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There are 4 beats to every 'bar'. Bars in the rap music context are the lyrics that you can say over 4 beats. The amount of bars you can spit depend on how fast you can rap your lyrics. Most lyricists use a 16 bar for 1 verse of a song. Whilst singers commonly use 8 bar verses. Although there is a lot of variation.
"Ay blud, i write them bars with ease. Thats why i got nuff of them"

"I spit the illest '16s' you wil ever hear"
Bars by Scott Esskay :D January 7, 2007
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1. to have skills at. originates from bars representing levels in video games. having more bars means having completed more levels.

2. to be good at something
Eugenio: I got bars at call of duty
Juan: you got no bars
bars by dbro99999 October 4, 2009
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Having lyrics that ryhme or that are satisfying to hear. Refers to rap ohly.
He had hot bars when he was freestylng at school.
Bars by cj October 17, 2003
Skill(s) or having Skill(s) at something.
"Damn, I got bars at driving nigga."
Bars by K*Rodd24 April 30, 2009
My nigga sean can roll bars
bars by r kelley February 16, 2008
A Pittsburgh slang term that refers to insulting someone. The word is always plural.

"Bars" is exclaimed after the delivery of an insult, never by the person who has been insulted but usually by onlookers or the insulter. One may also modify the phrase to suit a particular situation. Bars are similar to a burn or a pwn.
John: Jack, your mom is so fat that when she sat on the rainbow, Skittles came out.
Onlookers: Bars!

or...

Cindy: Lucy, you look like a man.
Onlookers: Gender bars!
bars by Tu madre. January 14, 2007
A unit of cell phone reception in a given area, on a base scale of four.
Wow, we're in the middle of nowhere, and I've got three bars.
bars by z May 12, 2004