How to Write Lyrics to a Rap or Hip Hop Song Are you an aspiring rapper looking to make a smash hit? Are you ready to surpass the footsteps of 2Chainz, Nicki Minaj or Young Lyric, Well then, youre in the right spot. Ad Steps Tips and Warnings 1 Prepare your mind to deliver your lyrics title for your song. The subject may be something that has recently happened, something that has happened in the past, something your thinking about. It may be a dance type of a song, a song where you talk about yourself, or it may even be something that has happened in a dream. You, of course, want the title to match the subject of your song(sometimes that may not work). If you cant think of one, write the rap out first, then choose an appropriate title. 2 Think up a hook/chorus for your song. It can range from something very deep to something thats just catchy. 3 Find the beat for your song and make sure the hook goes with the beat and is put in the right places. Make sure that the beat you choose is one youre comfortable with. (For example, if you cant rap very fast, you dont want to choose a very fast beat because you wont be able to rap to it without losing your breath or stuttering and it wont sound good). 4 Start writing the verses to your song. Traditionally a rap song has 2-4 verses and each is 8, 12 or 16 bars long but you will need to see how many verses and bars your beat has to make it fit right. Writing the lyrics to a verse ranges from the type of rap artist you are. If you use a lot of punchlines (metaphors in rap music)you might want to think of the punchline first and then think of the word that comes before it (so if the punchline was Im stepping over competition so expect to be trampled Think first of any line that would rhyme with that and my final result being they see me in the booth so they know they should scramble/ Im steppin over competition so expect to be trampled). If youre a rapper that raps with a lot of flow you may want to have every bar end with the same amount of syllables or almost the same amount of syllables. If youre a rapper that raps fast you may want to have little rhyming words in every bar like the industries gettin clean and Ive seen what them hatas mean/ if you thought I was lettin up setting up the terrain was dreamed. If youre a rapper that raps about stories you can have the first verse your intro, your second verse your problem, and your last verse your conclusion(you may have to change that if your song has more or less than 3 verses) 5 Remember that you always want creativity in your music and you never want to go with radio or anyone else when youre writing your song. Make sure you mean every word and every word comes from your soul. Some rappers, such as myself, say that you dont write about a specific thing. Let the music come to you. To start writing good lyrics, you should throw on a beat that juices your brain and you automatically start thinking of some insane rhymes. Its all about the state of mind. Breakdown 1 Come up with a title to rap about. The title is very important so, if you forget the topic, youll remember it. 2 Do the Intro. This is the part where you tell the name of the song, short thing about it, your artist name, year, and album. 3 Come up with the chorus. The chorus explains out what you like or hate about your topic. You dont have to do a x2 thing unless the chorus is real short. The x2 gives it length! Make sure you have a chorus after each verse. 4 Understand the verse. There is usually 3 verse and a mid8 or Breakdown between the chorus after verse 2. After the mid8, there is another chorus, then verse 3. 5 Do the Mid8. This is your chance to get away from the beat of the rest of the song, though you have to jump back after the Mid8 is done. Just dont get off topic and make your song sound bad. Remember, Chorus and Verse3 come after this, then the outro! 6 Come up with an outro. Here, the beat fades away slowly but is gone before you finish your speaking. Not every song has an outro, but most do. Here you say something, say the title again (maybe a few other word with it), and give some sort of closing. It can go off topic because who cares, its the end of the song! Just dont go to far off though. Lollipop by Lil Wayne has an outro, though it dont seem like it. At the end its like ... Shawty say i lo,lo, lo, look like a lollipop(X2)... Then before the last 3 times it goes ... I say he so sweet, make her wanna lick the wrapper, so I let her lick the wra a per! This is very on topic, though he repeats the intro. Ad Tips Always give full effort to your music and push it 100%. 165Helpful?32 Never steal lines or you will lose lots of respect in the future. 161Helpful?30 Always be real in your music (for example, never say youre going to shoot up the block with your gat, if you dont even own a gun). 154Helpful?38 Writing songs come at different times sometimes you might take you an entire month to write a new song as to sometimes you can write two in one day. 121Helpful?27 Always listen to more and more rappers and their music to hear different styles and help you think of different ideas.128Helpful?29 Hip Hop isnt all about rapping, it also might have a sing verse or a singable hook. 121Helpful?31 Never lose hope and stay on top of your game.Such as Lil Chainz 114Helpful?41 Dont forget that writing a rap isnt that easy for you to make. So, just try your best, but the least you could do is start off small. Then memorize your raps or make your raps 30 minutes. Or a hour to become better then ever then who knows you will become a real rapper. Such as LiL Wayne, T.I, Jay Z, etc. 116Helpful?41 Try not to swear a lot or say any offensive terms like the n word if you want your music to be heard by big audiences. 107Helpful?38 Remember that after its all said and done, its music. Its not just a way to think youre cool or diss someone.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:38:23 +0000
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