First Things First

[Intro] [Precussion Break] [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) [Break] [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) I'm the master of my sea (oh-ooh) [Break] [Pre-Chorus] [Rapping] 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... [Break] [Chorus 1] Pain! You make 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 make me a, you made me a Believer (believer) [Precussion Break] [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) Has turned your spirit up above (oh-ooh) [Break] [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) [Break] [Pre-Chorus] [Rapping] 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… [Break] [Chorus 2] Pain! You make 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 make me a, you made me a Believer (believer) Pain! Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from… Pain! You make me a, you made me a Believer (believer) [Bridge] But they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin' Inhibited, limited 'til it broke open and rained down It rained down, like… [Chorus 3] Pain! You make 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 make me a, you made me a Believer (believer) [Guitar Solo] [Outro]