Karma's World (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - Freestyle Knockout - full transcript
-Huh?
Unless another rapper deserves the throne?
Have you ever thought
you needed to be like someone else?
Stick around!
I'mma show you what went down!
Oh, Miss Torres!
Did you get any new
Lady K music this week?
Sorry, bebecita. Nothing new.
Karma, there's never any new Lady K music!
Why do you keep looking?
'Cause she's my favorite, duh!
The greatest of all time!
I mean, she grew up in this neighborhood.
She made the most amazing album.
And then suddenly stops rapping?
It doesn't make any sense.
No new music in 15 years?
That's so long!
Like, longer than us!
Ay.
C'mon, Mami! Dance with us!
Wait, what's wrong?
Nothing, mi amor.
Just glad you and your friends
love hanging in this old place.
Mami, stop stroking the counter!
You're embarrassing me!
Sorry, sorry!
I-I'll let you get back
to your dance moves.
Hmm.
Hold on, hold on!
Shh! Here she comes!
Uh, why are you all
looking at me like that?
Karma, I just got off the phone
with a TV producer, and--
Freestyle Knockout is coming
to Hansberry Heights!
Hey! I was gonna tell her!
Did you say…
Freestyle Knockout!
The youngest, hottest MCs
are rap battlin' for glory.
Freestyling is rapping on the spot.
We give the rappers a surprise word…
Bananas!
Bananas are… Um…
And if they can't rhyme…
-K.O.!
No way!
-K.O.!
-Argh!
- K.O-O-O!
-Argh!
Keys! I know what Freestyle Knockout is!
Did you get tickets or something?
That's just the thing, Karma.
The TV producer said she saw
your Rhyme O'Clock News Reports.
And guess what?
She asked you to compete!
This is my dream!
Woo!
But hold up. Who am I up against?
Nineteen-time reigning champions,
Jayla and Tayla!
Think you can beat us?
Think again!
They're… pretty good.
Pretty good?
They're awesome!
And they've got thousands of views online.
How many do you have again, Karma?
Like, nine?
It's not fair!
There's two of them, and only one of me!
That's why the producer
said you can pick a team-mate.
Ooh, a team-mate?
I know just who to ask!
-No.
-What?
I don't rap!
I make beats.
Me? Oh, no, no, no!
I can't even rhyme!
Bat… car… Uh, dog!
See?
I'm never gonna win
if I don't have a team-mate who can rap!
-Karma…
Teaming up with Crash is the only way
you're gonna beat Tayla and Jayla.
Ugh!
Yeah!
Oh. Hey, Karma.
Did ya come to compliment Crash's rhymes?
No, I…
Uh… yes.
Wait, really?
So, yesterday I got invited to
compete on Freestyle Knockout and--
Ooh! Freestyle Knockout?
I love that show!
-But there are these rapping twins--
-Jayla and Tayla!
They've won 19 times!
-So… will you rap with me, Crash?
Yeah. Sure.
Wait, really?
A chance to be on live TV
and show the whole world
I'm the best rapper in the city?
-I'm down!
- "The best"?
Who said you were the best?
I'm the one who--
Oh man, they're so good!
Whoever's up against them
is gonna be toast!
Oh, wait.
That's you guys.
Sorry.
Park. Tomorrow morning.
You bet.
Okay, I've been planning all night,
and I know what we need to do.
Jayla and Tayla are 19-time champs, right?
So if we wanna win,
we have to rap just like them.
But that's not how freestyling works.
We're supposed to do our own thing.
No!
We need to do what Jayla and Tayla do,
so we can be just as good as them.
Look, see how they switch off
every few words?
-So?
-And how they dance?
-Who cares?
-We have to do it just like that.
Here, lemme show you again.
Ugh, no! I can't listen to that
"seein' doubles" line one more time!
We just have to do our own thing, Karma.
Trust me, I know how to-- Whoa-ah!
We have to do it like them!
How do Jayla and Tayla do that move again?
Karma, stop!
Who cares what Jayla and Tayla do? Do you!
But if we wanna win,
we have to be just as good as them!
Listen to me,
we only win if do our own thing.
Ugh! Why would I ever listen to you?
You know, you think
you're so much better than me,
but you're really just a copycat.
And I'm not gonna be. I quit!
Man!
- K.O.!
Hey!
-Get out of here, Keys!
-What?
I'm just getting you ready
to be knocked out this weekend!
I even updated my Toilet Paper Helmet
with MC Grillz' catchphrase!
