Freestyling For Tips
Last night it was getting pretty late. It was almost 1 am, and I got a delivery to one of the apartments lots of college kids live at. I don’t remember what the order was, a couple pizzas and some wings I think, and the total was $37.08. So I knock on the door and I can hear quite a few people, probably a party but no big deal. They answer the door and ask how much it is.
I tell them and they start trying to round up cash. One of the girls asked me if I could use the calculator on my phone and see how much it would be divided among six people. I tell her it would be $6.18 each, and another guy comes to the door with like $28, then someone else gives him some bills and they count it out to like $44 and everyone is happy.
I give them parmesan and red peppers, tell them good night, and turn around to leave when I hear, “Wait, come back just a second…” So I turn around and ask what’s up. “I’ll give you another $10 if you can spit a dope rhyme.” Another guy offers $5 on top of that. I kind of smiled and said, “…darn.” The guy says, “just a couple bars!”
One of the girls goes to grab her phone to record and the guy tells her no, that’s too much pressure, but she’s already on her way. I say, “Ok, but one of y’all has to beatbox for me.” They agree, and a couple of them come and stand next to me while the girl starts recording on her phone. The two guys start up the beat, so here comes my turn.
“These people making me spit, a Christmas rhyme…Hopefully I’ll make, more than a dime…” And I was gonna keep going but they all lost it, yelling and cheering like in those rap battle videos like I just had the best line ever. They all start handing me money saying that was awesome. I get the $15 they promised, plus a couple other people gave me some bills.
We shake hands and stuff and I tell them thanks, Merry Christmas, etc. Got back to my car and counted and had a $37 tip, $30 of it from a 5-second rap.
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