[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
Ooh, the way that things have been
Ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]
Second things second, don't you tell me what you think that I should be
I'm the one at the sail, the master of my sea, oh
Ooh, the master of my sea

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I was broken from a young age
Taking my sulking to the masses
Writing my poems for the few
That look to me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me
Singing from heartache, from the pain
Taking my message from the veins
Speaking my lesson from the brain
Seeing my beauty through the...

[Chorus]
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, oh believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, oh believer
Pain!
I 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, oh 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
Ooh, your spirit up above, oh
Ooh-ooh

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I was choking 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, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited until it broke open
And rained down
It rained down, like...

[Chorus]
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, oh believer
Pain!
You break me down, you build me up, believer, oh believer
Pain!
I 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, oh believer

[Verse 4]
Last things last, by the grace of the fire and the flame
You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins
Ooh, the blood in my veins, oh
Ooh-ooh

[Bridge]
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited until it broke open
And rained down
It rained down, like...

[Chorus]
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, oh believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, oh believer
Pain!
I 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, oh believer