Championship Match: 1. Metasin 3-0 v. 2. Got Life? 14-4 (Vote Now!)

[Quriosity]

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[Got Life?]

La-di-da-di...
La-di-da-di...
La-di, da-di!
Yo peep this

La-di-da-di, we like to party

[Got Life?]

votes:
1. 5. Lucifa 14-5 v. 6. Pain 3-1 (Vote Now!)
2. 9. Stars€reen 0-2 v. 10. Daht Cahm 1-1 (Vote Now!)
3. 21. Condescending 0-0 v. 22. DeadKing 0-0 (Vote Now!)
4. 13. Dougie G 2-3 v. 14. Master Peace 0-1 (Vote Now!)
5. Championship Match: 1. Metasin 3-0 v. 2. Got Life? 14-4 (Vote Now!)
6. 15. TheReturn 10-2 v. 16. LDogg 4-3 (Vote Now!)
7. 19. Cereal Killa 0-0 v. 20. Alias2 0-0 (Vote Now!)

[MetaSin]

I live life knowing it could end, or be havoc in an instant...
a ballet of possibilities, with fate dancing in the distance.
I once questioned it, asking if HE handles how I'm livin....
the answer I was givin, brought understanding, now i listen...
as I sit & roll, arms gettin swoll; hands tired as I grip & hold...
the right wheel, & this loving hand as I enjoy this little stroll.
But, coming here's a little bold, the evening airs a little cold,
I have not returned, since it occured, & now I feel a little old.
my feet seem to be mocking me;
a little droll, with bitter soles
these shoes were made for walking streets
with out a chance to live its role
the same as me; now nothing is what it was made to be
every breath I takes an accident; i place the blame on me
in the present, we've reached the destination at last
a different "we" that prepares for our future, while facin my past
she asks if i'm ready... I responded to her "I guess"...
wondering if she was ready to see my past's honesty in my flesh
i gave her the key, and within seconds, she opened the door
to the house, to my heart, and to oh so much more...
this solemn chamber was my life before the guilt & the sorrow...
the yesterday in which me and love were building tomorrow
but now tomorrow is yesterday; I'm still trynna leave it behind
so I confront it, as my eyes are drawn to the streets in design
intertwined like vines of lost souls, and infinite dreams
a lone heart as the place holder of an intricate scene....
a vapid array of all our inanimate posessions
made me feel more a live than anything thats happened in the present
my mere presence in this abyss that was my world
plunged me back into the tragedy that was my girl



"As soon as there is a personal God he is a disappointing God.”
-Cyril Connolly

when she died...

we both should've died, it was almost over at the start...
our civic looked like a toy in the wreckage, broken into parts
i was in the driver seat, and she was passenger side
blind sided from the right, she had no chance to survive
but i could see her eyes, wondering if she could see me cry
or see me try to hold it together; I wouldn't leave her side
I never would... months later I was stuck in her perfection
asking God daily if this was because of my transgressions
Did I do somethin wrong? could this awfulness be deserved?
It's unfair because the creed I follow has been His words
all those days spent in churches, almost seemed worthless...
staring in the house full of her old clothing, and purses
the scent of her perfume antagonized my misery
life wasn't worth livin if my soul mate couldn't live with me
I had found the only thing I needed, and wouldn't try again
God didn't have an answer for me, so this was in spite of him
i guzzled down some vodka, and I took a vile of pills
hopped in my car, trying to seal my fate behind the wheel
drove to the same intersection, and didn't stop at the light
with no seatbelt on, i was hit; & I called it a night...
i wish i could've called it a life... but again, I was a live
even tho I should've died according to reasoning and pride
and then i realized that half of me was missin....
surgery had been completed; they had bandaged each incision
the days to come would bring me no hope; nothing but pain
it took time to cope with the fact that my lover was slain
then God saw fit to send a cure for my wavering heart
she walked with me here to confront this pain in the dark
and didn't say a word, as she could see love in my face
condolences meant nothin, and this wasn't her place...
so we left, and took the exact same walk in reverse...
but this time, she was pushing me as I pondered her worth
we got to the car, and she helped me get into my seat...
this new woman, with such spirit, was a blessing of relief
she got in the driver's seat, & we rode off in the night....
then at the same intersection, she didn't stop for the light....

[Got Life?]