K.O.!
Stop! I need to keep practicing.
That is such a good
Jayla and Tayla impression!
You nailed it!
No, I… That's just how
I'm rapping tomorrow.
Well, you sound just like them.
Isn't freestyling supposed to be about
coming up with something new?
But I just wanted to be as good as--
- K.O.!
Huh?
- K.O-O-O!
-Um, Crash?
-Huh?
I'm sorry.
I was so busy trying to be
just as good as Jayla and Tayla,
I forgot we could be better
doing our own thing.
So I guess…
You were right.
-Um, I'm sorry.
What's that?
You were right.
Once more. For my records.
-You were right!
Well, then let's keep practicing.
Only a few hours till the show.
Wait, for real? We're still a team?
We gotta prove we're the best rappers
in the city, right?
Yeah!
Champions coming through.
No photos, please!
Hi y'all! You nervous?
You should be.
'Cause we're going for
lucky number 20 tonight.
And we'll do anything to win.
Twins out.
Oh, my gosh!
We cannot lose to them.
We won't.
'Cause we're gonna do our own thing.
Ha!
Welcome to…
Freestyle Knockout!
Y'all remember this is a freestyle,
so all your raps better be new.
No repeats.
Now, it's Jayla and Tayla
versus Karma and Crash.
-Let's get rhyming!
Math, go!
Oh!
Poetry, now!
Oh!
Racing, go!
Hold up, hold up.
You used these rhymes before.
That's cheating! Which means…
-What? No!
-Don't do it!
K.O.!
No!
Karma and Crash win!
-Come on!
-Yeah! Go Karma!
Yes!
In all my years as a dentist and a rapper,
I have never heard bars like those.
Now, let's see who these MCs
will be up against next week!
Crash and Karma will battle… each other!
-Wait, what?
- Oh!
Next time on…
Freestyle Knockout!
But we're a team!
Guess now we proved
we're the best rappers in the city,
it's my turn to prove I'm better than you.
Ha!
-Um, Mami?
-Miss Torres, what's wrong?
I just heard from the bank, and, um…
We have to close the record shop.
What? No!
But… But… Why?
Our sales have been low for a while.
Maybe people just don't want
to listen to old records anymore.
Then what's next, Mami?
Yo no se. I'm not even sure yet, mi amor.
Unless another rapper deserves the throne?
Have you ever thought
you needed to be like someone else?
Stick around!
I'mma show you what went down!
Oh, Miss Torres!
Did you get any new
Lady K music this week?
Sorry, bebecita. Nothing new.
Karma, there's never any new Lady K music!
Why do you keep looking?
'Cause she's my favorite, duh!
The greatest of all time!
I mean, she grew up in this neighborhood.
She made the most amazing album.
And then suddenly stops rapping?
It doesn't make any sense.
No new music in 15 years?
That's so long!
Like, longer than us!
Ay.
C'mon, Mami! Dance with us!
Wait, what's wrong?
Nothing, mi amor.
Just glad you and your friends
love hanging in this old place.
Mami, stop stroking the counter!
You're embarrassing me!
Sorry, sorry!
I-I'll let you get back
to your dance moves.
Hmm.
Hold on, hold on!
Shh! Here she comes!
Uh, why are you all
looking at me like that?
Karma, I just got off the phone
with a TV producer, and--
Freestyle Knockout is coming
to Hansberry Heights!
Hey! I was gonna tell her!
Did you say…
Freestyle Knockout!
The youngest, hottest MCs
are rap battlin' for glory.
Freestyling is rapping on the spot.
We give the rappers a surprise word…
Bananas!
Bananas are… Um…
And if they can't rhyme…
-K.O.!
No way!
-K.O.!
-Argh!
- K.O-O-O!
-Argh!
Keys! I know what Freestyle Knockout is!
Did you get tickets or something?
That's just the thing, Karma.
The TV producer said she saw
your Rhyme O'Clock News Reports.
And guess what?
She asked you to compete!
This is my dream!
Woo!
But hold up. Who am I up against?
Nineteen-time reigning champions,
Jayla and Tayla!
Think you can beat us?
Think again!
They're… pretty good.
Pretty good?
They're awesome!
And they've got thousands of views online.
How many do you have again, Karma?
Like, nine?
It's not fair!
There's two of them, and only one of me!
That's why the producer
said you can pick a team-mate.
Ooh, a team-mate?
I know just who to ask!
-No.
-What?
I don't rap!
I make beats.
Me? Oh, no, no, no!
