How To-24: "How to Write Rap Lyrics"

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If you want to learn how to write rap lyrics, you've come to the right page.

Steps

1. Know your rap music. Do this by studying different artist's styles, or study a rapper such as: 2pac, The Notorious B.I.G, Nas, Eminem, 50 Cent, etc.
   
2. Choose your style. You can rap like Eminem, with big multies and big words and a unique way of rhyming. Or like 50 Cent, with different styles such as gangster rap, a dance music, hip hop, etc. The Notorious B.I.G's style changes from slow to fast flow, and the same applies for 2pac.
   
3. Carry a notebook with you everywhere, but you don't have to in public if you feel uncomfortable. If you’re in public, carry an IPod/Walkman, pen, and a few sheets of paper to jot down rhymes that you come up with.
   
4. Learn to freestyle!
   
5. Listen to different types of instrumentals. If you are old enough to drive, keep a few instrumental CD's in your car and freestyle to those.
   
6. Keep repeating these steps.
   

Tips

• Don’t get discouraged or let people put you down. You will learn some skills and get better.
  
• If you’re white, don’t give up or feel like you can't do it. One of the best rappers of all time is white (EMINEM).
  

Things You'll Need

• Pen
  
• Paper/Notebook
  
• CD's/IPod/Walkman (you don't NEED it but it would help)
  
• Instrumentals (you don't NEED it but it would help)
  

Sources and Citations

• Wikipedia.org (look up freestyle rapping or type in how to rap in the toolbar).
  

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