How to Control Unwanted Lyrics in Suno AI Songs
Learn how to prevent and control unwanted or inappropriate lyrics in your Suno AI creations. This guide covers practical, user-controlled techniques like using 'clean' or 'family-friendly' prompts, providing your own lyrics in Custom Mode, and using iteration to refine your song. Take charge of your creative output and ensure your music perfectly matches your artistic vision and audience expectations.
While Suno AI is a powerful tool for musical creativity, it can sometimes generate unexpected or inappropriate lyrics that don't align with your artistic vision. A common example is when transforming a piece with a specific tone, like a classic hymn, into a different genre like rap, the AI might introduce offensive language, unintentionally altering the song's intended message.
Fortunately, you have several effective strategies to guide the AI and maintain control over your lyrics. Here’s how you can steer Suno towards generating clean and appropriate content.
1. Be Explicit About Being Clean
The most direct way to influence the AI is to tell it exactly what you want. When writing your prompt, include descriptive keywords that specify the tone you're aiming for. This helps set clear boundaries for the generator.
Example Prompts:
A gospel hymn in the style of 90s boom-bap rap, **family-friendly lyrics**An uplifting pop song about friendship, **clean radio edit version**A heavy metal track with **non-explicit** themes of mythology
2. Provide Your Own Lyrics with Custom Mode
For ultimate control, the best method is to write the lyrics yourself. By using Suno AI's Custom Mode, you can provide your own text and let the AI focus solely on creating the music and vocals. This eliminates any chance of the AI generating unwanted words and ensures the final song perfectly matches your vision.
This is the recommended approach for projects where lyrical integrity is paramount.
3. Use Negative Prompting
Just as you can tell the AI what you want, you can also tell it what you don't want. While not a formal feature, adding negative constraints to your style description can effectively steer the AI away from certain themes or language.
How to use it in your style prompt:
[Style: 80s synthwave, **no profanity**][Style: Dark trap, **no explicit language**]
4. Iterate and Refine
AI music generation is often a process of refinement. Your first attempt may not be perfect, and that’s okay. Use Suno's features to polish your creation:
- Continue From This Song: If a generated song is almost perfect but has a few unwanted words, use the "Continue From This Song" feature. This allows you to edit the lyrics in the new prompt before generating the next section, giving you a chance to remove or replace any problematic lines.
- Re-roll: Don't hesitate to generate the song multiple times. Each attempt can yield a different lyrical interpretation, one of which might be exactly what you're looking for.
By combining these techniques, you can significantly improve your ability to guide Suno AI, ensuring your musical creations are not only high-quality but also respectful and aligned with your creative intent.