I'm not a rapper; I'm a singer with a flow I've got a habit of spitting Quicker lyrics you know You found me ripping the writtens Out of the pages they sit in And never once I get bitten Because plagiarism is hidden Which I would sit on the rhythm Prisoner with a vision Signs of LA, but didn't listen to any criticism Thought you knew but you didn't So perk your ears up and listen Studio with a system And you could say that I'm driven And now it's on to the next saga We drink the best lager I never tried to win you over Like your stepfather I do my own thing now, and get respect after And I'm avoiding cocaine like it was Get Carter For four years I never had a place to stay But it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight At 16 years old I had moved out of my home I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked And we've been sleeping at the subway station Sleeping with a Movie star and adding to the population Not my imagination, I don't want to relax But would it hurt your reputation If I put it on wax? So take it back now...
[Chorus:] Mmmm c'mon and take it back now, C'mon and take it back oooh now Don't you fade into the back now Noooo
Take it back with the rhythm and blues And my back pack I'll be singing the news, Trying to act like Jack Black when I'm rocking the school I'll make a beat with my feet by just singing a loop, Bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes, And keeping the truth through the vocal booth, Stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit, They try and take aim like beckham when he goes to shoot, But then again that's what they're supposed to do, And I'm supposed to be calm, I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything that Happens is from now on, I'll be willing to start again at the end of the song, Still their claiming that I handled it wrong, But then I never had an enemy, except for NME, But I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be, With only spectacles ahead of me and festival fees, To help me with a Dalmatian, no pedigree, Singing for the masses, Rubber dinghy rapids, Keep this rapping a habit And keep on passioning magic, I'm battling with respect, I don't know if I'll have it, This songs from the heart, Grabbing the plaque I'll take it back now
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Take it back now I don't ever want to be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you Never want to see shirtless I accept the fact that someone has to win the worst-dressed, Taking my first steps into the scene, Giving me focus Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton Considering a name change, Thinking it was hopeless Rhyming over recordings Avoiding tradition Cause every day some lyrics And a melody can be written Now absence can make your heart ache But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly, I need to let my liver be And I say it again, Living life on the edge, With a closed hand full of friends Is good advice from a man Who took his life on the road with me And I hope to see him blowing up globally Cause that's how it's supposed to be Screaming out vocally It might seem totally impossible Achieving life's dreams But, but I just write schemes I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans Madison Square Garden is where I might be But more likely, You'll find me in the back Room of a dive bar with my mates Having a pint with McDaid Discussing records we made And every single second knowing That we'll never betray The way we were raised Remembering our background Sat down That's how we plan it out; It's time to take it back now