[Intro]
Am       Em   F       C
 Whoa-na-no-o, yea-ah-eh-a,
Am        Em F C
 Whoa-na-noo,   yes!
     Am                     Em
The signs of the times are here, aha
F              C
 And who cyan hear
           Am                 Em
Dem ah go feel it, dem ah go feel it
         F           C
Whoa-na-no, whoa-na-no


[Chorus]
               Am    Em
You got to be serious
F          C      Am    Em
 Jesus is comin' serious
           F                    C
It's not enough just to be conscious
               Am    Em
You got to be serious
F          C      Am    Em
 Jesus is comin' serious
           F                C
It's not enough to be conscious


[Verse 1]
      Am                     Em                F
Run away from di wicked an jealousy, pride an lust
                   C                    Am
Stay away from pornography not even ah touch
                  Em             F
If Satan in a cyar, me ridin di bus
                   C                        Am
If him dey pon di tar, mi drive through di bush
          Em     F                 C
I got to be separate, the difference got to make
Am      Em                 F                      Am
 Cause many men die fi di gospel, because dem want it
     Em        F          C                      Am
Di whole ah it, not a convenient piece or quarter it
           Em            F        C           Am
Righteous people a holy nation, chosen generation
            Em                F      C
Time fi we live like we set apart, children a di Lawd
Am Em          F      C
 Holy and righteous, Jesus mi put fus


[Chorus]
 Am    Em
Serious
F          C      Am    Em
 Jesus is comin' serious
           F                    C
It's not enough just to be conscious
               Am    Em
You got to be serious
F          C      Am    Em
 Jesus is comin' serious
           F                    C
It's not enough just to be conscious


[Verse 2]
 Am                  Em
So much a song dem bring to me
F                C
 Crazy hooks in symphony
               Am                         Em             F         C
But if you're not sayin' God then you're not sayin' anything, whoa-a-o-oh
 Am                   Em
So much a books dem bring to me
F                   C
 Linguistics an philosophy
               Am                          Em             F
But if you're not sayin' good then you're not sayin' anything, whoa-a-o-oh
N.C.
My inspiration come from God no odda
N.C.
I'm di clay and he is di potter
N.C.
I'm di sheep he's di Shepherd of di pasture
                            Am
Imagine di world without water
         Em                  F
If the branches don't bear fruit
            C
You gonna throw it away
Am       Em          F                 C
 All di sin ? of my youth, mi beg you put it away


[Chorus]
 Am    Em
Serious
F          C      Am    Em
 Jesus is comin' serious
           F               C
It's not enough to be conscious
               Am    Em
You got to be serious
 F                 C      Am    Em
Cause my Jesus is comin' serious
           F               C
It's not enough to be conscious


[Verse 3]
Am          Em         F            C         Am
 Can't you see the wars, don't you hear the rumor
         Em        F           C              Am
Diseases and pestilence taking over like a tumor
            Em         F        C
Di children of di world delight in their evil
Am             Em            F             C
 Seems like there's no difference wit di whole a God's people
Am       Em   F                  C
 But I know-o, every knee shall bow-o
Am          Em              F             C                  Am
 And every tongue shall confess King Jesus is di best ah di rest
                  Em            F               C
So clean up your heart my friend and clean it again and again
Am         Em          F
 And work out your salvation, in a fear and trembelin'


[Chorus]
 Am    Em
Serious
F          C      Am     Em
 Jesus is comin' serious, serious
           F               C
It's not enough to be conscious, it's not enough
 Am    Em
Serious
F          C      Am     Em
 Jesus is comin' serious
           F               C
It's not enough to be conscious


[Outro]
Am Em F C  x2