A Rap Parody of This is Why I’m Hot for Writers

I can’t remember song lyrics for the life of me when the radio isn’t guiding me along, but I love to sing in the shower, so I usually just start with the tune and chorus and make up my own lyrics from there. Last night I was singing the rap song, “This is Why I’m Hot.” This white girl managed to take this incredibly gangsta song and ruin it with the parodies This Is Why I’m Cold, This Is Why I Cook, This Is Why I Stink, and This is Why I’m Clean. My creative lyrics only last so long on one topic, so I just move onto the next one when I run out of rhymes.

But as any deep thinking parody songwriter would do, I began contemplating the “why” behind a lot of the things we do, including writing.

The other day an author and Facebook friend asked if I’d written any books and complimented my writing skills. My response was that I haven’t written a book because I don’t really have anything to say. When I have something to say, I might try to write one.

I’ve read too many books by people that really don’t have anything valuable to say, they just wanted to be published (for the first time or the 20^th). Tell 10 people you are an author or know an author, and you’ll get 8 people saying “I would love to write a book someday.” Ask them what they’d like to write about and only about 2 of them will know what it is they really want to say.

So I want to make a promise to myself and to readers everywhere, in rap song parody form, that if I do ever decide to try to write a book it won’t simply be to get published, it will be because I have something to say.

This is Why I’ll Write

By Rachel Randolph
(To the tune of Mims’ This is Why I’m Hot)

This Is Why I’ll Write.
This is why, this is why, this is why I’ll write.
I’ll write cause I care
About what I’m sayin’

Some other authors write
Cause they wanna earn a dolla’.
I’m gonna write to me a role model.

I want to inspire
And even educate.
Turn my sisters to God
And all that he creates.

If I have nothing to say,
I won’t try to write a book.
There’s too many good ones out there
To download on your Nook.

I won’t just write fluff
To fulfill a word count.
I want to write stuff
I feel led to share about.

This Is Why I’ll Write.
This is why, this is why, this is why I’ll write.
I’ll write cause I care
About what I’m sayin’.

This I promise you, I will not become a rap songwriter.

And to tie this back to social media and book marketing, this goes for status updates, blog posts, and anything else you write. Don’t post something just because you want to be in the scene, post because you have something valuable to say.

??? QUESTIONS ???

If you want to be published, have you thought about why it is important to you?

If you are already published, are you clear about the types of future projects you are willing to write and why you are continuing to write?

On a fun note, what’s the most unlikely thought-provoking song or movie that has actually made you reflect on your life?

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