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How to write song lyrics: Syllables and Tempo: It's easy, there's a really simple rule for being able to tell genre by the length of the lines of the lyrics, and the inverse is also true. We can assume 4 syllables per line for the main body of pop and rock, and 16 for rap, and 5 for classical/ American folk, and 7 for Middle Eastern and East Asian music. Count your syllables. The actual tempo isn't that important for writing the rhymes at first. Pop and rock should be a neat 1.5 inches or less wide per line, and like a column. Rap should fill the page from edge to edge. Classical, Folk, and Country should be a smidge wider than rock. Mid-East and East Asian music are about half of the page width. Each line on the page should take the same amount of time to read. More words in one area? Go faster. Fewer words? Go slower. Each line should be 4, 6, or 8 seconds to sing. Next, rhyme schemes: straight rhyme = pie & lie This is when word ending sounds match exactly. slant rhyme = growl & cower these words don't rhyme when you read them ordinarily, but they are close and you adjust your tone and accent to make them fit. Very common in rap to do this on purpose. alliteration with rhyme segway = Any asshole acting alone agrees to agression, let this be yo' lesson, we ain't messin', gon' have yo' ass confessin' This is common as a flow-flex in fast rap Kennings = spear-danes from Beowulf is a good example of a kenning, 2 words combined to form a concept. Mostly used in modern music to even out the syllable count. But in Ancient european poetry and lyrics, it was part of the over-all rhyme scheme with rhymed pairs of kennings at the end of lines. step-rhyme = a specialty of Eminem originally, it is now quite common Gonna cut loose, just got out of prison and I'm free, gonna cook your goose, took my shit and my she, Gonna take you for a long cruise, drop you in the sea, For your seeds there will be some fruits, look at me. ^this right here, you see how the first rhyme gets progressively closer to the end of the line, but the second stays where it is? That's a step-rhyme. And you can stack them. You can have every word rhyme in the stanza. right, now go talk your shit homie.