BUILDING BLUEPRINT
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- Rule 1: Build a strong hook first
- First write a simple, catchy chorus
- Before diving into your verses,
- May need to look through the thesaurus,
- The storybook of universes,
- Catches every list'ners' ear,
- And then let it disappear,
- Before letting it reappear
- To steer back the attention,
- Ready to write the extension,
- Dictating the creation of new inventions.
- [But what if it dictates too much
- And dominates the idea?]
- Rule 2: Write what you know
- Write about your experience,
- Your memories, something serious,
- Write like you're furious and I'm curious,
- A recipe to fame and to be luxurious.
- Write with confidence, be yourself, you're Mr. Imperious,
- Rap about what's underneath, your [fake] resilience,
- Or channel your inner God, show your omniscience,
- Be like 'Propped on RapPad, my biggest dream,
- So I'ma rap 'bout this, puff up my self esteem',
- [But nobody cares, this isn' mainstream.]
- [Write what you know
- What if there's nothing to show?
- Well I'm a big shot, a CEO,
- Actually, no, I'm an astronaut, LOL]
- Rule 3: Find your pocket, feel your rhythm
- Make it come out, be consistent,
- Create something honest, no profit,
- It’ll nevertheless still skyrocket
- To be a goddess –just believe yourself.
- [Find your pocket
- Really just a groove
- You fall into when you’ve got nothing to prove,
- Crushing mem’ries, old wounds disapprove,
- So ev’ry one of you just embraced this empty room,
- Let mis’ry fester, consume the courtroom.
- Feeble excuses, don’t assume
- That you can just find a rhythm and simply resume.]
- Rule 4: Using multi syllables
- Zero to hero, elite lyricism
- Built upon complex syllabism.
- [Well ‘I’m not into masochism
- So only want to tell borrowed stories, showcase my precision,
- Wanna be Eminem so tryna rap intricate systems,
- Like I’ll be great when I spam multi syllables’. HA.
- Really, you just want to avoid criticism,
- Hiding paranoid behind wrong plagiarism,
- Ended up a broken recording of narcissism,
- Tell yourself it’s rewarding –More like a token of nepotism.]
- Rule 5: End with a punchline
- End with [whatever you incline towards –
- Punch the punchline, whatever feels right,
- Say ‘fuck it’, then wonder if you suddenly feel contrite,
- Allay your— Maybe tear it asunder like thunder
- Rolling through oppositions like I play Solitaire, card controlling,
- You play bridge alone, already dethroned, no competition,
- Though if you never had the throne, better word’s ‘overblown’.
- You’re overthrown, so how’s this rap still not wrapped up?
- Ending’s like Confucius confused by his own loquacious aptitude,
- But unpretending like it’s an unplanned ending.]
- So…
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