I can't even rhyme!
Bat… car… Uh, dog!
See?
I'm never gonna win
if I don't have a team-mate who can rap!
-Karma…
Teaming up with Crash is the only way
you're gonna beat Tayla and Jayla.
Ugh!
Yeah!
Oh. Hey, Karma.
Did ya come to compliment Crash's rhymes?
No, I…
Uh… yes.
Wait, really?
So, yesterday I got invited to
compete on Freestyle Knockout and--
Ooh! Freestyle Knockout?
I love that show!
-But there are these rapping twins--
-Jayla and Tayla!
They've won 19 times!
-So… will you rap with me, Crash?
Yeah. Sure.
Wait, really?
A chance to be on live TV
and show the whole world
I'm the best rapper in the city?
-I'm down!
- "The best"?
Who said you were the best?
I'm the one who--
Oh man, they're so good!
Whoever's up against them
is gonna be toast!
Oh, wait.
That's you guys.
Sorry.
Park. Tomorrow morning.
You bet.
Okay, I've been planning all night,
and I know what we need to do.
Jayla and Tayla are 19-time champs, right?
So if we wanna win,
we have to rap just like them.
But that's not how freestyling works.
We're supposed to do our own thing.
No!
We need to do what Jayla and Tayla do,
so we can be just as good as them.
Look, see how they switch off
every few words?
-So?
-And how they dance?
-Who cares?
-We have to do it just like that.
Here, lemme show you again.
Ugh, no! I can't listen to that
"seein' doubles" line one more time!
We just have to do our own thing, Karma.
Trust me, I know how to-- Whoa-ah!
We have to do it like them!
How do Jayla and Tayla do that move again?
Karma, stop!
Who cares what Jayla and Tayla do? Do you!
But if we wanna win,
we have to be just as good as them!
Listen to me,
we only win if do our own thing.
Ugh! Why would I ever listen to you?
You know, you think
you're so much better than me,
but you're really just a copycat.
And I'm not gonna be. I quit!
Man!
- K.O.!
Hey!
-Get out of here, Keys!
-What?
I'm just getting you ready
to be knocked out this weekend!
I even updated my Toilet Paper Helmet
with MC Grillz' catchphrase!
K.O.!
Stop! I need to keep practicing.
That is such a good
Jayla and Tayla impression!
You nailed it!
No, I… That's just how
I'm rapping tomorrow.
Well, you sound just like them.
Isn't freestyling supposed to be about
coming up with something new?
But I just wanted to be as good as--
- K.O.!
Huh?
- K.O-O-O!
-Um, Crash?
-Huh?
I'm sorry.
I was so busy trying to be
just as good as Jayla and Tayla,
I forgot we could be better
doing our own thing.
So I guess…
You were right.
-Um, I'm sorry.
What's that?
You were right.
Once more. For my records.
-You were right!
Well, then let's keep practicing.
Only a few hours till the show.
Wait, for real? We're still a team?
We gotta prove we're the best rappers
in the city, right?
Yeah!
Champions coming through.
No photos, please!
Hi y'all! You nervous?
You should be.
'Cause we're going for
lucky number 20 tonight.
And we'll do anything to win.
Twins out.
Oh, my gosh!
We cannot lose to them.
We won't.
'Cause we're gonna do our own thing.
Ha!
Welcome to…
Freestyle Knockout!
Y'all remember this is a freestyle,
so all your raps better be new.
No repeats.
Now, it's Jayla and Tayla
versus Karma and Crash.
-Let's get rhyming!
Math, go!
Oh!
Poetry, now!
Oh!
Racing, go!
Hold up, hold up.
You used these rhymes before.
That's cheating! Which means…
-What? No!
-Don't do it!
K.O.!
No!
Karma and Crash win!
-Come on!
-Yeah! Go Karma!
Yes!
In all my years as a dentist and a rapper,
I have never heard bars like those.
Now, let's see who these MCs
will be up against next week!
Crash and Karma will battle… each other!
-Wait, what?
- Oh!
Next time on…
Freestyle Knockout!
But we're a team!
Guess now we proved
we're the best rappers in the city,
it's my turn to prove I'm better than you.
Ha!
-Um, Mami?
-Miss Torres, what's wrong?
I just heard from the bank, and, um…
We have to close the record shop.
What? No!
But… But… Why?
Our sales have been low for a while.
Maybe people just don't want
to listen to old records anymore.
Then what's next, Mami?
Yo no se. I'm not even sure yet, mi amor.