Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley. Epic Rap Battles of History
@mysticmillie77
2y↑85Explaining the lines:
0:11 "You stole rock and roll, gave us rockabilly cheese" talks about how elvis allegedly stole rock and roll from black musicians, and changed it so that mainstream white audiences would listen to it
0:20 "Heres a tip, dont swallow a bucket of drugs, so you wont die on the toliet dropping hunks of burning love" talks about how elvis died because of his drug abuse, and that he died on the toliet
0:26 "Call me ed Sullivan, shoot you from the waist up" talks about how elvis's dancing was too sexual for TVs at the time, so ed Sullivan only flimed his preformances from the waist up
0:35 "Spitting out hits since i was 6 years old" talks about how michaels career began when he was 6 (actually 5) years old preforming in the jackson 5, he had hits even when he was that young, like 'i want you back' and 'abc'
0:43 "I got one for your monkey, two for your clothes, three for your family, four for your noise." Talks about the chimp that michael had during the '80s who was named bubbles, and michaels unusual and now iconic fashion, his abusive family, and that he had 2 plastic surgeries on his nose
0:48 "You better surrender talking about the abcs, Cause all you wanna do is teach kids the birds and the bees" talks about the false child molestation allegations that michael was accused of.
0:55 "I'll light you up like your hair in a pepsi commercial" talks about how in 1984, michaels hair was set on fire while fliming a pepsi commercial, which gave him 3rd degree burns and some permanent damage on his scalp.
1:00 "I stole from black culture, why are you offended?" Talks about how michaels skin color slowly changed to white during the mid to late '80s, the media speculated that he was ashamed of his race and bleached his skin, but it was actually because he had a skin disease called vitiligo.
1:02 "Your daddy beat gold records out of you like alchemy" talks about how michael endured physical and emotional abuse from his father.
1:04 "Dont make me spank you and dangle your ass over a balcony" idk about the spanking part, but the second one is talking about how in 2002, michael dangled his youngest son, bigi, over a balcony while in a hotel, which gave him alot of backlash.
1:10 "Didnt lose any chocolate, i just added vanilla" talks about how michael was proud to be a black American, that just because his skin color changed doesnt mean that he isnt a black man anymore, this line is a reply to elvis's 'i stole from black culture' line.
1:14 "Whooping your big fat ass with my shiny glove" talks about how elvis was obese during his later years because of his diet, the shiny glove is a reference to the iconic sparkly glove that michael wore.
1:17 "How you gonna talk about the birds and the bees, when you met your own wife when she was only 14" talks about how elvis's wife was only 14 when they met, basically calling elvis a hypocrite, this is a reply to elvis's 'you better surrender, talking about the abcs' line.
1:22 "Then you made 1 daughter, she came to me, i took her to my neverland ranch to hee-hee" talks about how michael married elvis's daughter, lisa marie Presley, in 1994.
1:30 "Even tito looks better then you" talks about tito jackson, who is michaels older brother and is portrayed to be the loser of the family.
1:31 "Im singing aaaahhhhhh, your singing dont be cruel" talks about how michael sometimes screams in his songs, 'dont be cruel' is a song that elvis made.
1:36 "Your a creeper dude, you like to grab your own wanger" talks about how michael is portrayed as a creep in the media, and how he tends to grab his crotch while dancing.
1:47 "You lost your own damn mind, thats why they cast you in the wiz" talks about how in the wiz, michael played the scarecrow, the scarecrow doesnt have a brain.
1:49 " Your like a sad white woman who never got to be a kid" talks about how michael looked more feminine in his adult years because of his vitiligo, and also makes fun of his tramatic childhood.
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