It's Not That Serious

[Verse 1]

I know we all live our life based on what they think

'Cause we think it matters

But I reckon if we didn't care

For just one second, we'd be much happier

Realize your life is yours to live

Tell your friends or your parents and what they think

You want the whole thing

Four kids and a good job a big house in quiet town

Then that's cool, stay in school

Go to uni with those like you

If on the other hand you want to travel the world

Just to meditate, that's what you should do

You don't need permission from the stay-in-line commission

Just to be who you are

Follow your heart, follow your dreams like a kid again

They want to write you off, with the end of the bit of pen

Let them have it, they'll come around eventually

If not it wasn't meant to be, its their problem

June or December, there's one small thing

That I think we should remember

[Chorus]

It's not that serious

Sometimes I want to fight

Sometimes I want to cry

But then I must remind myself

It's not that serious

We're gonna make it through

And find a better way

That works for me and you

[Verse 2]

If you don't conform, the society whips you with its displeasure

If they were happy they wouldn't care, whichever

Way that you chose, what you do with your time

Long as you ain't hurtin' no one, then that's fine

Problem is we hate to see

Another live the life that we dream

And I don't mean big screen and flashiness

Stress free, carefree, true happiness

Wake everyday excited what's to come

Never work a minute when doing something you love

So when we judge, ask why

Is it because we feel life passed us by?

It's never too late to get rid of the stress

There's a whole world out there

Just look up from your desk

And say that the world is mine

And if you're not having a good time

Then you're wasting your time

[Chorus]

It's not that serious

Sometimes I want to fight

Sometimes I want to cry

But then I must remind myself

It's not that serious

We're gonna make it through

And find a better way

That works for me and you

[Bridge]

You know, yo

People think I'm really serious, right

And I was for a long time

I'm not gonna lie and pretend I wasn't

But, then I realize that sometimes you just got enough

I mean, I'm not as serious as people think

Yeah I like to talk about the issues in the world

But at the same time, we can't let them bog us down

Yes, the world is not perfect, we all know that

And it's just not that serious

Go to a comedy show, man

Take a bubble bath, or, I don't know, buy a pink dressing gown

Do something crazy that people wouldn't expect you to do

Let's drop these things called egos on the floor

Stamp on them, and try to get on with it, and realize that its just-

Just don't take yourself do goddamn serious

(It's not that serious)

(It's not that serious)

[Verse 3]

What about the problems in the world? Things ain't golden

Yeah, I agree but will worrying solve them?

No, I'm not saying ignore

By all means do something if you feel for a cause

But you can't feel poor enough

To enrich one single person on this planet

And you can't feel bad enough

To fill one single soul with happiness

So, the biggest challenge we face

Is just keeping a smile on our face

If stock markets crash, or girlfriends leave you

People don't like what they see when they see you

Football teams lose, bands will split

But the thing we must remember is this

It's just not that serious

It really is not

[Chorus]

It's not that serious

Sometimes I wanna fight

Sometimes I want to cry

But then I must remind myself

It's not that serious

We're gonna make it through

And find a better way

That works for me and you

[Outro]

Today walk up to somebody and talk to them find out how their day was

Don't worry if they think you're crazy- which they probably will

And you people in the train-

When you don't want no one peering over your shoulder to read your letter

Stop taking yourself so god damned seriously

Its just your newspaper. If I want to read a bit of your newspaper, what's the problem?

You should open it up, and let me have a good look

Yeah? Thank you

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Akala, not taking himself very seriously

And there are probably a lot of people that are angry about that and think I've gone crazy

"Why am I not screwing up my face? Why am I not trying to be the best grime MC?"

I'm trying to make nice relaxing songs

What's my problem? I haven't got a problem, its just that I stopped taking myself so god damn seriously

That's it, have a good day