Take It Back Lyrics - Ed Sheeran

I'm not a rapper I'm a singer with a flow 

I've got a habit for spitting quicker lyrics you know 

You'll find me ripping the written out of the pages they sit in 

I never want to get bitten 

Cause plagiarism is hidden 

Watch how I sit on the rhythm 

Prisoner with a vision 

Signed to a label 

But didn't listen to any criticism 

Thought you knew but you didn't 

So perk your ears up and listen 

Studio is the system 

And you could say that I'm driven 

And now it's onto the next saga 

We drink the best lager 

I'll never try to win you over like your stepfather 

I do my own thing now 

And get respect after 

And I'm avoiding the 'caine 

Like it was Get Carter 

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For four years I never had a place to stay 

But it's safe to say that it kept me grounded 

Like a paper weight 

At 16 years old yeah I moved out of my home 

I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked 

Went from sleeping at a subway station 

To sleeping with a movie star 

And adding to the population 

Not my imagination 

I don't wanna relax 

Would it hurt your reputation if I put it on wax? 

I take it back now 

Mmmm come on and take it back love 

Come on and take it back for us 

Don't you fade into the back love 

No 

I take it back with the rhythm and blues 

With my rap pack I'll be singing the news 

Tryin' act like Jack Black 

When I bring it to school 

I make a beat with my feet 

By just hittin' the loop 

Bringing the lyrics to prove 

That I can fit in these shoes 

I give you the truth through the vocal booth 

And stars burst out on the scene 

Like an opal fruit 

They try to 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 ready to start again 

By the end of the song 

Since they are claiming I handled it wrong 

But then I've never had an enemy 

Except the NME but I'll be selling 

Twice as many copies as their magazine will ever be 

With only spectacles ahead of me 

And festival fees are healthier than a Dalmatian on pedigree 

Singing for the masses rubber dingied rapids 

I keep this rapping a habit and keep on fashioning magic 

I'm battling for respect and I don't know if I have it 

This song's from the heart cover the planet 

I take it back now 

Mmmm come on and take it back love 

Come on and take it back for us 

Don't you fade into the back love 

No 

And take it back now 

Now I don't ever wanna be perfect 

Cause I'm a singer that you never wanna see shirtless 

And I accept the fact that someone's got to win worst dressed 

Taken 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 days some lyrics and a melody can be written 

Now absence can make your heart ache 

But drinking absinth can change your mind state 

Vividly need to let my liver be 

And I'll say it again living life on the edge with a close handful of friends 

Is good advice from the man that took his life on the road with me 

And I hope to see him blowing up globally 

'Cause that how it's supposed to be 

I'm 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 find me in the back room of a dive bar with my mates having a pint of 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 

Mmmm come on and take it back love 

Come on and take it back for us 

Don't you fade into the back love 

No 

Mmm come on and take it back love 

Come on and take it back for us 

Don't you fade into the back love 

No