Since all of you do an amazing job on decoding genius rap lyrics, do any of you have good tips on writing rap lyrics? I really need help, I’m running out of wordplay.

I found this post rather useful.. I think the key to good rap is abandoning “true rhyme” and using rhythm to cement otherwise tenuous rhymes

http://rapgenius.com/posts/Rap-genius-university-rhyme-types

try seeing an object and think of a good punch line for it, then build around that line

This vid is nice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIxNCn-vjY

Figure out what the hell you want to talk about first.

“I press God for blessings, he sends complexions,
Guess he’s testing, so I can comprehend some lessons”

How’s that?

Songs dont have to have wordplay or metaphors or punchlines to be good man. Tha best music comes from wutever you feel is good. So if you have trouble with your wordplay, just wrie sumthin that doesnt have as much wordplay. If thats wut kind of rapper you are, then you can just take a break, and let it come to you. Dont force any songs. Thats how you write shit lyrics. You just gotta let it flow. Let it write itself. Find your own personal style that fits you best. Dont do punchlines because everyone else does. If you arent really comfortable with punchlines, you shouldnt write them. So like I said, dont force it, and you should do fine.

I knew you guys were REAL Rap Geniuses. Thank you all, I will take your advice! =D

Idk if this’ll help you but i listen to music and Only the music and while i listen i focus on my mood I’m mostly angry when i do this so most of my lines are full of hatred and stuff but i Listen to OFWG too wen i do so that adds to the feeling.

Another good technique to use in your rap verses are transitions. The beginning of your line should rhyme with the end of your previous line… and then continue from there.

example:

Had no time for the pitty patt, I’ll give ‘em that
The rhythm hit em back wit a right hook
shook it off…

As you can see hit em back rhymes with pitty patt and give em that. Also hook with shook. This is a good way to make your lines flow better.

Another example:

Get back on his feet, work out and eat some Wheaties
Greedy for the cheese, please, most couldn’t fathom
Had em in the cobra clutch, when he spat the mad hymn gems

This time wheaties/greedy and fathom/had em are used as transition rhymes.
Also not the back to back internal rhymes cheese/please, another good technique to add to your rap verses.

Make a flow first. Let your lyrics go from there.

For example:
Here I sit, with my black pen,
In my basement, o'er this paper,

 Frame the stratagem of a play-er.

Can you tell what the flow is?

Have a good rhyme scheme. You can always look at the iconic Lose Yourself by Eminem:

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti
He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs,
but he keeps on forgettin what he wrote down,
the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out
He’s choking how, everybody’s joking now
The clock’s run out, time’s up over, bloah!

Masterpiece right there. Remember that rhymes are a part of rap. A very big one. It doesn’t have to be as complex as that but try to have a lot of rhymes.

If you want to write lyrics or poems that rhyme in no time. Then watch this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JOUdc1ku8 It is completely detailed. There is no time to waste. In less than 10 minutes. The app which irap123, is available for download on android phone. And on windows phone, it is called iLyrics.
It will soon be available, go to my website
www.irap123.com where dozens of lyrics have been written using the app.

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Something I usually do :Think of a normal line, no simile no metaphor no punchline. Like something like, “I was on my way to school” then just make the 2nd line an add on to the first. “I was on my way to school, on my way to greatness” something as simple as adding that could be delivered as a good punchline. So its basically saying while your on the bus or wwalking to school, its the same path that leads to greatness. Or, what I call a 4 liner. Usually a continued metaphor. “I get sick around wackness and suddenly got the flu by you” and think about what you can say to make the flu (wackness) go away. This was kinda bad cause I wasnt prepared but I hope you got something outta this lol.

Smoke HELLA blunts and let that shit do its work haha

Listen to “real” rappers of acclaim and pick and choose your methods.

^^{^} Eh.

