I really enjoyed Sand's piece. I think it grabbed the topic very well, and the story was encompassing. I also like that he didn't sway from the verse at all. I dislike the injunctions that are so prevalent in this league, like a "Guilty Conscience" type thing, as bad as I feel for saying that. No doubt LyricAli's verse was nice, in fact these may have been the most compelling lines of the match:

Corrects the lies.. But sets of eyes paralyze, and question agendas..
Why postage? When a couple of errant comments and suggestions could send us..

Now it shouldn't make decisions, but for me, Ali's verse was really only maybe 15 bars, in my eyes.

Great battle!
Vote=Sand.