First thing's first: I'mma say all the words inside my head

I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been

Oh, Ooooo

The way that things have been

Oh, Ooooo



Second thing's second: don't you tell me what you think that I can be

I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea

Oh, Ooooo

The master of my sea

Oh, Ooooo



I was broken from a young age

Taking my sulking to the masses

Writing my poems for the few

That look at me, took from me, shook at me, feelin' me

Singin' from heartache from the pain

Takin' my message from the veins

Speakin' my lesson from the brain

Seein' the beauty through the



Pain

You make a, you make a believer

Believer

Pain

You break me down and build me up, believer

Believer

Pain

Let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my job, they came from

Pain

You make me a, you make me a believer

Believer



Third thing's third: send a prayer to the ones up above

All the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove

Oh, Ooooo

Your spirit up above

Oh, Ooooo



I was chokin' in the ground

Buildin' my rain up in the cloud

Fallin' like ashes to the ground

Hoping my feelings, they would drown

But they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin'

Inhibited, Limited 'til it broke open

It rained down

It rained down

Like



Pain

You make a, you make a believer

Believer

Pain

You break me down and build me up, believer

Believer

Pain

Let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my job they came from

Pain

You make me a, you make a believer

Believer



Last thing's last: by the grace of the fire and the flames

You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins

Oh, Ooooo

The blood in my veins

Oh, Ooooo



But they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin'

Inhibited, limited, 'til it broke open

It rained down

It rained down

Like



Pain

You make me, you make a believer

Believer

Pain

You break me down, and build me up, believer

Believer

Pain

Let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my job, they come from

Pain

You make me a, you make me a believer

Believer