Take It Back

Take It Back - Ed Sheeran (艾德·希蘭)

Lyrics by：Ed Sheeran/Johnny McDaid

Produced by：Rick Rubin

I'm not a rapper I'm a singer with a flow

I've got a habit for spittin' quicker lyrics you know

You found me rippin' the writtens out of the pages they sit in

I never want to get bitten 'cause plagiarism is hidden

Which I would sit on the rhythm prisoner with the vision

Signs of a label but didn't listen to any criticism

Thought you knew but you didn't so perk your ears up and listen

Studio is a system and you could say that I'm driven

And now it's onto 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 avoidin' c*****e 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 sixteen years old yeah I moved out of my home

I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked

And went from sleepin' at a subway station

To sleepin' with a movie star and addin' to the population

Not my imagination I don't wanna relax

Would it hurt your reputation if I put it on wax?

I take it back now

Mmm come on and take it back love

Come on and take it back for us

Don't you fade into the back love no

I take it back with the rhythm and blues

With my rap pack I'll be singing the news

Tryna act like Jack Black when I bring 'em to school

I'll make a beat with my feet by just hittin' a loop

Bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes

I'll give you the truth through the vocal booth

And stars burst out on the scene like an Opal Fruit

They try to 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 calm I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm

Whisperin' "Everything that happens is from now on"

I'll be ready to start again by the end of the song

And still they're claiming that I handled it wrong

But then I've never had an enemy except the NME

But I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be

With only spectacles ahead of me and festival fees

Are healthier than a dalmatian on Pedigree

Singing for the masses rubber dinghy rapids

I keep this rappin' a habit and keep on fashionin' magic

I'm battlin' for respect and I don't know if I have it

This song's from the heart cover the planet

I'll take it back now

Mmm come on and take it back love

Come on and take it back for us

Don't you fade into the back love no

I'll take it back now

Now I don't ever wanna be perfect

'Cause I'm a singer that you never wanna see shirtless

And I accept the fact that someone's gotta win worst-dressed

Taking my first steps into the scene giving me focus

Puttin' on a brave face like Timothy Dalton

Considerin' a name change thinkin' it was hopeless

Rhymin' over recordings avoidin' 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 need to let my liver be

And I say it again

Livin' life on the edge with a closed handful of friends

It's good advice from a man who took his life on the road with me

And I hope to see him blowin' up globally

'Cause that's how it's supposed to be I'm screamin' out vocally

It might seem totally impossible achievin' life's dreams but

But I just write schemes I'm never havin' 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

Havin' a pint with McDaid discussin' records we made

And every single second knowin' that we'll never betray

The way we were raised rememberin' our background sat down

That's how we plan it out it's time to take it back now

Mmm come on and take it back love

Come on and take it back for us

Don't you fade into the back love no

Mmm come on and take it back love

Come on and take it back for us

Don't you fade into the back love no mmm