How To Write Rap Songs

The music industry is vast and full of various methodologies that you must first understand before starting to build your career in music. Music is a very general term and is usually used everywhere. There are misconceptions among people and they use music and songs interchangeably. The song is in fact a part of the music and there are various categories under it like Classical, Pop, Rock, Metal, Rap, Country, Love songs, etc.

Our point of focus here is Rap Songs. Rap songs are in great demand and people love to listen to it too much. Whether it is an office, home or picnic, I have seen people enjoying listening to Rap songs over their mp3 a player or mobile phone.


As a learner of Rap songs, you need to understand how you can write a Rap Song. Although, there are no hard and fast rules that you are required to follow. You can use any method, combination of methods or your own generated method to writing songs. It varies from person to person. However, below we are going to share some methods that you may follow to write rap songs quickly:

How to Write Rap Songs

Method 1: Write The Lyrics First

Most famous and experienced rap songwriters prefer to use this method. For this, they maintain a notebook or journal and put their all the stuff coming into their mind. They keep this notebook with them wherever they go. And jot down the lyrics as it comes into their mind.  After completing this stage, they move on to the next stage of converting this lyric into a song. You have to do a lot of brainstorming at this stage because you need to find out the exact match in the form of beats against this lyric.

But sometimes, it happens that it becomes very difficult to find a suitable beat. So, it is a limiting factor which you should bear in your mind.

Method 2: Write Over Ready Made Beat

Under this method, the song is written over a pre-made beat or instrumental. Initially, you will find it very difficult. Again the key here is the brainstorming.

Method 3: Structure Your Rap Song

You should formalize your rap song structure. This makes sense because you need to balance verses, Hook, Chorus into your song. A popular rap song structure is given below to guide you in this regard:

·         Intro

·         Verse

·         Chorus

·         Verse

·         Chorus

·         Verse

·         Breakdown

·         Chorus

·         Outro

Please practice your rap song a lot using your selected beats. This will help you to optimize your lyrics a lot and let you increase your songwriting skills a lot. You should consider adding a pause (breakdown). Sometimes, it helps a lot in enhancing a certain point in a rap song. Do not write songs as you write normally for other purposes, cut out unnecessary words as much as possible.

Try to rap your rap song lyrics over the beat till the time you remember it very well. After that, hire the duties of a professional producer to record your rap song. That’s it!