Write lyrics that show who you are.
Being an MC requires a combination of swagger, style, finesse and good beats, but most of all, it requires the right lyrics. A rap should be clever, entertaining, catchy and from the heart. Not all MC lyrics have something deep and profound to say, but all of them should show the personality of the MC writing them.
Instructions
1. Come up with a structure for your rap. Raps usually follow a 4/4 beat and use around 13 or 14 syllables in every line.
2. Brainstorm what you want to write. You can write your MC lyrics about your own skills, where you're from, a friend or relative, a feud or anything else you're interested in.
3. Start writing your lyrics using end rhymes. Ideally, each line should end with a rhyme, and the lyrics should tell a story.
4. Add in some multis to make your rap more sophisticated. In multis, two or more words at the end of a line rhyme with the same number at the end of the next line. For example, if one line ends with the words "bake a cake," the next might end with "break a rake."
5. Add in-rhymes into your rap. In-rhymes are rhymes or near rhymes between words in the middle of a line instead of at the end. For example, in the lines "I'm LIKING grandma's ICING when she bakes a cake/but she's HATING and BERATING when I break a rake," the bold words LIKING and ICING form an in-rhyme, as do HATING and BERATING.
6. Let the rap sit for a week when you finish it, then come back and read it out loud. Write down any changes that occur to you and rewrite your rhymes.
