[Verse 1]

First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my head

I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh

The way that things have been, oh-ooh

[Verse 2]

Second things second, don't you tell me what you think that I could be

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

The master of my sea, oh-ooh

[Pre-Chorus]

I was broken from a young age, taking my sulkin' to the masses

Writing my poems for the few that look at me, took to me, shook at me, feelin' me

Singing from heartache from the pain, taking my message from the veins

Speaking my lesson from the brain, seeing the beauty through the

[Chorus]

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer

Pain! Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my drive, it came from

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

[Verse 3]

Third things third, send a prayer to the ones up above

All the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove, oh-ooh

Your spirit up above, oh-ooh

[Pre-Chorus]

I was chokin' in the crowd, building my rain up in the cloud

Falling 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 and rained down

It rained down like

[Chorus]

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer

Pain! Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my drive, it came from

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

[Verse 4]

Last things last, by the grace of the fire and the flames

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

The blood in my veins, oh-ooh

[Pre-Chorus]

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

Inhibited, limited 'til it broke open and rained down

It rained down like

[Chorus]

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer

Pain! Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my drive, it came from

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer