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Ed Sheeran - Take It Back

[Verse 1]
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 writings
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 the 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
The 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'll do my own thing now and get
respect after
And I'm avoiding the 'caine 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, yeah, I moved out
of my home
I was Macy Gray, I tried to say
goodbye and I chocked
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 in wax? I'll take it back now

[Hook]
Mmmm, come on and take it back,
love
Come on and take it back for us
Don't you fade into the back, love
Oh

[Verse 2]
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'll make a beat with my feet by
just hitting a loop
Bringing the lyrics to prove that I
can fit in these shoes
I'll 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 all these 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. I don't
know if I'll have it
This song's from the heart,
covered the planet, I'll take it back
now

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
Now I don't ever wanna be
perfect
Cause I'm a singer you never
wanna see shirtless
And I accept the fact that
someone's gotta win 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 could 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 closed hand full of
friends
It's good advice from the man
who took his life in the road with
me
And I hope to see him blowing up
globally
Cause that's how it's supposed to
be, I'm screaming out vocally
It might seem totally impossible
achieving life's dream
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

[Hook x2]