"Brotherly Love"



Emily lay there panting, chest heaving,
Recanting, the events of that blessed evening,
Her dress soiled, but her skin’s gleaming,
No longer stressed, she begins dreaming…

Daniel stands in the field, his laughter aloof,
Piercing eyes, they look after the truth,
Those eyes witness a mother in terrible acts,
He shudders, these are unbearable facts,
As her dress is bunched up round her waist,
Her eyes shut, wrists bound and placed-
Upon a headboard that’s never shook like so,
There they go…back and forth like do-si-do,
The vulgar act so crude yet captivating,
He stood transfixed, brooding and debating-
Of whether to run, to shut his eyes, to hide,
But his legs betrayed him locking up his stride…

So when the man beneath his mother stood,
Daniel found the rage that any brother would,
Realizing that while there father was at war,
His own son John, mounted mother like a whore,
Screaming at the Gods,
Wanting an answer as to how could this be,
Though however slim the odds,
John and Mother spotted Daniel’s melee,
They saw him cursing and shouting at the deity,
They felt his mounting anger at them, at society,
And while mother hid her face in shame,
John knew, he too, would face the same-
Banishment and pain, if Father was to know,
He’d vanish in the rain, to hurt his brother so…

And when all was done, Daniel laid quite still,
Unable to walk, unable to talk…
Though John didn’t have the power of will,
Only paralyzing Daniel, not capable to kill,
And in that bitter moment, all was lost,
Little did he know, John would pay the cost-
For the irreparable damage he inflicted,
As the images haunted his dreams,
So he drank away the pain, growing addicted,
Crashing a car, now convicted…he screams,
Though they’ve long since thrown away the key,
Trapped, facing the music, he’ll never be free…

So Mother had lost another lover to war,
As Father had met his demise amidst the gore,
He was found shot dead where he’d stand,
Though in a sense, he’s a lucky man…
Never having to see his family torn,
The calamity born…as Emily saw it all,
Hidden behind a rose bush and a thorn,
Now left to slowly impose her own scorn,
Upon the mother that cost her a brother,
The only man that ever did love her,
A brother, she too, so dearly did love…
So destiny guided her from above.

Strapping Mother in for a drink and a drive,
After all, no shrink could revive,
A woman who’d lost a husband and a son,
While another lay crippled, virtually done,
In what seemed like the blink of an eye,
So it made sense that she’d drink till she’d die,
Leaving behind a daughter who’d cry-
At the funeral, though with bliss in her eye,
Bringing Daniel back a flower from the grave,
Rest now dear brother, you’re no longer her slave…

[Dougie G]

Meta: Well all in all this was a good verse, i mean the flow was on point, and easy to follow, I really have nothing bad to say about the verse, there was one point in the middle where I almost got lost, but then you brought everything right back, And Oh yeah I LOVED THE ENDING, so does that mean GOD screwed that guy over twice.

Got Life: Well I honestly read this verse thinking someone was gonna drown giving head, but it never came, i was so dissappointed in that, I mean the flow was on point, and the rhyme scheme was there like always, but honestly at the end, I was confused, I felt as though u rushed the ending, like I am gonna have to read it a few more times, just to understand what happened.

Vote: Metasin, for havign a more entertaining verse.

[MetaSin]

Votes

21. Condescending 0-0 v. 22. DeadKing 0-0 (Vote Now!)
5. Lucifa 14-5 v. 6. Pain 3-1 (Vote Now!)
9. Stars€reen 0-2 v. 10. Daht Cahm 1-1 (Vote Now!)
13. Dougie G 2-3 v. 14. Master Peace 0-1 (Vote Now!)

[DeadKing]

Meta- your shit wasnt bad in any right, i dont know why people say it was boring from beginning to start. the rhyme scheme was the only thing that was strained, but it was a good read and i liked the storyline. i think the story was a little cliche in the beginning, and especially in the very end, but that doesnt mean it was a bad verse, its just i heard it before, but now-a-days, very rarely, can i read a verse that is original, to include shit i write myself..






got life - right off the bad your verse was better formatted and flow'd more naturally. where as you both used some nice diction, you executed it better where it didnt seem forced to the tongue. the problem i had with your verse is it seemed to have alot of moving parts for me, like names and whatnot, its like you put a novel into a 64 bar rhyme.... not sure if that makes sense, but basically saying i had to reread to process it all cause i got alittle lost about halfway through




- both were good verses, but got life pulls the win due to better format and easier read on the eyes....


vote - got life

[Daht Cahm]

Meta- I loved this verse. Honestly. The entire thing was so smooth. It just seemed to fit. Losing a love in the crash, getting paralyzed in the crash, and ending in the crash. Like he just couldn't escape the intersection. It was metaphorical in the mental aspect of escape, and physical that he actually got hit 3 (I'm assuming they got hit at the end) times. I liked it a lot.


