Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers/Rap Meanings

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Mr. T
I pity the fool who tries to step to Clubber Lang

(Mr. T's signature catchphrase is "I pity the fool". His character in the 1983 film Rocky III is named Clubber Lang, a boxer with an arrogant attitude and the antagonist of the film.)

Call me B.A. Biceps, 'cause I'll crush your whole gang

(Mr. T's character in the 1980s television show The A-Team is B.A. Baracus. He is also saying due to his strength, he would crush Mr. Rogers and his friends.)

Bring Tuesday, Friday, and little Trolley the Train

(King Friday, Queen Tuesday, and the neighborhood trolley are all characters on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Friday and Tuesday are puppets actually puppeteered by Rogers himself.)

and watch me dip their ass in gold, and wear 'em like my neckchain, sucka!

(Mr. T is known for his vast amount of neck jewelry, especially gold. He is saying he will dip all of Rogers' characters in gold and make them into chains.)

I'll choke you with your own sweater sleeves, you couldn't even beat me in the Land of Make Believe, Punk!

(Mr. Rogers is known for his everyday clothing: a tie and a colored sweater. Mr. T warns him he will choke him with his own sweater sleeves. The Land of Make Believe is a fictional setting on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, where most of Rogers' puppets live. The neighborhood trolley can take people to this place.)

I will Mr. T bag you, in the closest cemetery, nobody's gonna miss you 'cause all your friends imaginary!

("T-bagging" is actually a double meaning word. Mr. T might be meaning it as a wrestling move or a bodybag, but it is also known as a sexual term for..uh, well, maybe you don't want to know, but we'll tell you anyway. It's when a guy puts his balls in someone's mouth.)

Mr. Rogers
Hi there, neighbor.

(This is a well-known greeting that Mr. Rogers gives to his viewers on every episode of his TV show.)

I hope you don't mind if I change my shoes, I'll be rockin' sneakers 'til this battle's over, so I don't get blood from your ugly face on my penny loafers

(Mr. Rogers is basically calling Mr. T ugly, and he'll change his shoes no blood from the ugliness will get on his penny loafers. Rogers opened every show by changing his shoes.)

I like you just the way you are, one in a million

(Mr. Rogers, in one episode, said "I like you just the way you are." This is one of the many compliments and advice Mr. Rogers gives to viewers. Mr. Rogers is saying Mr. T isn't famous, he's just 1 in a million.)

But it looks like the barber gave your head a Brazilian

(Mr. T has a mohawk haircut, but a Brazilian is when you wax off the hair off a woman's pubic area and leave a small strip of it..)

I pity your neck, Mr. Gold Chains, you've got too many, the only gold I keep on the shelf is my Emmys

(Mr. Rogers thinks that Mr. T has too many gold chains. He has also won many Emmy awards, which is an award ceremony celebrating television shows.)

I teach the whole world full of children, I can tell, you call yourself T 'cause you're too dumb to spell.

(Mr. Rogers teaches many children life lessons on his show. He also says that he calls himself Mr. T, because, well, he's too dumb to spell.)

Mr. T
'''Who you callin' dumb, fool? Mr. T only needs one letter!'''

(This kinda explains it all.)

'''Hello? It's for you, Bill Cosby wants his sweater!'''

(Bill Cosby is an American comedian who was the star of the successful 1980s family sitcom The Cosby Show. In the show, Cosby played Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable, a father who had 5 children. Cosby is known for wearing colorful sweaters, like Mr. Rogers.)

You're a 40 year-old virgin, in a dumpy ass house

(Mr. T is referring to the 2006 comedy film The 40 Year-Old Virgin, starring actor Steve Carell. Mr. T is saying that Mr. Rogers is a virgin and nobody is interested in him.)

I'll get Hannibal, Murdoch, and Face to stomp you out!

(John "Hannibal" Smith, H.M. Murdoch, and Templeton "Face" Peck are all fellow characters along with B.A. Baracus on The A-Team.)

The only pussycat you've ever seen is on Henrietta, sucka!

(Mr. T is saying that Mr. Rogers has never met a woman or her so called "pussy", a slang term for a vagina. Henrietta the Cat is a puppet who lives in the Land of Make Believe.)

And your Mr. McFeely delivers a lot more than letters!

(Mr. McFeely is one of the main characters on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and serves as Mr. Rogers' mailman. Mr. T is saying that Mr. Rogers might be gay with Mr. McFeely.)

So before you come to battle with your PBS crap

(In 1969, Fred Rogers spoke in the favor of the Public Broadcasting Services, or PBS, when they on trial.)

How 'bout I call up CPS about them kids on your lap, fool!

(The CPS is the Child Protection Services, who protect children from strangers, pedophiles, or any type of criminal who wants to harm children. So, basically, Mr. T is implying that Mr. Rogers is a pedophile.)

Mr. Rogers
Watch what you say, kids love me more than lunch

(Kids love lunch. Enough said.)

I'm not the one with my face on some whack ass Captain Crunch

(Mr. Rogers is referring to the short-lived Mr. T cereal made by Quaker Food Company that only ran in 1986.)

When my plan comes together, you won't even see it coming

(Mr. Rogers is saying that Mr. T won't even notice his secret plan of winning the battle.)

I'll chop you into 4 black dudes and I'll remake Cool Runnings

(Cool Runnings is a 1994 Disney comedy film starring many African-American actors including rapper Doug-E-Doug and actor John Candy. It stars 4 Jamaican adults who want to form the first Jamaican bobsledding team to compete in the Winter Olympics.)

I'll say this once, Laurence, I hope it's understood

(The real name of Mr. T is Laurence Tureaud.)

Get right back in your van and get the f**k outta my neighborhood

(He's warning Mr. T to leave his neighborhood and go back to the A-Team's van.)