When I look back at my time at the track
And I played and I played and I played and I was
Shooting the craps at the back of Fat Jack's
Come on fade me Jake
I'm a Las Vegas dreamer they took to the cleaners
A bath what a bath what a bath I'd take
A fish on a hook I was rattled and shook 'cause I lost my stake
I took that serious
All of my life was a laugh and a joke
And a drink and a smoke
And then I passed out on the floor
Again and again and again and again and again
I'm a gambling fool with a roll and cue
Wanna play wanna play wanna play with me
Put my ass on the line rubbed my nose in the grime
And they picked me clean
The chance and the game drove Old Silkly insane
What a pain what a strain on my brain it was
A fish on a hook I was rattled and shook 'cause I lost my stake
I took that serious
All of my life was a laugh and a joke
And a drink and a smoke
And then I passed out on the floor
Again and again and again and again and again
Serious it was serious oh so serious
Serious it was serious oh so serious
All of my life was a laugh and a joke
And a drink and a smoke
And then I passed out on the floor
Or a friend
Again and again and again and again and again
All of my life was a laugh and a joke
And a drink and a smoke
And then I passed out on the floor
Or a friend
Again and again and again and again and again and again
And again and again and again and again and again
Serious, so serious, so serious, so serious
When to do, where to go
Work, work, work
So ladies
Put your hands up
touch the floor
do your thing
if you're tryna get more
So, you want it
I gotta take whatever boy
Just name it
I'm on it, stay on it fo sho
Ain't nothin, I handle it
So what you waitin for
Get you seat belt, I'm ready
So, I'm ready, I'm so into you, baby
Now you got me workin for you, baby
Oh, you know I'm giving you things that you want
I'm giving to you just like you wanna tell me
When to do, where to go
Work, work, work
So ladies
Put your hands up
touch the floor
do your thing
if you're tryna get more
So, you try it
I'm gonna take up all your time
...big tippin
...you're mine
Ain't nothin, I ain't frightened
Doin ...
Can't deny, boy I see it in your eyes
So I been waitin, waitin on you baby
Uh, I'm gonna give you whatever you want baby
So you can stay with me as long as you want
Oh woman you make me feel like I'm on fire
Oh woman you make it real it's the only way for me
So if we sometimes fight doesn't mean we got problems
Ain't always black and white who cares anyway
Ooo doesn't have to be serious ooo doesn't have to be serious
Serious ooo doesn't have to be serious ooo doesn't have to be serious
Oh baby you get so wild mmm too much understanding
Oh baby you're such a child full up on love and tears and crying
Don't worry if you're confused we all tend to be sometimes
The whole world is getting used it's just the way it is
Maybe right ooo it maybe wrong doesn't have to be serious
Being hurt isn't being strong doesn't have to be serious
Fighting for love fighting for pain ooo doesn't have to be serious
And if you win ooo what do you gain doesn't have to be serious
Ooo doesn't have to be serious maybe right ooo it maybe wrong
Ooo doesn't have to be serious
Fighting for love fighing ooo doesn't have to be serious
And if you win ooo what do you gain ooo doesn't have to be serious
Maybe right ooo it maybe wrong ooo doesn't have to be serious
Feeling hurt isn't being strong ooo doesn't have to be serious
Fighting for love fighting for pain ooo doesn't have to be serious
Wha-what, what-what-wha-what, wha-what, what what-wha-wha-what
Wha-what, what-what-wha-what, what what, what-wha-wha-what
Put in that thang, put me in that bank, whoo
Put me in that drank, put me in that thang, what?
Put me in that drank, put me in that thang
Whoo, whoo, whoo, freaky-freaky-freaky, uhh
Put me in that drank, put me in that game, yo
Put me in that Range, better yet that Phillies, yo
Put me with them clothes, Coogie at the toes
Tim about to let us know, whoa, whoa, whoa
Put me with them models, put me in new models, yo
Gimme face lifts, manicures you silly hoe
You was bowlegged now you walk pigeon-toed
You came in the front, I kick you out the back do'
I'm a landlord, drug dealers cockroach [unverified]
Who got the forty-five, I got the crossroads [unverified]
I'm chillin' in Cuba, chillin' in the Pocanos
We some down-to-earth fools, who don't act first
We gettin' rowdy and we bust them things yo
That's what you get, for messin' with us country folk
I'm from V-A and I got it locked yo
I'm from V-A and I got it hot yo
It's serious, we came to handle our business
Handle these niggaz, handle these bitches
It's serious, only game we playin' is ours
And we ain't gon' never foul out
It's serious, we came to handle our business
Handle these niggaz, handle these bitches
It's serious, only game we playin' is ours
And we ain't gon' never foul out
It's serious
Put me in that Lex', let her give me head in it
Put me in the room, hit her on the bed in it
Get me on the corner I'ma sell the whole load
Niggaz try to rock when the nine out unload
Unload my world like a St. Louie Ram
Put it down like a Florida at the screen jam [unverified]
Y'all fuckin' with the ultimate
Shit in the park punk and now you eatin' it
Rip off your shine, take out the hardest line
You [unverified] me actin' funny like a Valentine
You fuckin' with wilderbeasts when you come to VA
You niggaz ain't even try I know you niggaz don't spray
Uhh, put me on the corner liquor store with whores
A slice of white bread and a Mary Jane warehouse
I know I spit on the track, walk around a pimp fox
One all in my cash, rubbin' on my fuckin' socks
It's serious, we came to handle our business
Handle these niggaz, handle these bitches
It's serious, only game we playin' is ours
And we ain't gon' never foul out
It's serious, we came to handle our business
Handle these niggaz, handle these bitches
It's serious, only game we playin' is ours
And we ain't gon' never foul out
It's serious
Timbaland, I'm that man
Watch that man, stop that man
Bitch, don't you dare grin
No favors, you been what I been
I'm a hot tomale no you a hot tomale
Don't give a hell what they say or read about me
I'm a rich man, invest in stock man
I buy land from the white man
(Freaky, freaky)
I move to Atlanta with Country Grammar
And move to 'bama with nails and hammers
To put the posters on Havannah
Move to China to move through miners
Then move to shirts, drawers, pants, and to the panty-liners
I got them cars, I got them thangs
I got them planes, I got a whole squad entertained
Timbaland, I'm the man
So ladies, wave ya hands, what
It's serious, we came to handle our business
Handle these niggaz, handle these bitches
It's serious, only game we playin' is ours
And we ain't gon' never foul out
It's serious, we came to handle our business
Handle these niggaz, handle these bitches
It's serious, only game we playin' is ours
And we ain't gon' never foul out
[AZ]
Yea, back off vacation
Time to send y'all pros on a permanent vacation though
Check my track record, respect is my black Lexus
Expect me to act reckless, I'm rich and I'm ass naked
A mink with half leopard, my drinks and my glass separate
I roll and I'm half breathless, just stroll through my last message
Like...niggaz can't be serious
Never that leery shit, shit I'm mysterious
Move mystique on 'em, the doses increase on 'em
You ghost if you sleep on 'em
No joke when my peeps stormin
The cars they come in heavy
The God of the Serengeti
I charge with a large machete
And carve through ya starvin belly
Like...you shoulda known I was serious
Still the prettiest, point blank period
[Nas]
Feedin while alligators on swamps, got miles and acres
No comp, whether it's freestyle, or written down on papers
So far, I've been down from maybe, a decade, I'm still the raw-rest
Plus, suede, and ferragamo's, cause the made jury's on us
Garments fly apartments, they buggin say Nastradamus
Just wasn't one of my hardest, sold over a mil regardless
Chill with them hard looks, I spark clips
If you blood, or Muslim, 5 percent God, or crip
[AZ]
Yea, ok
Guns in the glove compartment
I'm dapper but love the nonsense
The rappin up of my conscience
I'm strapped when I come to conscious
Attack with a hundred monsters
They black and they runnin bonkers
We back and we come to conquer
[Nas]
To master the fucking genre
Like, niggaz can't be serious
Still the grittiest, point blank period
Flow tight as a midget's closet
As tight as a prison block is
No sight of po-lice, when we riot
Fightin the system, fired
Be quiet, when I'm approaching
Get tired, jump out the roses
Sip Meyer's Rum out in open
I'm smokin that hydro, choking
I'm scopin, my eyes are on you
Don't reach cause I tried to warn you
No street corner Nas won't come to
To bomb you, 4 5's will harm you
Eccentric, I'm live but calm too
Cordial, but crazy cautious
Roll through with some crazy gorgeous
Hoes, bodies like lady horses
Like, my whole stampede serious
Ya'll niggaz is funny like Eddie Murphy's "Delirious"
Sped up or real slow, never neo-soul
Hip-Hop only rockin with homey, we Co-D's
Nas not no Hives, or Coldplay
If there was an old days, we pioneered it
Are you serious?
Talk to me what, what
Are you serious?
Talk to me what, what, what, what
Are you serious?
Talk to me what, what
C'mon yeah, yeah, yeah
I ain't have the free time
I been out there hustlin', tryna get mine
But when I come home
I can't even get my, uh uh, on
Askin' me where my pager's at
'Cause when you paged I ain't call right back
I didn't have my cell phone
So tell me what's going on, baby, yeah?
If you're serious 'bout our love
Don't worry 'bout a thing
They even playin' us
Just tryna get in
If you're serious 'bout our love
Did you know they hatin' on me?
Talkin' 'bout what they heard
And what they seen
What's this about my car?
You said I picked up two girls from the bar
But you know it ain't true
'Cause I was here makin' love to you
But baby, they come to you
They talk about me and what I do
I know what it is, they wanna be you
And be the one I'm comin' home to, baby, yeah
All day long
You think I'm out doing wrong
Let's be true
I know they talkin' 'bout me
They talkin' 'bout you too
If you're serious 'bout our love
Don't worry 'bout a thing
They even playin' us
Just tryna get in
If you're serious 'bout our love
Did you know they hate on me?
Talkin' 'bout what they heard
And what they seen
You are all I want and all I need
And you know I'll do anything
That's why they hatin' on me
I'm so tired of what they say
They can go 'cause they don't know
Uh, say what?
Uh uh, y'all
All I get is what you get
What you got on? Who you with?
What you doing? Who you screwin'?
Get off my ass
I kick it grown women style
You got the petty ways of a child
Caught you checking my draws, you fowl
Now everybody wanna be ghettofab, you better ask
Chris Tucker, Silkk the Shocker, Rass Kass
In the ghetto Gotham City
They saw me shakin' my ass
Looking to face off with you true nigga style
Or the future will be the past
And it ain't gon' last, yeah yeah
Serious 'bout our love
Don't worry 'bout a thing
They even playin' us
Just tryna get in
If you're serious 'bout our love
Did you know they hatin' on me?
Talkin' 'bout what they heard
And what they seen
If you're serious 'bout our love
Don't worry 'bout a thing
They even playin' us
Just tryna get in
If you're serious 'bout our love
Did you know they hatin' on me?
Talkin' 'bout what they heard
And what they seen
If you're serious 'bout our love
Don't worry 'bout a thing
They even playin' us
Just tryna get in
If you're serious 'bout our love
Did you know they hatin' on me
Talkin' 'bout what they heard
Baby, I don't know when the danger came
I wanna find someone that I can blame
Call the doctor cause I am sick in love
And I can't help it
Baby, I'm worried about my mental state
Don't know if I'll recuperate
Think it's serious, gone from bad to worse
And I'm in trouble
I think I'm coming down with something
I know it gonna need your medicine
So help me now, I'm freaking out lover
This love is serious (everybody knows I'm mad for you)
You get me seriously out of my mind
And I am so into us (not gonna let no one get hold of you)
Baby, baby
Cause this love is serious, we're seriously onto something
Lover, you love me like no one can
So if I'm crazy hope you understand
Hurry doctor come, need to get me some
You know what time it is
I think I'm coming down with something
I know it gonna need your medicine
So help me now, I'm freaking out lover
This love is serious (everybody knows I'm mad for you)
You get me seriously out of my mind
And I am so into us (let no one get hold of you)
Baby you're mine (you're seriously fine)
And you know I can't stand
How the girls all wanna be getting all up in my place
So get off of my man and don't try to mess with me
Cause this love is serious, we're seriously onto something
You got me so delirious, I'm under your control
Point it at me if you must, your arrow's got me poisoned
Tell me what my treatment is, your love's got me insane
man with a suitcase walking down my street, tells me i'm a punk 'cause i hate my government, learn what you can. don't you do what the fools say, save your breath for a cigarette old man, you gonna just stay brainless, not so serious? look to the past, through the window that rolls down down to the jungle of the suffereng victims, let's make a bomb before feeding our children, let's have a war now, come on old man you just gonna stay brainless, not so serious? vote what you want, but the monster is replaced, say what you will, but the look is on your face, learn what you can, don't you do what the rules say, love your country, hate your government, you gonna just stay brainless, not so serious?
Wha-what what-what-wha-what, wha-what what what-wha-wha-what
Wha-what what-what-wha-what, what what what-wha-wha-what
Put in that thang, put me in that bank, whoo!
Put me in that drank, put me in that thang, what!
Put me in that drank, put me in that thang
Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Freaky-freaky-freaky - uhh
Put me in that drank, put me in that game, YO
Put me in that Range, better yet that Phillies YO
Put me with them clothes, Coogie at the toes
Tim about to let us know - WHOA, WHOA, WHOA
Put me with them models, put me in new models YO
Gimme face lifts, manicures you silly hoe
You was bowlegged now you walk pigeon-toed
You came in the front, I kick you out the back do'
I'm a landlord, drug dealers cockroach(?)
Who got the forty-five, I got the crossroads(?)
I'm chillin in Cuba, chillin in the Pocanos
We some down-to-earth fools, who don't act first
We gettin rowdy and we bust them things yo
That's what you get, for messin with us country folk
I'm from V-A and I got it locked yo
I'm from V-A and I got it hot yo
It's SERIOUS! We came to handle our business
Handle these niggaz, handle these bitches
It's SERIOUS! Only game we playin is ours
And we ain't gon' never foul out
It's SERIOUS!
Put me in that Lex', let her give me head in it
Put me in the room, hit her on the bed in it
Get me on the corner I'ma sell the whole load
Niggaz try to rock when the nine out unload
Unload my world like a St. Louie Ram
Put it down like a Florida at the screen jam(?)
Y'all fuckin with the ultimate
Shit in the park punk and now you eatin it
Rip off your shine, take out the hardest line
You (?) me actin funny like a Valentine
You fuckin with wilderbeasts when you come to VA
You niggaz ain't even try I know you niggaz don't spray
UHH - put me on the corner liquor store with whores
A slice of white bread and a Mary Jane warehouse
I know I spit on the track, walk around a pimp fox
One all in my cash, rubbin on my fuckin socks
Timbaland! I'm that man!
Watch that man! Stop that man!
Bitch, don't you dare grin
No favors, you been what I been
I'm a hot tomale no you a hot tomale
Don't give a hell what they say or read about me
I'm a rich man, invest in stock man
I buy land from the (freaky-freaky) white man
I move to Atlanta with Country Grammar
and move to 'bama with nails and hammers
to put the posters on Havannah
Move to China to move through miners
Then move to shirts, drawers, pants, and to the panty-liners
I got them cars, I got them thangs
I got them planes, I got a whole squad entertained
Timbaland, I'm the man
Yeah, (hahahah) yeah, yeah, yeah
Boogie down, boogie down
You gotta get serious
What, what come on
Perplexing as I recks the decks so check the flex poetical sex I bring the
funk to your necks check it
Second time around better than the first, I quench your thirst, my rhymes
fill ya till ya burst
Get serious
Cause we're gonna do for you, you know it's true we got a second album
coming through
Too many people thoght we couldn't go on
But yo, we're still number one see we shine like the sun
Hands up in the air,
Wave 'em like you care
Feel the funky beat
EVerybody on your feet
[Chorus:]
Get serious
We got it going on tonight
Get serious
Everything will be alright
All I know is true that I wanna be with you
You gotta get serious, serious, serious
Could I be the one that twists thighter than a curl
Coming through from the mist
Check my defenition, rhyme composition
On the double o-5ive mission
With the aim to please any beef with the rod gone fishing
Check if you're down tonight
Put your hands in the air if you feel alright
Got enough for what you need
So get serious Baby please
Hands up in the air,
Wave 'em like you care
Feel the funky beat
Everybody on your feet
[Chorus]
Now we've been waiting for so long
Give me a chance to get it through
You are the flavour to my song
That's why I wanna be, wanna be with you
Stop, clear the stage so we can get busy
Open up your mind while I hit you with the nitty gritty
We came to rhyme, we came to get down
Wo when we rock the mike we bring the funk into your town
So I drop a rhyme onto the mike while it's mine then you gotta pass it on
while I rock you with a line
As we hip we hop we're getting others in the run
Flicking switches on the buttom of the mike cause we're done
[Chorus x2]
Oh the last time I saw you
You looked so good baby
There was moonlight everywhere
Oh and God only knows How I hated to leave you standing there
You know I told you
That I wanted to hold you
But the moment was not right
So I took off down the raod
For another lonely night
Oh I wanna spend my life with you
Baby tell me is that so wrong
I don't ever want to say good night to you
I wanna hold you all night long
Chorus:
Baby this is serious
Baby, baby, this is serious
This is serious for the two of us
Serious
Oh all day long I keep thinkin' about you
And I'm ready to give in
'Cause I may never find anybody like you again
You see nobody's ever made me want to
Do what I'm 'bout to do
Because I found everything
And it's all wrapped up in you
Oh I wanna spend my life with you
Baby tell me is that so wrong
I don't ever want to say goodbye to you
I wanna hold you all night long
I can hardly believe what I'm sayin'
All my lifetime I've been prayin'
To find somebody who's heart's not taken
And I believe you're the one
No I don't mean at all to upset you
Honey I knew from the moment I met you
If I could find a way to get you
I'd have to fall in love
Baby get serious
Baby, baby, wanna be serious
This is serious about the two of us
Every night I want you by my side
So I can love you
Every night I want you by my side
So I can love you
When you are in love
Ah, you feel the stars above
There's no devil in her eyes
There's no darkness in disguise
But when you are alone
A kiss can turn your heart to stone
Hearts breaking in the night
There's a devil in her eyes
Oh, it's serious, so serious
A kiss that caught the wind made you delirious
Oh, it's serious, so serious
Take her in your arms, don't be afraid
Never be afraid
When you are in love
All the stars burn bright above
There's a kindness in her eyes
There's no darkness in disguise
Oh, but when you are alone
Oh, your heart it turns to stone
Hearts breaking in the night
There's a devil in her eyes
Oh, it's serious, so serious
A kiss that caught the wind made you delirious
Oh, it's serious, so serious
Take her in your arms, don't be afraid
Never be afraid
Oh, it's serious, so serious
A kiss that caught the wind made you delirious
Oh, it's serious, so serious
So take her in your arms, don't be afraid
This time its serious its serious 'cause I know
That I can trust you know I won't make a mess
This time it's so serious I'm serious
So serious I know I got to be serious
She's so serious I know that she's so serious
Next time it's serious its gotta be serious
'cause I don't think I can hold up I'm tired
Of making a mess, Next time it's so so serious
Whoa Oh Whoa Oh-e-oh Whoa-oh oh-e-oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Boogie down, boogie down
You gotta get serious
(What, what c¡¯mon)
Perplexin¡¯ as I wrecks the decks
So checks the flex my potential sex
I bring the funk to your necks check it
Second time around, better than the first
I quench your thirst, my rhymes¡¯ll fill ya till ya burst
(Get serious)
Cos what we¡¯re gonna do for you
You know it¡¯s true we got a second album coming through
Too many people thought we couldn¡¯t go on
But yo we¡¯re still number one
See we shine like the sun
Hands up in the air, wave ¡®em like you care
Feel the funky beat, everybody on your feet
Get serious, we¡¯ve got it going on tonight
Get serious, everything will be alright
All I know is true that I wanna be with you
You gotta get serious (c¡¯mon) serious (haha) serious
Could I be the one that twists tighter than a curl
Coming through the mist
Check my definition, rhyme composition
On the double-o five mission
With the aim to please, any beef with the rod gone fishing
Check if you¡¯re down tonight put your hands in the air if you feel alright
Got enough for what you need so get serious baby please
Hands up in the air wave ¡®em like you care
Feel the funky beat, everybody on your feet
Get serious, we¡¯ve got it going on tonight
Get serious, everything will be alright
All I know is true that I wanna be with you
You gotta get serious (c¡¯mon) serious (haha) serious
Now we¡¯ve been waiting for so long (so long)
Give me a chance to get it through
You are the flavor to my song
That why I wanna be, I wanna be with you
Stop, clear the stage so we can get busy
Open up your mind while I hit you with the nitty gritty
We came to rhyme, we came to get down
Yo when we rock the mike we bring the funk into your town
So I drop a rhyme on the mike while it¡¯s mine
Then you gotta pass it on while I rock you with a line
As we hip, we hop we¡¯re getting others on the run
Flickin¡¯ switchers on the bottom of the mike coz we¡¯re done
Get serious, we¡¯ve got it going on tonight
Get serious, everything will be alright
All I know is true that I wanna be with you
You gotta get serious (c¡¯mon) serious (haha) serious
Get serious, we¡¯ve got it going on tonight
Get serious, everything will be alright
All I know is true that I wanna be with you
You gotta get serious (c¡¯mon) serious (haha) serious
Your new boyfriend is old news
Your new boyfriend is old news
Your interview was no surprise
Up in vibe telling lies
Wish I could remember where I met you trying to remember so I can forget you
Changed my number 30 tmes got my number from the label 30 times
Milk shake brought you to the yard, must have got caught up casue you fell so hard
You wasn't cheating trying to believe it we wasn't even like that
Wasn't even trying boy why you lyin we wasn't even like that
All up on myspace looking for my name hoping that I will just write back
If somebody says your name to me its who ? huh? No?
Boy it wasn't that serious, it wasn't that serious
All in the magazine blowing it up all around your homies just throwing it up
Boy it wasn't that serious, it wasn't that serious
You was just something to do, you was just something to do
Hes all talk amoungst the guys,
Always fails to satisfy
Use my name in conversation cause you aint that interesting
Acting like we best of friends no you do not know where I live wishing it was something else
boy you know you need some help
You wasn't cheating trying to believe it we wasn't even like that
Wasn't even trying boy why you lyin we wasn't even like that
All up on myspace looking for my name hoping that I will just write back
If somebody says your name to me its who ? huh? No?
Boy it wasn't that serious, it wasn't that serious
All in the magazine blowing it up all around your homies just throwing it up
Boy it wasn't that serious, it wasn't that serious
he was just something to do, you was just something to do
so now you know man just let it go, im at the top of your list but you aint on mine
that's why I cant remember you cause you didn't put it down
Boy it wasn't that serious, it wasn't that serious
And don't be asking my friends what it is
Cause they don't know ya
Your new boyfriend is old news
Your new boyfriend is old news
ohohoho...
At first I thought it was a game
and then I saw the look in your eyes,
I tried to turn around as I tried to run away,
I felt you coming near me
I hoped that you wouldn't see me
I can't breathe for fear of moving
I can't breathe for fear of...
I feel it coming,
I feel it moving
I feel it breathing,
I feel it, ooh
I feel you staring from the darkness
and burning holes in my skin
is creeping, crawling, feeding off my fear from
within me,
stealing through the shadows
not piercing through the silence
I can't move for fear of hearing something more
and I feel it feeding,
I feel it stealing,
I feel it creeping,
I feel it...ooh
yeaah yeaah, this is getting serious [2x]
yeaah yeaah, save me from this ugly mess!
yeaah yeaah, this is getting serious
serious [4x]
yeaah yeaah, this is getting serious [2x]
yeaah yeaah, save me from this ugly mess!
Do you ever get the feeling
People think you're crazy
Cause you trust what they can't see
Do you ever get the feeling
People think you&Mac182;re shallow
And you will change what you believe
But I'm not here to argue
About what others think and feel
Cause I'm not ashamed to tell anyone
What I know to be real
I'm serious about the stand I'm taking
Serious about the choice I'm making
Serious about the things that I believe
I'm serious about the talk I'm talking
The evidence is in the walk I'm walking
Serious about love and purity
I'm serious as I can be
I'm not the first to meet with laughter
And resistance from a disbelieving crowd
But I got to meet it head on
I'm just gonna keep on
Won't let it get me down
I'm not here to give up
Jesus didn't give up on me
Even when the goin' gets rough
I've promised God that I'll be
Won't change my mind
Got to close the door
No time for goin' back
To what I had before
I'm so tired of playin' all these games
Cause the more I see what You mean to me
You thought I was gone, I came back
I want you to know babe I'm as serious as a heart attack
Let me love you, let me try
I want to stay today, I want to share your life
I'm serious, so serious, I'm serious
Serious as a heart attack, hey hey, I'm serious
I'm serious, serious, serious
One cup of coffee, two cups of tea
One for you babe I need two for me
I see you like to wine an dine
You get the glass and I'll get the wine
I'm serious, so serious, I'm serious
Serious as a heart attack, hey yaa, I'm serious
I'm serious, serious, serious
Serious about that new thing when I meet
Serious about the way you look everyday
Serious about the way you wear your hair
Serious about been home, when you ain't there, hey hey
I'm serious, so serious, I'm serious
Serious as a heart attack, well well I'm serious, I'm
serious
I always wanted to see
The colours of your destiny
I always wanted to know if our love would grow
Serious
Serious
I'm a trophy on your arm
You wear me like a charm, yes you do
An accessory that suits
Your new suede boots, oh
I get a feeling deep down inside
Something just ain't right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby you never show
How you really feel for me
Tell me, can we ever be
Serious
Serious in love
A joke on my expense
In front of all your friends, all the time
A game you like to play
Which leaves me so low, every day
I get a feeling deep down inside
Something just ain't right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby you never show
How you really feel for me
Tell me, can we ever be
Serious
Serious in love
Serious
Serious in love
I get a feeling deep down inside
Something just ain't right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby you never show
How you really feel for me
Tell me, can we ever be
Serious
Serious in love
Serious
He says we've been hanging out for a while
And wants me to be his girlfriend now
I think that we need to slow it down, but
He's not trying to hear those words from my mouth
He remembers our first date
Where he took me and what we both ate
He gets mad cause sometimes I forget
Can't remember the place that we met
He wants to be serious
I'm too young to be serious
I'm not ready for love, love, love
I don't wanna be serious
We're not ready for serious
I'm not ready for love
Ready for love, ready for love
With you right now, with you right now
With you right now, with you right now
He always tells me that he's in love
But my response is never enough
He says that I'm so detached
I just think it's my reaction
To move away, give us space
Doesn't mean I don't like you
But I like to move at my own peace
I don't wanna rush
He wants to be serious
I'm too young to be serious
I'm not ready for love, love, love
I don't wanna be serious
We're not ready for serious
I'm not ready for love
Ready for love, ready for love
With you right now, with you right now
With you right now, with you right now
I'm way too young to be
Thinking of love, love, love
Let's wait a while, baby
Let's wait a while
What are we rushing for?
Let's take our time
I can't give you more than this
He wants to be serious
I'm too young to be serious
I'm not ready for love, love, love
I don't wanna be serious
We're not ready for serious
I'm not ready for love
Ready for love, ready for love
With you right now, with you right now
With you right now, with you right now
Serious, serious
Love, love, ready for love
With you right now, serious
With you right now, with you right now
SHE PUT A GUN UP TO HER HEAD, AND MADE A WISH THAT SHE WAS DEAD
AND I COULD TELL THIS TIME THAT SHE WAS SERIOUS
SHE SAID THAT WE'RE ALL TO HEAD STRONG,
AND TOO AFRAID TO SAY WE'RE WRONG
AND SO WE PUSH OURSELVES TILL WE'RE DELIRIOUS
SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN AND CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN
HE PUT A RAZOR TO HIS WRIST, CLOSED HIS EYES AND MADE A FIST
AND HE SWORE TO GOD THAT HE WAS SERIOUS
HE SAID HE COULDN'T TAKE MUCH MORE AND AS HE LAY THERE ON THE FLOOR, HE CRIED OH MY GOD I SO DAMN FURIOUS
SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN AND CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN
IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS
SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN AND CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN
IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS
I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO FEEL THE WAY YOU DO, EVEN IF I COULD IT WOULDN'T CHANGE MY MIND
I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY, IT'S TOO SERIOUS, TOO SERIOUS
SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN AND CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN
IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS
SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN AND CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN
IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS
SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN AND CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN
IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS
SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN AND CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN
IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS
Huh
Do it
(Serious)
[ VERSE 1 ]
Now sit back in your seat and kick up your Nikes
And listen to Freddie Foxxx cold rip the mic
The microphone's burnin like a flaming torch
And my lyrics are hot, so they can burn and scorch
So here's a little something for you hip-hop whimps
Try to come down hard on the hip-hop prince
Get your rhymes all together, your microphones ready
Cause you're about to meet the hip-hop terror - Freddie
For all you other rappers with self-proclaimed titles
Shut up and face the true supreme idol
Rappers, I'm here, so come get it
But those that tried are real sorry they did it
Cause I hit it - hard, nail on the head, now they're dead
But that's what you get when you're messin with Fred
Ain't no jokin or playin around, just listen to the sound
While I get down, this is serious
[ VERSE 2 ]
So serious when I take the stage
Kinda like lettin a pitbull out of a cage
For blood or raw meet - huh, sound sweet
But I take the mic and a milky beat
And drop one rhyme that's self-defined
And then you lay back and relax while I climb
Into your mind, every opening hole
Walk through your body and take over your soul
This jam is deep, when I speak you turn chicken
Scared to death because my bassline's kickin
Jump off and grab the mic - I dare you
Then I'ma open you up and then wear ya
Drag you all over like Raggedy Ann
Rough up the wanna-be's, make you a man
Then when you jump up to talk crap
You'll get slapped with a rap that makes your neck snap back
Down for the count, my hand is raised
My rhyme is praised, and you feel dazed
I'm gonna take you deeper, down to the bottom
When my voice hits the mic, it'll sound like I shot him
I'm like Rikers, buckwild in dozens
And you'll be lookin around like, who was it?
Hit from all sides, all you feel is pain
And you don't even know your own name
Try to get up for the next round and pout it
You think you survive? I doubt it
Bring the stretcher, jumpstart the brain and heart
Of a rapper that's been torn apart
This is serious
This is serious
[ VERSE 3 ]
Now I'ma tell you somethin you should never forget
Fred could stand in hell and won't sweat
Don't believe it? This is hell
Bring the rapper, then ring the bell
Then once we start rappin it's a hell of a round
It takes you, your crew and the cops to bring me down
The rapper of rap, rhymes my occupation
Here we go, pump up your radio station
The Kut Terrorist scratchin like a maniac
Fred's kickin rhymes like a natural born brainiac
It's like your standin in water and touched a livewire
Boom - you're on fire
And I keep rollin, rhymes keep projectin
Hittin like a punch to the jawbone connectin
You see me with the mic in my hand and you're jealed up
Schemin with your posse, but y'all got held up
Serious business, the only way to go
I'm all about makin beats, rhymes and dough
And once in a while I'm a stick man
But girls ain't a problem to Foxxx, cause I'm in, man
I got rappers on the mic delirious
You know why? Cause this is serious
[ SHOUT OUTS ]
This one is a special dedication for all the posse out there
This one goes out to Eric B. & Rakim
This one goes out to my man Ant Live
This one goes out to Premo
Sha, Let's Jet and the Louisville Slugger
This one goes out to my DJ the Kut Terrorist
This one goes out to Laser Mike
This one goes out to Pat
I take this one deep for my physical Taheim Shabazz
This one goes out to the Almighty Supreme Easy E
This one also goes out to the Master Kevvon
I'ma take this mile-deep for Brooklyn
And I'ma slam one out left field for Queens
And knock a homerun for Strong Island
This one also goes out to the Southside Posse
This one goes to the Paid In Full Posse
And I'ma take this one down for my man Barney Barn
And I'm also gonna say peace to all the Gods
And I'm also gonna say.. out
(Serious)
I've been trying to forget you
But somehow I can't let you
Forget about me
As you moved on to better things.
I've been lying in this gutter
With my heart filled up with sulfur.
So, light a match and trail it with gasoline,
Take you down with me.
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
Why can't romance save us?
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
Why can't romance save us?
There's a party in the backroom
With all the girls we've been through
And I looked for you but I guess you weren't there.
I'm tired and lonely and stupid and crazy.
The lies, the excuses - I'm totally useless.
My patience is fading,
You're so aggravating
And I can't even stand myself.
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
Why can't romance save us?
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
Why can't romance save us?
I'll drag you down forever,
Going to drag you down forever.
This just got serious,
This just got serious,
This just got serious,
This just got serious,
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
Why can't romance save us?
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
Why can't romance save us?
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
Why can't romance save us?
This just got serious,
I'm done, I'm giving up.
And if this is true love
[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 raving no-ones skanking,
Turn round I bet you someones 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 gunna sign a guy with a shank,
Or a guy with a 9 mil,
All you're gunna get is a 3 figure deal,
MC at a rave and get a bill,
But that bill ain't gunna last,
It will go fast and it mite be the last,
Shorts for a while so you won't have no dough for a while.
