13 - Take It Back
[00:01.36] I'm not a rapper I'm a singer with a flow
[00:02.61] I've got a habit for spitting quicker lyrics you know
[00:04.61] You'll find me ripping the written out of the pages they sit in
[00:06.87] I never want to get bitten
[00:08.10] 'Cause plagiarism is hidden
[00:09.12] Watch how I sit on the rhythm
[00:10.11] Prisoner with a vision
[00:10.86] Signs of a label
[00:12.11] But didn't listen to any criticism
[00:13.37] Thought you knew but you didn't
[00:14.61] So perk your ears up and listen
[00:15.61] Studio is a system
[00:16.61] And you could say that I'm driven
[00:17.61] And now it's onto the next saga
[00:18.86] We drink the best lager
[00:20.11] I'll never try to win you over like your stepfather
[00:21.86] I do my own thing now
[00:23.10] And get respect after
[00:24.12] And I'm avoiding the 'caine
[00:25.36] Like it was Get Carter
[00:26.61] For four years I never had a place to stay
[00:28.11] But it's safe to say that it kept me grounded
[00:29.36] Like a paper weight
[00:30.61] At 16 years old yeah I moved out of my home
[00:32.36] I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked
[00:34.61] Went from sleeping at a subway station
[00:36.60] To sleeping with a movie star
[00:37.36] And adding to the population
[00:38.36] Not my imagination
[00:39.36] I don't wanna relax
[00:40.61] Would it hurt your reputation if I put it on wax?
[00:41.86] I take it back now
[00:43.11] Mmmm come on and take it back, love
[00:49.60] Come on and take it back for us
[00:53.61] Don't you fade into the back, love
[00:57.85] No
[00:59.87] I take it back with the rhythm and blues
[01:01.11] With my rap pack I'll be singing the news
[01:02.85] Tryna act like Jack Black
[01:04.11] When I bring it to school
[01:05.10] I make a beat with my feet
[01:06.10] By just hittin' the loop
[01:06.87] Bringing the lyrics to prove
[01:08.10] That I can fit in these shoes
[01:09.11] I give you the truth through the vocal booth
[01:10.35] And stars burst out on the scene
[01:11.86] Like an opal fruit
[01:12.85] They try to take aim like Beckham when he goes to shoot
[01:14.60] But then again that's what they're supposed to do
[01:16.11] And I'm supposed to be calm
[01:17.11] I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm
[01:18.61] Whispering everything that happens
[01:19.86] Is from now on
[01:20.60] I'll be ready to start again
[01:21.60] By the end of the song
[01:22.60] This is like claiming I handled it wrong
[01:23.85] But then I've never had an enemy
[01:25.11] Except the NME but I'll be selling
[01:27.36] Twice as many copies as their magazines'll ever be
[01:28.86] With only spectacles ahead of me
[01:31.11] And festival fees are healthier than a Dalmatian on Pedigree
[01:33.35] Singing for the masses rubber dingied rapids
[01:35.36] I keep this rapping a habit and keep on fashioning magic
[01:37.85] I'm battling for respect and I don't know if I have it
[01:39.61] This song's from the heart cover the planet
[01:40.85] I take it back now
[01:42.60] Mmmm come on and take it back, love
[01:47.61] Come on and take it back for us
[01:51.60] Don't you fade into the back, love
[01:55.85] No
[01:57.86] And take it back now
[01:58.85] Now I don't ever wanna be perfect
[02:00.37] 'Cause I'm a singer that you never wanna see shirtless
[02:02.11] And I accept the fact that someone's got to win worst dressed
[02:04.36] Taking my first steps into the scene giving me focus
[02:06.60] Putting on a brave face like Timothy Dalton
[02:08.60] Considering a name change thinking it was hopeless
[02:10.85] Rhyming over recordings, avoiding tradition
[02:12.60] 'Cause every day some lyrics and a melody could be written
[02:14.60] Now absence can make your heart ache
[02:16.35] But drinking absinthe can change your mind state
[02:17.60] Vividly need to let my liver be
[02:19.61] And I'll say it again living life on the edge with a close handful of friends
[02:23.35] Is good advice from the man that took his life on the road with me
[02:25.35] And I hope to see him blowing up globally
[02:26.86] 'Cause that's how it's supposed to be
[02:27.86] I'm screaming out vocally
[02:28.60] It might seem totally impossible achieving life's dreams
[02:31.10] But, but I just write schemes
[02:32.35] I'm never having a stylist giving me tight jeans
[02:34.11] Madison Square Garden is where I might be
[02:36.36] But more likely
[02:37.35] You find me
[02:38.10] In the back room of a dive bar with my mates
[02:39.11] Having a pint with McDaid
[02:40.10] Discussing records we made
[02:41.11] And every single second knowing
[02:42.36] That we'll never betray
[02:43.10] The way we were raised
[02:44.13] Remembering our background
[02:44.85] Sat down,
[02:46.10] That's how we plan it out
[02:46.61] It's time to take it back now
[02:47.86] Mmmm come on and take it back, love
[02:53.86] Come on and take it back for us
[02:57.86] Don't you fade into the back, love
[03:01.61] No
[03:04.86] Mmm come on and take it back, love
[03:10.36] Come on and take it back for us
[03:14.60] Don't you fade into the back, love
[03:18.61] No
