HOW TO WRITE A RAP SONG

Let me show you how to write a rap song. I have been writing raps song for over 20 years and I can write three verses at 16 bars and write a hook in about 15 minutes. I have taught many people how to write raps and I can teach you too.

A rap song can be written with either music or without music. The music is called by several names like a beat, instrumental, or a track. Normally a rap song consists of an intro, the first verse, the first hook (chorus), the second verse, the second chorus, the third verse and then the third chorus is usually repeated twice.

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1. You need a beat or an instrumental that you like.

2. Think of how to pick a subject to rap about. Once you have a subject it is a lot easier to write the song.

3. You need to write a hook. a hook is usually 8 bars or 8 lines of rhymes. Normally the hook is where the title of the song comes from and is centered around whatever the subject is that you come up with.

4. Next you will need to write your verses. The average rap song consists of three verses that are 16 bars or rhyming lines in length. In the verses is where you would write specifically about what your subject matter is. For example if you are writing about making a sandwich then in the verse you would describe in rhyming details on how you made the sandwich and what to you put on it, lol.

5. After the song is done then you can write the intro. I would read the whole song all the way through and think of ideas for what you can say to summarize the song in roughly 2-4 sentences, That will be your intro.

6. Now this is where it all comes together. You will need to arrange your song. First the intro. It should be spoken during the first 4-8 bars of the instrumental as soon as it starts. Bars 9-24 is where you should say your first verse. Bars 25-32 is where your first hook will go. Bars 33-48 will make up the second verse. Bars 49-56 will be the second hook. Bars 57-72 will be the third verse.Bars 73-80 will be the third hook, and bars 81-88 will be the "Outro" which is the hook repeated a second time.

At this point you have a completed song and you can tweak it however you would like to. You can think of words to add to the end of a song to extend it like a closing. Similar to the intro. If you chose to do so then the hook needs to loop enough times to fit in any additional vocals you add.

Practice singing the song several times to get familiar with the words so that it gets to a point where you have memorized the song and you no longer need your lyric sheet. Once you have done this then it's time to try reciting it to a few friends to gain some feedback. Now if you want to make it really a challenge your can record your new rap live in studio. Who knows, you may turn out to be the next Lil Wayne!

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This hub is intended to be a source of info about hot to write rap lyrics. Music is apart of all of our lives and I enjoy it and writing songs has always been like therapy for me. I listen to music as my inspiration sometimes before I write a rap songs. I search my ipod or zune mp3 player by song or by song title to find world music or party music or any music song to get inspiration from and I listen carefully to the style they use in the song. Watching a music video also helps because it gives a visual to go along with the lyrics of top songs. My music of choice is music hip hop.