take it back - JAWNY

Her love rains down on me easy as the breeze I listen to her breathing, it sounds like the waves on the sea I was thinking all about her burning with rage and desire We were spinning into darkness, the earth was on fire She could take it back, she might take it back someday So I spy on her, I lied to her, I made promises I cannot keep Then I hear her laughter rising, rising from the deep And I make her prove her love for me, I take all that I can take And I push her to the limit to see if she will break She might take it back, she could take it back some day Now I have seen the warnings, screaming from all sides It's easy to ignore them, God knows I've tried All of this temptation, ya know it turned my faith to lies Until I couldn't see the danger or hear the rising tide She can take it back, she will take it back some day She can take it back, she will take it back some day She will take it back, she will take it back some day

I'm not a rapper, I'm a singer with a flow I've got a habit for spitting quicker lyrics you know You'll find me ripping the written out of the pages they sit in I never want to get bitten 'cause plagiarism is hidden Watch how I sit on the rhythm, prisoner with a vision Signed to 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'll never try to win you over like your stepfather I do my own thing now and get respect after And I'm avoiding the 'cain 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 paper weight At 16 years old, yeah, I moved out of my home I was Macy Gray, I tried to say goodbye and I choked And went from sleeping at a subway station To sleeping with a movie star and adding 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 it to school I make a beat with my feet by just hitting the loop Bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes I 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 Whispering, "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 handle it wrong But then I've never had an enemy except the NME But I'll be selling twice as many copies as their magazines'll 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 rapping a habit and keep on fashioning magic I'm battling 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 And 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 got to win worst-dressed Taken 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, need to let my liver be And I'll say it again, living life on the edge with a close handful of friends Is good advice from the man that took his life on the road with me And I hope to see him blowing up globally 'Cause that how it's supposed to be I'm screaming out vocally It 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 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

God will love it, today, yay Just be me, I will live it today (oh, oh-oh) God will love it, today, yay (wait, you gotta love it though) How could you not love it though? Uh, yeah, yeah Let's take it back to when, me and Ashlan Was out front schemin', right off Jefferson Had the hoes screamin', and the niggas too Kept the trunks beatin', brought the noise through The sun shine on me, California things Tyler, big brother, California dreams He kept me at a distance, California stings Now I'm out in Calabasas where the choir sings Praise God 'cause that man taught me how (yeah) To bе myself and get my niggas off that couch (yeah) Thе group broke up and made me feel hot again (woo) If we talkin' 'bout groups, we still top ten I had to save the truth for the last shit (uh) Anything I said before this was passive (uh) Had to saturate the streets with some classics Then we went number one like Magic Coachella, send it off for my family Dom' Fike gon' say "B, look at this family tree" Money in my bank account, I can't believe Had to wash the blue paint off, so I can be free So, I could be free Keep that shit rollin', nigga We just gettin' started, yeah, yeah I know I gotta be, strong for the family (yeah) Long time coming, who wanna start a band with me? Merlyn been around since day one (woo) When he dropped out of college, we was there for him That man's an architect (yeah), this ain't the end for him (yeah) I wanna see y'all in the stands, wave your hands for him Who would've thought we made it off that damn forum? Man, I wish we got to play the Forum (woo) But next time, in another life, somewhere in the skies We all will reunite We'll have a cookout and you could bring the kids by Your niggas by, your bitches by Never know who is bi With all them niggas y'all, I love them niggas y'all United we stand, divided we fall I'm sorry homie, but that don't apply to us at all The next chapter is everything That's my promise to y'all God will love it, today, yay Just be me, I will live it today Mm

Hey now, take it back Hey now, right on track Hey now, gimme that away from you Hey now, right on track Hey now, don't feel that Hey, I take it back away from you I peace, you struggle Intense now muddled I slipped but I discovered you Seed out and wonder I tried but I'm under Fade out, I'll discover you Hey now, take it back Riding right on track Hey, I don't feel bad away from you I peaked, you stumbled My thoughts I crumble Outside outnumbered too Inside you're troubled Laid out, I'm coming broke down Don't mean a thing to you I don't wanna readjust away from you I don't wanna be the one to think this through Of all the timе we spent alone thеre's time we missed Help me out, I'm just a part of this Hey now, take it back Hey now, right on track Hey, I don't feel bad away from you Hey now, right on track Hey, I take it back Hey, I don't feel bad away from you I peace, you struggle Intent I wondered I slipped but I discovered you Seed out and wonder I try but I'm under I wishe but it can't be true I peaked, you stumbled I'm weak, you're troubled Laid out, still on the phone with you