Take It Back Now

Just after every c chord he plucks the bass note (4th fret of low E string) as sort of a transition He plays this way      e|----x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| I’m not a rapper; I’m a singer with a flow I’ve got a habit of spitting quicker lyrics you know You found me ripping the writtens out of the pages they sit in and I never want to get bittenbecause plagiarism is hidden Watch how I sit on the rhythm prisoner with a vision Signs of LA but didn’t listen to any criticism Thought you knew but you didn’t so perk your ears up and listen Studio with a system and you could say that I’m driven And now it’s on to the next saga we drink the best lager I never tried to win you over   like your stepfather I do my own thing now and get respect after And I’m avoiding cocaine 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 I moved out of my home I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked And we’ve been sleeping at the subway station sleeping with a movie star and adding to the population Not my imagination I don’t want to relax But would it hurt your reputationif I put it on wax? So take it back now... Come on and take it back now Come on and take it back now Dont you fade into the back now        Take it back with the rhythm and blues and my back pack I’ll be singing the news trying to act like Jack Black (???) I’ll make a beat with my feet by just singing a loop bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes and keeping the truth through the vocal booth stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit they try and 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 calmI tattooed the lyrics onto my arm whispering everything   that happens is from now on I’ll be willing to start again at the end of the song still they think I handled it wrong but then I never had an enemy except for NME but I’ll be selling twice as many copies   as the magazines will ever be and got me spectacles ahead of me and festival fees to help me with a Dalmatian no pedigree singing for the masses rubber dinghy rapidskeep this rapping a habit and keep on passioning magic I’m battling for the respect I don’t know if I’ll have it this songs from the heart grabbing the plaque I’ll take it back now Come on and take it back now Come on and take it back now Dont you fade into the back            Same chord progression continues Take it back now I don’t ever want to be perfect Cause I’m a singer that you never want to see shirtless I accept the fact that someone has to win the 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 can be written Now absence can make your heart ache But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state vividly I need to let my liver be And I say it again Living life on the edge with a closed hand full of friends Is good advice from a man who took his life on the road with me And I hope to see him blowing up globally Cause that’s how it’s supposed to be screaming out vocally 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 put it out; it’s time to take it back now Come on and take it back now Come on and take it back now Dont you fade into the back now        Come on and take it back now Come on and take it back now Dont you fade into the back now        My dreams keep me awake at night Written in rhymes and lies deliver the hype Am I just living the lie With this you must know that the number’s just sold woah Will keep me going through the tough times dream with me We forget 90 per cent of it when we wake But the other 10 per cent it never fades Dreaming dreams day to day goals Stay awake loads try to make the cut like the Paper or razor blade never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn’t just control that thought You’d find me buskin’ on the street When it was cold outdoors And now I’m sweating on the stage With the sold out tours Writing love songs for the sake of it Never to make a hit You can’t fake talent and work ethic just to make it quick I’m not a rapper I’m a singer I just take the piss and Most of these other guys are guys that pose His little sister has to babysit that’s just a way it is Dreams you own just set your goals And have the utmost faith in it; tread your own path You’ll never make it as a follower you’ll never know Where you will go or where you will be tomorrow