Depends what I'm going to write. I often put on a instrumental or a few tracks on repeat to get in the right mood for the specific text I'm trying to write. Sometimes silence works best as well. Depends on the situation, hah.
Lately this track have inspired me to write topicals (specially the verse that starts @ 01:36);
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I'm not a slave for entertainment, I'm entertainments personal slave,
So deep into writing I'm concerned bout the text on my grave.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV8ozGcGJ6o