[ThaKiddJopp] Show of hands, how many of you out there think I'm only here today Cause of my letter to Lecrae Okay Well if so I've just got one thing to say That's cray cray The only reason I came to Chicago in the first place Was for that two thousand dollar pay day Sike I'm being silly Like really I'm here because of Lecrae I don't care if I lose or not I'll still be a rebel even after the music stops Because if I came here to win I'll be a sad clown tryna chase that crown I'm here to put the Lord in the front So I can play the background I'm here to rap accurately about things I actually mean Like how sins weight made me hang low I was a slave in those chains and now I'm actually free Like the actor we see Playing Django I couldn't care less if the crowds clapping for me The Lord's love cuts so deep It was stabbed to a tree See many of us like grabbing our trees and Lighting them, bad with a reason Like they have them in seasons But the pattern Adam was leaving Get it Left us in the pattern of treason You see me miss the mark with archery Tryna squeeze by like yo pardon me He cleaned up every part of me Flesh, bones, arteries The heart in me He actually parted me Now I'm on palm of the Son of God A gold hair To go heir And meet Him in the sky like solar flare [JGivens] KiddJopp Alright Royal Ezenwa [Royal Ezenwa] First of all I want to say I'm extremely nervous Uh, so you just have to bear with me Word up Listen close and let this marinate We deserve hell man like mayonnaise Seems the Lord's so full of praise I was off the hook like telephones But He changed my walk and talk like Rosetta Stone You should check this out Bear with me When I heard... Oh my gosh Bear with me Bear with me *crowd encourages Royal* Raised from the Gospel from a young age My momma fed me with that word since I was baby she Would tell me the Father's will and the Father's ways Was real, bro I was scared I didn't know I was a slave I was such a good kid, my heart was still deranged Had knowledge of the Lord but my actions brought me pain Was blind, vision was hazy, was crazy plus I was lame I was zooming on that cross like snipers was on my brain So now I call upon His name, in fate of my heart quickly And Jesus changed my frame, He tailored my walk swiftly It gets me They call us true grizzlies Get it True grizzlies We bear truth, good trees that bear fruit, the world leave you empty Abandon worldly pleasures, turn our back on God, never But Jesus is our pleasure, the world's in vain like your blood pressure I swear that nothing's better and nobody is greater, we lift up His name 'cuz Jesus Christ is the Saviour We serve Him like a waiter And to His will we cater We serve Him now not later We not lusting after paper We broke up with that world dawg We're longer dead Matter fact we put an x on her face cause we hate her [JGivens] Royal Ezenwa Hey, watch your step Watch your step Make some noise for all of these guys for getting up here It's not easy [?] It's not easy to get up here But in spite of all [?] So let's make some noise for these two [?] no matter how nervous you get your right here Good job Judges [Swoope & JGivens] Swoope: I'll start here for ya I thoroughly enjoyed you not giving up Getting back in there when you lost your wit a little bit And I just love southern accents The Trip Lee and [?] I thought he was just lip reading and Trip was in the back JGivens: And he's light skinned too *crowd laughs* Swoope: I would go for ThaKiddJopp on mere confidence I felt like you were on the soap box a little bit But just like hey man this is what I wrote I'm coming here for this battle You came out swinging so I would lean towards ThaKiddJopp [JGivens] Right Eshon [Andy Mineo's "co*ky" playing in the background] [Eshon Burgundy] First gentleman, crazy with the confidence was just, just spoke real loud As your professionalism And so, really dope, even the [?], you what I'm saying And so, the second guy *crowd laughs* Somebody stole my man's payday *crowd continues laughing* This child will hear you all The second gentleman Definitely applaud you jumping back into it I've forgotten many of my lyrics myself Flow's definitely, flow's definitely stronger when you picked it back up I think I'll have to go for the first guy just based on showmanship That's it [JGivens] Alright that's up Here you go here's your payday Alright So how many think Hey, settle down, ay settle down though, settle down We gonna figure this out right now How many of you think Royal Ezenwa *crowd cheers* For ThaKiddJopp *crowd cheers* And the winner is ThaKiddJopp