It is not difficult to make a rap song. A lot of people think it takes some kind of sophisticated know how to do it but it really doesn’t. Writing a rap song is a simple as creating 3 verses that are 16 bars long and making the bars rhyme together. The issue that most people run into is how to structure a rap song. This is the difficult part of the process. A rap song is simply your thoughts put to music in a rhyming format. And with a little practice you can do this with great ease.
Most professional rappers can write many raps songs in a day. Usually the write their verses when the inspiration comes to them whether it is on the tour bus or the private plane or in their dressing rooms just before a performance. You can get ideas for a rap song from virtually anywhere. You can rap about your day at school or about some funny thing that happened to you or someone that you know. Rap about people you know that you like or don’t like. It would be a good idea to not use real names though. The realer your rap content is the better the raps will sound when you say them. Rap topics range anywhere from talking about a girl or a boy to making a lot of money to the type of car that you drive. The list is endless. LITERALLY!
Once you have figured out a topic to rap about then it will be easy for you to figure out how to write a rap song step by step. There is actually a natural flow to the whole art of writing raps. Raps have become a way for many oppressed youth around the world to have a voice and speak out about injustices that plague them and their communities. A simple rap song can change the way people perceive a group of people whether it is a good or bad perception. Rap songs have in most cases gotten a bad rap because of their content. To me when people write rap songs they are capturing a moment in time with each of their songs. If you go back and listen to 80’s rap songs you will hear them speak of events and people that were relevant to that time. A lot of the lyrics that they use or terms or slang are not used widely today. There are certain vibes that rap songs capture during eras in history that encapsulate the moods of a rapper and his surroundings. You can find subjects to rap about by listing to you favorite old school rapper and picking out things that he or she rapped about that are pertinent to you right now.
When writing rap songs there are various things that make up that rap song. Such as the hook or chorus, the intro, the outro, and the verses. All of this may seem like it’s extensive but it really isn’t. Each time you write a rap song the process gets easier and easier. It is just like riding a bike and once you learn it you will never forget it. Then you can teach other people how to write a great rap song. You may even be able to make money as a rap song writer. Some of your favorite rappers don’t write 100% of the songs they rap on an album. Many of them use songs or get help from other writers who they feel have a hit song written. To find proof of this you need look no further than the inside credits of any CD cover. Look at the credits and you will see where it says written by. Often times there are numerous names listed besides the rapper who is wrapping the song. A good portion of songs with guest features are collaborative tracks. That means they all sit down and come up with a concept of how the song will go and they write the songs.
To make a rap song you can either do it on your own or get someone you know who raps to help you out. You can start by jotting down ideas and build from that. If you can’t think of a rap then you can build one from scratch by simply freestyling a single line and then building off of that. Then continue the process until you have completed a whole song and you will have yourself a rap song.