[Intro]
J-M-E
A simple music lesson, think about it

[Verse 1]
Everybody thinks to MC tough, your lyrics must be about negative stuff
Go ravin', no one's skankin', turn round, I bet you someone's shankin'
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'll 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 (Serious)

[Bridge]
To the beat, just bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance to the beat, just bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance or lean back, then bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance to beat, just bop your head to the beat

[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 2]
Everbody says that garage should stop 'cause it's cheap like Calypso or Tip-Top
MCs turn UK hip hop, scared their debut album will flop
I'm flogging food like a chip-shop, so I'll fall back on that if this flops
Plus I go uni so if shit pops off with the cops, trust me, I've got it locked
How comes every single MC is vexed?
It's like the whole point of MC-ing nowadays is to get a reload on the decks
Man will go to radio on Thursday, even though it's his birthday
He'll spit lyrics like it's the worst day in his life, he's not serious (Serious)

[Bridge]
To the beat, just bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance to the beat, then bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance or do the bogle, just bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance to beat, just bop your head to the beat

[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]
Everybody knows you're some goody-goody
That screwface and that Rocawear hoodie just ain't working
Sorry, bredrin, I'm Buzz Lightyear and you come like Woody
Look at my man bigging up his chest, looks like he's tryna grow some breast
Stop that, before you get an arch back, I don't know who my man's tryna impress
Everybody knows that I shot O's, and I make P's, shot Q's like Kano
Under my tongue is where they go, shotting since Wiley had cane row
To make dough you need sense, I still don't throw away five pence
One cat thought I was dense, owed me a lump sum and he tried jump some fence

[Bridge]
To the beat, just bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance to the beat, then bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance or signal the plane, just bop your head to the beat
If you don't wanna dance to the beat, just bop your head to the beat

[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]
Serious
Hope everybody takes something away with them from this lesson
See you tomorrow