Using barre chords will sound better! youtube.com/phoebewhalley Verse 1 Dm I'm not a rapper; I'm a singer with a flow I've got a habit for spitting Quicker lyrics you know A# You found me ripping the writtens Out of the pages they sit in C I never want to get bitten C/C# 'Cause plagiarism is hidden Dm Watch how I sit on the rhythm Prisoner with a vision Signs of a label, but didn't listen To any criticism A# Thought you knew but you didn't So perk your ears up and listen C Studio is a system C/C# And you could say that I'm driven Dm And now it's on to the next saga We drink the best lager I never tried to win you over Like your stepfather A# I do my own thing now, and get respect after C C/C# And I'm avoiding the 'caine like it was Get Carter Dm For four years I never had a place to stay But it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight A# At 16 years old, yeah I moved out of my home C C/C# I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked Dm I went from sleeping at the subway station To sleeping with a Movie star and adding to the population A# Not my imagination, I don't wanna relax C Would it hurt your reputation C/C# If I put it on wax? I'll take it back now Chorus Dm A# Mmmm c'mon and take it back love, C C/C# Dm C'mon and take it back for us A# C Don't you fade into the back love C/C# No Verse 2 Dm I take it back with the rhythm and blues With my rap pack I'll be singing the news, Trying to act like Jack Black when I bring 'em to school A# I'll make a beat with my feet by just hitting a loop, C C/C# Bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes, Dm I give you the truth through the vocal booth, Stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit, A# They try to take aim like Beckham when he goes to shoot, C C/C# But then again that's what they're supposed to do, Dm And I'm supposed to be calm, I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, Whispering everything that happens is from now on, A# I'll be ready to start again by the end of the song, C C/C# Still they're claiming that I handled it wrong, Dm 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, A# With only spectacles ahead of me and festival fees, C C/C# I'm healthier than a Dalmatian on Pedigree, Dm Singing for the masses, Rubber dinghy rapids, I keep this rapping a habit A# And keep on passioning magic, I'm battling for respect, I don't know if I'll have it, C This songs from the heart, C/C# Cover the planet I'll take it back now Chorus Dm A# Mmmm c'mon and take it back love, C C/C# Dm C'mon and take it back for us A# C Don't you fade into the back love C/C# No Verse 3 Dm Now I don't ever want to be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you Never want to see shirtless A# And I accept the fact that someone's gotta win worst-dressed, C Taking my first steps into the scene, C/C# Giving me focus Dm Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton Considering a name change, Thinking it was hopeless A# Rhyming over recordings Avoiding tradition C Cause every day some lyrics C/C# And a melody can be written Dm Now absence can make your heart break But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly, I need to let my liver be A# And I say it again, C Living life on the edge, C/C# With a closed hand full of friends Dm Is good advice from a man Who took his life on the road with me And I hope to see him blowing up globally A# Cause that's how it's supposed to be I'm screaming out vocally C It might seem totally impossible C/C# Achieving life's dreams Dm But, but I just write schemes I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans A Madison Square Garden is where I might be But more likely, C C/C# You'll find me in the back Dm 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 A The way we were raised Remembering our background Sat down C That's how we plan it out; C/C# It's time to take it back now Chorus Dm A# Mmmm c'mon and take it back love, C C/C# Dm C'mon and take it back for us A# C Don't you fade into the back love C/C# No Dm A# Mmmm c'mon and take it back love, C C/C# Dm C'mon and take it back for us A# C Don't you fade into the back love C/C# No