[CHORUS:]
To the beat,
Just bob ya head to the beat,
If you don't wanna dance to the beat,
Just bob ya head to the beat,
If you don't wanna dance or lean back,
Then bob ya head to the beat,
If you don't wanna dance to the beat,
Then bob 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 rhymes you got complete,
Go write some intelligent bars,
So 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,
I mean it ask any artist,
Task any artist to write a bar that's positive,
Not talkin bout breasts
Or our bullet proof vests,
See I'm the best,
Imagine if every single MC lived by their word,
It word be impossible to get anywhere,
Cause gun shots would have occurred,
You couldn't even go to the video shoot,
Cause man would go to the video shoot,
Den he'd get away leaving feds and ambulances,
At your video shoot.
[HOOK:]
SERIOUS, You're not,
SERIOUS, Don't say,
SERIOUS, I say,
SERIOUS, Wanna get,
SERIOUS, Let's get,
SERIOUS, You can't have,
SERIOUS, So don't say,
SERIOUS, Talk bout,
SERIOUS, You're not,
SERIOUS, Don't say,
SERIOUS, I say,
SERIOUS, You wanna get,
SERIOUS, Let's get,
SERIOUS, You can't have,
SERIOUS, So don't say, SERIOUS.
[VERSE 3:]
All this talk about reppin your endz,
I'm not making anymore friends,
It's an eder ting,
How long is it gunna take to realise it needs to end,
You're a waste man if your 29,
I ain't so posing by a road sign,
Think about your lifetime,
Before you hit 40 with a shank and a 9,
You need to start growing up,
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 I'm writing politics,
About being bought by your brand new sword,
Don't act dumb,
Wiley warned you the level of MCing is going up,
Everybody is J-M-E,
Do not come try floss around me,
I don't care bout your J-A-C-O-B,
I'll munch you up like a BLT,
At last yeah it's me JME,
You won't have no waste man, just stay with me,
Cause I've got big DJ's playing me,
So don't say my name if you're not playing me.
[HOOK:]
SERIOUS, You're not,
SERIOUS, Don't say,
SERIOUS, I say,
SERIOUS, Wanna get,
SERIOUS, Let's get,
SERIOUS, You can't have,
SERIOUS, So don't say,
SERIOUS, Talk bout,
SERIOUS, You're not,
SERIOUS, Don't say,
SERIOUS, I say,
SERIOUS, You wanna get,
SERIOUS, Let's get,
SERIOUS, You can't have,
SERIOUS, So don't say, SERIOUS.
[CHORUS:]
To the beat,
Just bob ya head to the beat,
If you don't wanna dance to the beat,
Just bob ya head to the beat,
If you don't wanna dance or sing or play or lean back or do the vocal, or do the old school grandad dance,
Just bob ya head to the beat.
SERIOUS, to the beat,
Just bob ya head to the beat,
Go on, why don't you try it out?
I don't know, my head's filled with doubt
Ah, go on, a little bit won't hurt
When you feel the whack of it, you'll see it's well worth it
Go on, give it a blast, in ten seconds flat you'll feel fantastic
Your head will be like rubber, your body like elastic
You'll be in God's arms with your thoughts all derelict
I don't know, I think it's fuckin' mad
That shit killed Anto Kelly's mom and dad
Ah, you're being all windy on me now
I was told you were handy when it came to a row
Fuckin' sure I am, ask anybody
I burst Paddy Lee last fuckin' Saturday
Don't be silly, man, sit down
All the boys is blasting off and they're all sound
Are you serious? Is he sound over there?
He's about to disappear into thin fuckin? air
Ah, man, you're lettin? me down
I thought you were the dirt of a lad around town
You won't get strung your first time doing it
It takes loads of times before you can't stop abusing it
Your dad doesn't care, he's drunk in the bar
Seen your ma headin' off in some strange fella's car
I have been feelin? really low lately
Feel the whole fuckin? world is against me and they hate me
Think I'll head home, I don't like this room
There's a bad smell of piss and the ceiling's peeling
Before you go, here's a freebie
Go home to your bed and you'll sleep like a baby
Ah, maybe
Serious, I'm afraid
There's a devil in the shade
Serious, I am scared
There's a devil in my head
Go on, man, get some of this shit into you
It's not gonna kill you, get it into you, sit here
And, oh, man, [Incomprehensible] of all that stuff
I seen Jem Quinn and what he's gone through in prison and all
Ah, man he's a fuckin? eejit, he's just stupid
That wouldn't happen to you
You know, you never know, man, I seen so many around
I seen all the heads around town goin? down
Ah, man, you're wimping out on me here
I thought you were a hard man with no fuckin? fear
I am, man, I fuckin? am
You saw me stickin? out that O'Connor kid
I fuckin? hopped off of him
Ah, rowin' is different, man, you know what I mean
Any fuckin? [Incomprehensible], that's all Babog shit
You'll see [Incomprehensible] when you take a hit
Serious, I'm afraid
There's a devil in the shade
Serious, I am scared
There's a devil in my head
Angel, come and save me
Angel, come and help me
Angel, come and save me
