How to get better flowing?

Question

For real. I find myself repeating phrases when I rap cause I haven't trained myself to think ahead fast enough before I speak...anyone have any suggestions about how to improve?

Answer 1

Listen to the beats of the instrumental.
Bop your head and get a feel for the rhythm.
Start saying words in rhythm and try to rhyme. Work on your flow -- this means that each line should have about the same amount of syllables.
Start reading a word of the day calendar to improve your vocabulary, and have a more vast reference to draw from.
Listen to different types of music; this will expand your creativity.
Get your name around the streets if you haven't already Participate in freestyle battling get on mixtapes, or send songs to local radio stations.
Perform at local shows if you can. When you do, look at the reaction from the crowd or have it videotaped to see how you can improve. Also, get an agent so he can set gigs up for you so you can perform!


Tips
Download rap instrumentals like you would download regular songs.
Try rapping to slow-flowing songs before trying to rap quick--you are not Krayzie Bone!
Don't think a word can only rhyme if it's spelled the same. It's all about your flow and delivery.
Get started improving your vocabulary.
Use metaphors. Here's an example: "I`m a player in the game but I don`t follow the rules man/I`ll have you posted on the wall like a nerd at a school dance"
Write at least 10 rhymes a day. Even if you don't like what you've written, later on you could come back and re-word those rhymes into something you do like. When you finally like what you're hearing, test them in front of your friends and see what they think.
Have street credibility. Don`t use as what 50 Cent had done and snitched. Be hood to yourself and don`t let anything get in the way. Be a lyrical genius if you have to. Like for instance, The Game took out the whole G-Unit camp with 'The Funeral 100 Bars' over Lloyd Banks first single of his second LP 'Hands Up'. The Game uses metaphors as "Your reign on the top was shorter than the legs on a leprachaun . .. " and "***** softer than a Tae Bo kick, you Billy Blanks on them porno flicks . .."


Warnings
Be careful with racial, sexist, or hate lyrics or anything like that, it can get you in trouble.
Don't steal other rappers' styles or lyrics, but learn from them and incorporate their style into yours if you want.
Don't rap to a beat that you're not comfortable with. That means: Don't clump too many words to a sentence to fit the beats, especially if you are doing a parody if you will just end up running out of breath or have really watery mouth. And don't rap a song that is too fast for you to begin with. Learning to rap is very unlike singing. You can't rap-along to songs on the radio. You will hear Fantasia singing 'Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word' by Elton John, but it is highly unlikely that you will hear The Game rapping to Eminem's 'When I'm Gone'.
The reason why people will never pick a rap song to sing in a karaoke is this: While you can take advantage of the 'transpose' button to drop or raise the key to suit your own range (which is how most cover songs are done), there are NO keys in the system to let you speed up or slow down the tempo of the song, unless if you have a live band or something.

Answer 2

take alot of ex lax and ya should flow fine