Serious (Remix)

[Intro]

Jme

A simple music lesson, think about it

Serious

[Verse 1]

Everybody thinks to MC tough, your lyrics must be about negative stuff

Go raving, no one's skanking, turn round, I bet you someone's shanking

Just 'cause we come from the gutter and we know about scraping the bottom of the butter

Don't mean we have to be sinners, major labels don't want killers

Think, who's gonna sign a guy with a shank? Or a guy with a nine mil?

All you're gonna get is a three-figure deal, you MC at a rave and get a bill

But that bill ain't gonna last, it will go fast and it might be the last

Shoobs for a while, so you won't have no dough for a while

[Bridge]

To the beat, just bop ya head to the beat

If you don't wanna dance to the beat, just bop ya head to the beat

If you don't wanna dance or lean back, then bop ya head to the beat

If you don't wanna dance to the beat (Serious), bop ya head to the remix

[Verse 2]

Don't talk to me about lyrics, I know all your little gimmicks

I know about rhyming dictionaries, and I know about RhymeZone.com, please

Go write some intelligent bars, show man you know more than just cars

Shanks, money, shanks, gash, shanks, weed, shanks, please

Thanks, 'cause recently, I've been on a good vibe, reason is 'cause

I'm not average or decent, and it's hard to write lyrics like these (Serious)

I mean it, ask any artist, task any artist, to write a bar that's positive

Not talking 'bout breasts, or a bulletproof vest, see, I'm the best

Imagine if every single MC lived by their word, it would be impossible to get anywhere

'Cause gunshots would have occurred, you couldn't even go to the video shoot

'Cause man would go to the video and shoot, then he'll get away, leaving Feds and ambulances at your video shoot

Serious

[Chorus]

You're not serious, don't say, "Serious"

'Cause I say, "Serious," you wanna get serious?

Let's get serious, you can't hack serious

So don't say, "Serious," about serious

You're not serious, don't say, "Serious"

'Cause I say, "Serious," you wanna get serious?

Then let's get serious, you can't hack serious

So don't say, "Serious"

[Verse 3]

All this talk about reppin' your ends and not making any more friends is an eediat ting

How long is it gonna take to realise it needs to end?

You're a wasteman if you're 29 and you're still posing by a road sign

You need to think about your lifetime, before you hit forty with a shank in your nine

You need to start growing up, your lyrics make you sound like you don't know enough

You'll never be blowing up, you make me sick like a drunk person throwing up

Don't ignore me and write poor lyrics about getting bored of your brand new sword

Don't act dumb, Wiley warned you, the level of MCing is going up

Everybody, it's Jme, do not come try floss around me

I don't care 'bout your J-A-C-O-B, munch it up like a B-L-T

At last, yes, it's me, Jme, you won't hear no wasteman slaying me

'Cause I've got big DJ's playing me, so don't say my name if you're not paying me

[Chorus]

You're not serious, don't say, "Serious"

'Cause I say, "Serious," you wanna get serious?

Let's get serious, you can't hack serious

So don't say, "Serious," about serious

You're not serious, don't say, "Serious"

'Cause I say, "Serious," you wanna get serious?

Then let's get serious, you can't hack serious

So don't say, "Serious"

[Outro]

To the beat, just bop ya head to the beat

If you don't wanna dance to the beat, just bop ya head to the beat

If you don't wanna dance or signal the plane

Or lean back, or do the Bogle, or do the old school grandad dance

Just bop ya head to the beat, serious

To the beat, just bop ya head to the beat

It's J-M-E