Ed Sheeran – Take It Back – Lyrics

Take It Back by Ed Sheeran

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 never once I get bitten,

because plagiarism is hidden

Which I would 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

Some people say 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

(???) ....added to the population

Not my imagination, I don't want to relax

But would it hurt your reputation,

if I put it on wax?

So take it back now...

*chorus thingy*

Take it back

Now I don't ever want to be perfect

Cause I'm a singer that you

never want to see shirtless

And I accept the (???)

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

I need to let my liver be

Looking over the edge,

with a closed hand full of friends

I get 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

I'm lip 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