Biginemac

very useful info, all my secrets to how to write incredible lyrics.

lemme try.. i write metaphorical quotes, a poet im a notable force, this is much more than a sport/ coldest soldier holdin the torch put holes in ya porshe, tranform in a ghost the moment you open ya doors/ im straight up twisted/ deranged like i changed brains with jason grippin a stainless kitchen, knife. cuz i get excited at the sight of blood/ koncepts hells angel like the bikers club/ live well with everything i have left/ but im in hell until i take my last breath/ clever lines embedded in my mental mind/ might scare you half to death for a second time/ look at the end of a rope/ they pray i stay stationary but im pushin the envelope/ im past dope, bad with the cash flow cuz this inflation is leavin my ass flat broke, thats a damn joke, “the root of all evil” / If thats the truth then im soon to be lucifers equal/ listen to koncept, hardest flow like im winnin a pissin contest, this is explicit content/…. MULTI SYLLABLE RHYME SCHEMES. wordplay, metaphors, and a story to each set of bars.

go to my youtube page just13lazed for one of the most incredible lyricist. pleease like. its not getting the views it deserves and i think im a skillful rapper, im not asking for the crown on a silver platter, just recognition :)

Watch “The Art of Rap: Something From Nothing”.

There’s a few good out-takes from that.

What I did when I started was I would listen to different flows, and then try to imitate those flows but add my own personal subject matter and flair. When you do this, you’re not biting, because chances are you’ll end up writing a song very different than the one you sought to imitate in the first place. And after a while, you’ll have developed your own unique flows that neither you or anyone else have heard. Also, write down literally everything you think is clever, and let it stew in your brain for a while. Come back to these verses later, and see what you would change/improve on etc. etc. All my songs are written on my phone, and when I go back to the first couple verses I wrote which I thought were baller at the time,a year ago, I laugh at how simplistic and choppy they are. That’s my method anyway

TL:DR smoke weed everyday

If your writing a song with a story behind it
Write a story , when your done that just make it rhyme with a rhytem

if not just as someone said above me pick an object and make your rhyme revolve around that by mixing shit up
like what lil wayne does , alot of people say he’s shit but he does make very good lyrics
but nas is a good insperation to listen to :)
hope it helped :)

just listen to techniques used by other rappers. Try and expand your vocabulary so your lyrics can be clever and then just write a list of useful words and what rhymes with those words.

Open your eyes
Try to take time
Realize
The incessant lies
Spewing from
Your wide open gob
You’re a pitiful slob
Head shoved so far
Up
Your asshole
All you can fathom is
Shit
Get a hold of yourself
Climb a mountain
And
Get over
It
What do you want from me?
what you want me to say?
Say you want me to stay
Yet you push me away
Any and every
Time I get close
To helping you through
You say
“Damn
"Just screw it"
And i wanna say
"Fuck you too!"
But I don't
And I won't
And I ponder all night
How is it that
I let myself
Cry
Over you
When all you are is a bitch
Scared little girl
Stuck in a closet
Now switch
Turn the camera to view
You
Fucking some chick
Don’t know her damn name
You say you love me
What a fool believes
Every
Goddamn
Guy
Is
The
Same
but that’s shit too
I digress
Cuz I know its not true
I rely on my crutch
That I’m not good enough
For you
And I turn the other cheek
Let you hurt me once more
It’s a chore
Picking myself
Up
Off the floor
But Not anymore..

Ik ^ is pretty shitty but th point is to just let th flow come to you. i wrote that on th spot outa boredom thinking of some shit i went through and spinning it with a rythm. lame ass shit but w.e point is find ur rythym find ur inspiration and spin it. gotta get comfortable wth spinning shit ‘for u can get some good rhymes and plays outa ur raps

Perfect example of great rhymes:
Fuck bitches
Get riches
Kill snitches
BRICKSQUAD

Why is this thread near the top of the forum when the last post was 4 days ago?

Deleted post maybe?

You need to listen to a lot of rap/music to become a better rapper. The more diverse, the better.

just come from the heart

And

keep

it

real

be yourself.

if you a preacher be a preacher, if you a thug be a thug, just be real. There is only one you. It’s too hard being somebody you not. If you passionate people will listen regardless of where you from

Pick a topic and then start rhyming.

What I like to do if I’m trying to write a story kind of rap then I normally write down what I am going to rap about. I normally write down everything that happened in an order that goes together good. Then I convert what I’ve written into a format that will work well in song.

But if you aren’t writing stories then normally just write down some topics, choose one and start rhyming.

Have word play like magnets on refrigerators
You bleeding to death like a Milli Vanilli song you didn’t make it

I just thought of that if you put down like 20 corny lines you’ll have one good one. Take a week to write a song and don’t record till it’s perfect.