"I've always had issues with following just a click." Yeah, me too, so I usually find a simple drumbeat to use instead of a click, and that later is muted after I've got the drums or beats I want. To the OP: It sounds like you're trying to fit in words/rhymes/lines that don't fit. This might sound tedious, but you might want to try doing it line by line, or phrase by phrase. For me and a lot of other people, the lyrics are the hardest thing to get right, or simply just to get! I've had to re-work lines, or throw out lines that I loved, but they simply didn't work. I've also managed to re-work lines that didn't quite fit right into something a bit different that did fit. And, I've recorded three-stanza songs going line by line until I got it to where it was right, and then re-sang the whole song. By the end of the process you can work out the tune and the lyrics where you've got it refined to exactly what is right. You also wind up memorizing the lines, and constant repetition gets you right on the beat, or around it in a pleasing way. It's a form of practice, a process that is worth it. Very few singers/rappers can get up with a new set of lyrics and belt it out right away.