d 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 rippiBbng the writtens out of the pages they sit in
and IC never want to get bitten because plagiarism is hidden
Watch howd I sit on the rhythm, prisoner with a vision Signs of LA, but didn't listen to any criticism
BbThought you knew but you didn't so perk your ears up and listen
CStudio with a system and you could say that I'm driven
d And now it's on to the next saga we drink the best lager, I never tried to win you over
like your stepfather
BbI do my own thing now, and get respect after
CAnd I'm avoiding cocaine like it was Get Carter

d For four years I never had a place to stay but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded
like a paperweight
BbAt 16 years old I moved out of my home
CI was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked
d And we've been sleeping at the subway station, sleeping with a movie star and adding to the population
BbNot my imagination, I don't want to relax
CBut would it hurt your reputation,if I put it on wax? So take it back now...

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d Come on and take it back noBbw 
CCome on and take it back now
d Dont you fade into the back now   Bb    C 

d Take it back with the rhythm and blues and my back pack I'll be singing the news,
trying to act like Jack Black when I bring them to school
BbI'll make a beat with my feet by just singing a loop,
Cbringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes,
d and keeping the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit,
Bbthey try and take aim like beckham when he goes to shoot,
Cbut then again that's what they're supposed to do,
and d I'm supposed to be calm,I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything
that happens is from now on,
BbI'll be willing to start again at the end of the song,
Cstill they think I handled it wrong,
d 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,
Bband got me spectacles ahead of me and festival fees,
Cto help me with a Dalmatian, no pedigree
d singing for the masses, rubber dinghy rapids,keep this rapping a habit and keep on
passioning magic,
BbI'm battling for the respect,
CI don't know if I'll have it, this songs from the heart, grabbing the plaque I'll take it back now

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d Come on and take it back noBbw 
CCome on and take it back now
d Dont you fade into the back now   Bb    C 
Take it back now

d I don't ever want to be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you never want to see shirtless
BbI accept the fact that someone has to win the worst-dressed,
CTaking my first steps into the scene, giving me focus
d Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton,considering a name change,thinking it was hopeless
BbRhyming over recordings Avoiding tradition
CCause every day some lyrics and a melody can be written
d Now absence can make your heart ache But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly,
I need to let my liver be
BbAnd I say it again,
CLiving life on the edge,with a closed hand full of friends
d Is good advice from a manwho took his life on the road with me
And I hope to see him blowing up globally
BbCause that's how it's supposed to be screaming out vocally
CMight seem totally impossible achieving life's dreams
d But, but I just write schemesI'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans
BbMadison Square Garden is where I might be, But more likely,
CYou'll find me in the back room of a dive bar with my mates
d Having a pint with McDaid, Discussing records we made And every single second knowing
that we'll never betray
BbThe way we were raised Remembering our background
CSat down That's how we put it out; it's time to take it back now

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d Come on and take it back noBbw 
CCome on and take it back now
d Dont you fade into the back now   Bb    C 

d My dreams keep me awake at night, Written in rhymes, and lies, deliver the hype
Am I just living the lie
BbWith this you must know that the number's just sold woah
CWill keep me going through the tough times, dream with me
d We forget 90 per cent of it when we wake But the other 10 per cent it never fades
BbDreaming dreams, day to day goals Stay awake loads,
try to makCe the cut like the paper or razor blade,
never give d up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just control
that thought
You'd find me bBbuskin' on the street when it was cold outdoors
And now I'm swCeating on the stage With the sold out tours
Writing ld ove songs for the sake of it never to make a hit, You can't fake talent and work ethic just to make
it quick
BbI'm not a rapper I'm a singer, I just take the piss and
CMost of these other guys are guys that pose His little sister has to
d babysit, that's just a way it is Dreams you own,just set your goalsAnd have the utmost faith in it
tread your own Bbpath You'll never make it as a follower,
Cyou'll never know where you will go or where you will be tomorrow        d