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Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich? AI Rap Battle #1: It's a Sandwich vs Not a Sandwich

It's a Sandwich

Def Inition

Not a Sandwich

Frank Talk

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Let the record show, a filling held by bread

Round 1 · Def Inition for It's a Sandwich

Round 1 — Def Inition for It's a Sandwich
Take: “Filling in bread is a sandwich, a sub counts, so a hot dog counts, and saying otherwise is just feelings.”
Let the record show, a filling held by bread
Is a sandwich, by the plain text of the words I've read
A sub roll has a hinge, the court has found it sound
A hot dog's got that hinge too, and there's no way around
You cannot bless the meatball sub and then deny the frank
That ruling has no basis, and your logic's walked the plank
You say 'it just feels different', I move to strike that claim
A gut is not a dictionary, and this bun has no shame
Round 1 — Frank Talk for Not a Sandwich
Take: “Nobody at a ballpark ever yelled for a sandwich, a hot dog is its own thing and everybody knows it.”
My gut's no dictionary, pal, but it knows what it ate
Nobody's yelling 'sandwich' at the ballpark's front gate
Ask a vendor for a sandwich when the seventh inning hits
He'll hand you back your dictionary, torn in little bits
Follow your own rule and see how far down that slope goes
A taco is a sandwich, and a ravioli, I suppose
You brought a law degree to a ballgame, what a sight
Forty thousand fans just ruled against you, and they're right
Round 2 — Def Inition for It's a Sandwich
Take: “A crowd agreeing doesn't make it law, and a taco isn't bread, so your slippery slope just slipped.”
Forty thousand fans is not a jury, that's a herd
They paid nine bucks for nachos, so forgive me, that's absurd
Your taco isn't bread, sir, read the statute, it's a shell
Ravioli's pasta, so your slippery slope just fell
Own name, you say, so it can't be in the class
Then a poodle's not a dog, and your logic's out of gas
It's got its own stand, you say, and its own ballpark fame
A sandwich in a baseball cap is a sandwich all the same
Round 2 — Frank Talk for Not a Sandwich
Take: “Words mean what people use them for, and you've spent three rounds arguing with a bun.”
A sandwich in a ball cap? Buddy, listen to yourself
You brought a ruling to a cookout, put it on the shelf
Say 'sandwich' at the cookout and then see what you're handed
A turkey club on wheat, pal, and your whole case stays stranded
Words mean what people use them for, your book's a step behind
You'd call your cereal a soup and never change your mind
Three rounds you've been debating bread, and all you've got's a hunch
You're the first attorney ever to get cross-examined by lunch
Round 3 — Def Inition for It's a Sandwich
Take: “People misuse words all the time, that doesn't change the definition, and yes, I'll sign the cereal soup paper.”
Cross-examined by my lunch? It pleaded guilty, sir
Bread and filling, both confessed, the ketchup will concur
Cereal is soup? Bring me the pen, I'll sign the brief
Cold broth, small croutons, breakfast, that's my sworn belief
Words mean what people use them for, you told this court today
Then whales are fish, a tomato's not a fruit, hip hip hooray
Your whole defense is cookouts and an organ's lonely song
And every hot dog sold this year has been labeled wrong
Round 3 — Frank Talk for Not a Sandwich
Take: “If every hot dog on earth is labeled wrong then the planet's fine and one guy with a dictionary needs a snack.”
Every hot dog labeled wrong, the whole world's made a slip
One man with a dictionary is gonna fix the ship?
You signed that soup confession, and you did it with a smile
Breakfast broth, you called it, pal, you've lost us by a mile
Poodles, whales, tomatoes, you've brought a whole zoo to the park
We came to eat a hot dog and you're building an ark
Keep your bread and filling, keep your footnotes and your gown
I just ate Exhibit A, and your whole case went down