GL?- Okay... what? I mean, the flow was nice, and though the imagery was there, I still couldn't really follow a long. The son walked in on his brother fucking his mom? The sister is scared? But wasn't in the scene. The one brother having sex with the mom got arrested for drinking and driving? The other brother died? The mom died at the end? Emily brought the brother in jail a flower? I'm not sure man. Maybe I can edit this after you clear some of this up.




Okay, so the things I was unclear about in GL?'s verse got cleared up, apparently I had some names flipped, not to mention I read it while in a rush. So some things that I didn't get before I get now that I don't have gunfire in the background.



I still enjoyed Meta's verse though, a lot more than average because I love Pearl Jam;)



So my vote will be a tie....

[Infinite Truth]

okay.

i don't really know what you people are talking about.

check it.

meta:
okay. would have been a cool drop in 2003 maybe. nothing revolutionary. story was boring until the last line. one line can't save the verse, though. flow was crooked. scheme wasn't anything special. concept was far from brilliant. weak imagery. & it was just plain unoriginal. i don't mean to be a dick. but how are you #1?

gotti:
i like it. i mean, really bro... kinda weird. but that's your style. it'd make a for a good movie. flow was iffy. but i know you had a flow in mind cuz you do audio, & audio heads know flow. scheme was okay. had some nice ones. that "vanish in the rain" shit was nice. nice multisyllabic imagery. cool shit. your story had imagination, & worked the topics really well. but the other voters are right: it's weird. but fuck it, ain't nothing wrong with that if you can pull it off.

v- got life.

[MetaSin]

i love it... lol. My story was boring til the last line..

thanks for that... really

[Got Life?]

up over no-shows

2-1 GL

[Master Peace]

Nice drops from both of you...real hard to decide

Meta...that piece was a great dop. And what stood out to me was the fact that it read smothly. Iliked your structure and the story...it was a really good read. Throughout the whole piece. If I had to say something was wrong with it...it would be that the concept wasn't all that original and the imagery wasn't amazing. It was still a good read tho

GL...The thing that I like about this story is the imagery. The story flowed nice and it kept me interested. Although it fell off a couple times I feel that your story was a more enjoyable read.

This was a dope match and it was close. But GL edged it in the imagery department

v/Got Life

[Kid Phikshen]

metasin: very boring story with a slightly strong finish, partly due to your stretched bars and inconstent rhyming pattern, and some points i thought i had caught on to the rhythm only to be disappointed, it was just too stretched and inconsistent to ever develop into a smooth fluid like flow, besides that the lines were just too wordy and fillerish to grasp my attention, reading this was like reading a drawn out novel, the story itself was nothing special and somewhat a drag to read up until the ending and the god gave him something special line, the verse took a turn here and somewhat developed a rhythm as well as drew me in to the verse, the ending was a good one to such a boring script, i think the verse in itself was too long and the lines as well, you could have cut down a lot of this to make for a shorter more intriguing verse, quicker bars are the way of the future as the keep the attention and the progression moving throughout, the long bars slow the progression and almost always get a negative feedback when accompanied with a boring verse, not a bad showing here at all but you needed more to tackle GL, the idea was decent but poorly executed

got life: dark and sadistic yet intriguing, much stronger overall showing here, the flow was quicker and better overall which helped to develop a rhythm while reading and aided the overall progression of the piece, the piece itself was a more creativie piece and unraveled at a quicker pace, i enjoyed this for the most part, everything fit the description, very dark and grim setting with a family and a black cloud so to speak, i liked the subtle revealance of the son being the sex slave to the mother, the father's death was most probably the weakest aspect being of little importance and therefore it read as though you spent the least time developing it, yet and still it fit the script and completed the story, good drop here

i dont have much time because im on the run, but overall the decision was clear, a good showing by both and a good champ match, meta was a victim of his self which i had predicted, he tends to overwrite and his potential is overcast by confidence in writing, it seemed as though he felt he had a winner and yet this verse fell short in so many areas that could have easily been avoided, the main aspect being flow and story progression which both add to the entertainment value which was low here, got life on the other hand is a pioneer of the quick bar scheme and does it well with good imagery and descriptions, therfore my vote is for got life?