Tyler vs. Richard/Rap Meanings

Tyler Pilkinton:
'''OK, HEH! Let's go! It's about time'''

("OK, HEH! Let's go!" is a phrase used by Benjamin Liggett in Chairs, Music, and Dance.)

For you to get slapped by one of my outstanding rhymes

(Richard was slapped by Lily in a climactic scene in It Just Might Work. Tyler is using this event to convey that his rhymes are superior.)

You're not strong enough to take any of my blows

(Tyler is saying that Richard will be unable to survive his disses, or else...)

So give me the remote, or I'll punch you straight in the nose!

(...Tyler says he will punch Richard if he doesn't give Tyler "the remote", as he did in the Videos About Deep Stuff  episode The Remote.)

I'm coming at your skiny body like a Tsunami

(Tyler is attacking Richard's thin figure, and 'Tsunami' is the name of Tyler's first short film.)

So just stick to writing about your little comic book zombies

(Richard is a big fan of The Walking Dead, a post-apocalyptic comic about "walers", or zombies.)

You can't even touch my grade-A rapping technique

(Tyler has often received straight A's on his report cards, and he is saying that he will use his academic skills to his advantage during the battle.)

'Cause I'm a YouTube star, you're just a gangly gaming freak

(Tyler is saying that his YouTube channels are bigger and more well known than Richard's gaming channel, which at the time had a much smaller following.)

Richard Murray:
<p style="font-weight:normal;">Look who we have here, king of the vlogosphere

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard sarcastically welcomes Tyler, whose first channel was a vlog channel, to the battle.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">You've only been on YouTube for one friggin' year

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(At the time that this battle was written, Tyler had only been active on YouTube for just over a year.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">I've got cultural appeal, you're white as a ghost

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard is bragging about his diverse cultural and ethnic ancestry (Mexican, Irish, and Syrian), saying Tyler (who has Scots, English, and French ancestry) is purely European, or "white as a ghost.")

<p style="font-weight:normal;">'''I'm taller than you. You're probably what, five-six at the most?'''

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard is taller than Tyler, who was actually around 5'7-5'8 when the battle was made.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">You were an honorary Asian stripped of your label

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(In ninth grade, Tyler was labeled an "Honorary Asian" by some of his friends but was stripped of this title the following year as he chose not to take any AP classes.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Your taste in music is crappy like your skills on the pool table

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard (perhaps not to the extent conveyed in the battle) is highly critical of Tyler's music preferences and is attacking Tyler's skills playing the game of pool.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Never had a girlfriend 'cause you've got no game

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard reminds Tyler that, at the time, Tyler had never had a girlfriend while Richard had. This was also pointed out during a series of asides in It Just Might Work.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">'''Tyler Pilkinton? You better ditch that for a stage name'''

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard tells Tyler that, in order to gain more popularity, he must adopt a stage name/online persona. Tyler responds to this in the following line...)

Tyler Pilkinton:
<p style="font-weight:normal;">Who do you think you're talking to, Sir Richard Talks Alot?

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard Talks Alot is the name of Richard's vlog channel.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Don't you remember I made you famous, or have you forgot?

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Tyler claims that he is responsible for Richard's popularity on YouTube as he was credited in It Just Might Work before his gaming channel exploded.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">I'm not a rapper, but I got a lot of candor

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(This is a reference to the viral YouTube video "RAP BATTLE PARODY", in which a kid whose street name is Supa Hot Fire claims that he is not a rapper several times. However, Tyler is saying is that, despite not being a "true" rapper, he has a lot of honesty--or candor.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Now let me pass the mic to my man named Xander

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Tyler hands his verse off, or "passes the mic" to, Xander.)

Xander Ray:
<p style="font-weight:normal;">I'm about to send this man flyin' like Team Rocket

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Xander says he will send Richard flying "like [a] rocket". Team Rocket is also a reference to Pokemon.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Stick to your milk and donuts, I've got my hot pockets!

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(The second episode of Videos About Deep Stuff, homesick - a silent-ish film, features Richard craving milk and donuts while sick. In It Just Might Work, when Tyler invites Xander to participate in the production of a skit, Xander says he will do it if hot pockets are provided.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">My fiction's better than anything you could ever write

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(In an early scene in It Just Might Work, Richard steals Xander's short story idea.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">I got those fancy dance moves, but I'm always ready for a fight!

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Xander has been known to bust some dope moves but also threatens Richard with his physical strength.)

Richard Murray:
<p style="font-weight:normal;">Why don't you shut your hungry mouth before I teach you a lesson

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Richard tells Xander to quit rapping, or else...)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">I'll melt you into some chocolate and make s'mores like Clinton

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(In an early scene in It Just Might Work, Clinton describes an unorthodox method for making s'mores.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Then I'll cut you up inna little tufts like Jesse's hair

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(In the Videos About Deep Stuff episode Hair: Another Creepy Jesse Tale, Jesse cuts his hair into small tufts before going berserk.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">'''Think this battle's your Redemption? I don't care!'''

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Redemption is the name of Tyler's first feature-length film.)

Tyler Pilkinton:
<p style="font-weight:normal;">I'll make you stumble like you tumble on a carport

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(A sequence in Chairs, Music, and Dance features Tyler, Richard, and Ben bouncing off the tire of Richard's father's car.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">'Cause I'm the one who ha-mastered the skill of parkour

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(In Chairs, Music, and Dance, Tyler, who teachers Richard and Ben how to do parkour, accidentally mispronounces "mastered" as "ha-mastered".)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">I can't blame myself for casting you as a jerk

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Tyler cast Richard in the role of a bully/jerk in It Just Might Work.)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">'''Look up a book on acting, dude. It Just Might Work'''

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Tyler tells Richard that, if he studies acting, he might improve (thus "it just might work", the name of Tyler's movie.))