Take it back
I'm not a rapper I'm a singer with a flowI've got habbit for spitting quicker lyrics you knowYou find me ripping the written out of the pages they sit inI never want to get bittenCause plagiarism is hiddenWatch how I sit on the rhythmPrisoner with a visionSigned to a labelBut didn't listen to any criticismThought you knew but you didn'tSo perk your ears up and listenStudio is the systemAnd you could say that I'm drivenAnd now it's onto the next sagaWe drink the best largerI'll never try to win you over like your step fatherI do my own thing nowAnd get respect afterAnd I'm avoiding the 'caineLike it was Get CarterFor four years I never had a place to stayBut it's safe to say it that kept me groundedLike a paper weightAnd 16 years old yeah I moved out of my homeI was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I chokedWent from sleeping at a subway stationTo sleeping with a movie starAnd adding to the populationNot my imaginationI don't wanna relaxWould it hurt your reputation if I put it on wax?I take it back now
Mmmm come on and take it back loveCome on and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNo
I take it back with the rhythm and bluesWith my rap pack I'll be singing the newsTryin' act like Jack BlackWhen I bring it to schoolI make a beat with my feetBy just hittin' the loopBringing the lyrics to proveThat I can fit in these shoesI give you the truth through the vocal boothAnd stars burst out on the sceneLike an opal fruitThey try to take aim like Beckham when he goes to shootBut then again that's what they're supposed to doAnd I'm supposed to be calmI tattooed the lyrics onto my armWhispering everything that happensIs from now onI'll be ready to start againBy the end of the songSince they are claiming I handled it wrongBut I've never had an enemyExcept the NME but I'll be sellingTwice as many copies as their magazine will ever beWith all these spectacles ahead of meAnd festival fess healthier than a Dalmatian on pedigreeSinging for the masses rubber dingied rapidsI keep this rapping a habit and keep on fashioning magicI'm battling for respect and I don't know if I have itThis song from the heart covers the planetMmmm come on and take it back loveCome on and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNoAnd take it back nowNow I don't ever wanna be perfectCause I'm a singer you never wanna see shirtlessAnd I accept the fact that someone's got to win worst dressedTaken my first steps into the scene giving me focusPutting on a brave face like Timothy DaltonConsidering a name change thinking it was hopelessRhyming over recordings avoiding traditionCause every days a lyrics and the melody can be writtenNow absence can make your heart acheBut drinking absinth can change your mind stateVividly need to let my liver beI'll say it again living life on the edge with a close handful of friendsIt's good advice from the man that took his life on the road with meAnd I hope to see him blowing up globallyCause that how it's supposed to beI'm screaming out vocallyIt might seem totally impossible achieving life's dreamsBut I just write schemesI'm never having a stylist giving me tight jeansMadison Square Garden is where I might beBut 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 outIt's time to take it back now
Mmmm come on and take it back loveCome on and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNo
Mmm come on and take it back loveCome on and take it back for usDon't you fade into the back loveNo
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My dreams keep me awake at nightWritten in rhymes, 'til I deliver the hypeAm I just living the lieWith this you must know that the number's just sold whoaWill keep me going through the tough times, dream with meWe forget 90 per cent of it when we wakeBut the other 10 per cent it never fadesDreaming dreams, day to day goalsStay awake loads, try to make the cut like thePaper or razor blade, oh, never give upAnd just remember just to hold out moreA couple years agoI couldn't just control that thoughtYou'd find me buskin' on the streetWhen it was cold outdoorsAnd now I'm sweating on the stage of a sold out tourWriting love songs for the sake of itNever to make a hitYou can't fake talent and work ethic just to make it quickI'm not a rapper I'm a singer, I just take the piss andMost of these other guys are kids that PulsesLittle sister has to babysit, that's just the way it isDreams you own, just set your goalsAnd have the utmost faith in it; tread your own pathYou'll never make it as a follower, you'll never knowWhere you will go or where you will be tomorrow rha.