Ed Sheeran - Take It Back

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 a 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 'cain 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 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 And 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

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

I take it back with the rhythm and blues With my rap pack, I'll be singing the news Tryna act like Jack Black when I bring it to school I make a beat with my feet by just hitting 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 And still they're claiming that I handle it wrong But then I've never had an enemy except the NME But I'll be selling twice as many copies as their magazines'll ever be With only spectacles ahead of me And festival fees are healthier than a Dalmatian on pedigree

Singing for the masses, rubber dinghy 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'll take it back now

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 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 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, 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'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

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

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