the Barking scheme. It ties location, dogs and threats together.
Authority Claim
"Man can’t tell me about grime flows."
A grime-authority line. They claim superiority in flow.
Imitation Accusation
"You copied F-DON bars and you study my flow."
A direct imitation accusation.
Song Title Reference
"They made a tune called Andy’s Coming."
This introduces a song-title angle.
Sexual Flip
"He lets Andy come in his face."
A crude sexual flip on the song title. It is hostile battle material.
Status Line
"You should be lucky to play on a pitch."
A football/status line. It suggests SKAMZ only belongs on the sidelines.
Gender/Weapon Flip
"You should do back out your shank like Mulan — last time I checked, Mulan was a bitch."
A Disney/Mulan weapon/gender flip. It is offensive battle material.
Appearance Insult
"With those highlights in your dreads, it looks like a wig."
A hair/appearance insult.
Team Dynamic Punch
"You’re a rent son, and SEVZ, you’re his son, so that makes you son of a bitch."
A father/son/team dynamic punch.
Appearance Joke
"Somebody pass the E45."
A dry-skin joke aimed at SEVZ. E45 is a moisturising cream.
Violence/Dog Punch
"I’m a vet, I’ll put this bitch down like a sick dog."
A vet/dog/euthanasia punch aimed at SEVZ.
Pop Culture Reference
"SKAMZ gets slapped in the head, no Chris Rock."
A Will Smith/Chris Rock slap reference.
Credibility Warning
"Stop talking about stabbing, that life you don’t have to choose it."
A warning about fake knife talk.
Violence Line
"Live by the sword, you die by the sword."
A classic violence/consequence line.
Credibility Claim
"Last time someone put a knife on me, they had to use it."
A serious street-credibility claim. It is battle material.
Wrestling Reference/Wordplay
"If this bar don’t kick you out of the ring, that’s why I call it Sweetin’ Music."
This references Sweet Chin Music, Shawn Michaels’ wrestling finisher. It is a strong ring/kick/music wordplay closer.
Direct Response
"You said you’re gonna put hands on my child, you’re gonna regret that."
This opens their third by directly responding to SKAMZ & SEVZ’s dark baby line.
Revenge Theme
"I’ve been waiting for my get-back."
A revenge line. It makes the third feel personal.
Boxing Metaphor
"I dish out a right hook and a left jab."
A boxing punch. It sets the physical tone.
Name/Crime Punch
"SKAMZ is a con, I’ll catch an M if I have to smack that."
A name/crime punch. SKAMZ becomes a con, and “catch an M” means catching a murder charge.
Name Wordplay
"Your name’s SEVZ, you’re about to get severed."
A strong name flip. SEVZ becomes “severed.”
Run Away Angle
"Better do a SKAMZ and leg it."
A run-away angle. It uses SKAMZ’s name as a verb.
Weapon Image
"Before you get peppered with shotgun pellets."
A weapon image. It is battle material.
Tennis Wordplay
"If you’re causing a racket, I’m gonna swing like Andy Murray."
A tennis/racket punch. Andy Murray is the tennis reference.
Name Flip
"He’s the only scam that makes no money."
A clean SKAMZ/money flip. It says he is a scam without profit.
Marvel Reference
"Last battle I said I’ll swing like Spider-Man, but today I’m Venom."
A Marvel callback. They escalate from Spider-Man to Venom, the darker character.
Violent Visual
"One hit to his head and I’m splitting his melon."
A violent visual punch.
Critique
"His lyrics again and again and again, I wish I was forgetting."
A repetition/memory bar. It attacks forgettable or repeated lyrics.
Boy Scheme
"You’re a boy, you look like a boy, you sound like a boy."
This starts the decisive “boy” scheme. The judges specifically remember this section.
Status Contrast
"I am a man, you’re a boy."
A maturity/status contrast.
Generational/Status Line
"I was better than you at rapping back in the day when I was a boy."
A strong generational/status line.
Crowd Control
"Make some noise if you wanna see me slapping a boy."
A crowd-control line. It brings the room into the scheme.
Song Title Flip
"Your favourite song by Beyoncé is the one that goes ‘If I Were a Boy.’"
A Beyoncé reference. It extends the “boy” scheme with a song title.
Song Title Flip
"I’ma call this bitch Ciara cause he’s a bitch and he acts like a boy."
This references Ciara’s “Like a Boy.” It continues the song-title structure.
Pop Culture Scheme
"I’m Homelander and you were The Boys."
A reference to The Boys TV series. It frames them as weaker opponents against the more powerful Homelander figure.