Lyrics
First things first
First priorities
I'ma say all the words inside my head
Expressing thoughts and emotions
I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh
Fired up and frustrated with the current state of things
The way that things have been, oh-ooh
Reiteration of dissatisfaction with the status quo
Second thing second
Second important point
Don't you tell me what you think that I could be
Rejecting others' opinions about one's potential
I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh-ooh
Asserting control over one's life and decisions
The master of my sea, oh-ooh
Emphasizing autonomy and self-mastery
I was broken from a young age
Reflecting on a troubled youth
Taking my sulking to the masses
Sharing discontent with the public
Writing my poems for the few
Creating art for a select audience
That look at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me
Describing the impact on others
Singing from heartache from the pain
Singing about pain and heartache
Taking my message from the veins
Extracting a message from personal experiences
Speaking my lesson from the brain
Sharing lessons learned
Seeing the beauty through the
Finding beauty amidst difficulties
Pain
Reference to enduring pain
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Becoming a believer through suffering
Pain
Repeating the transformative impact of pain
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Breaking down and rebuilding as a believer
Pain
Enduring hardship and challenges
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
Facing adversity and letting it fall
My life, my love, my drive, it came from
Life, love, and drive originating from pain
Pain
Reiterating the role of pain in shaping one's existence
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Being transformed into a believer through adversity
Third things third
Third important point
Send a prayer to the ones up above
Sending a prayer to higher powers
All the hate that you’ve heard
Addressing the negativity received
Has turned your spirit to a dove, oh-ooh
Turning negativity into a positive spirit
Your spirit is above, oh-ooh
Emphasizing elevated spiritual state
I was chokin' in the crowd
Struggling in a crowd
Building my rain up in the cloud
Building emotions in the metaphorical cloud
Falling like ashes to the ground
Falling like metaphorical ashes
Hoping my feelings, they would drown
Hoping for emotional release
But they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin'
Enduring and adapting to life's ups and downs
Inhibited, limited 'til it broke open and rained down
Overcoming limitations until a breakthrough
It rained down, like
Symbolic representation of emotional release
Pain
Reiteration of pain's transformative power
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Reaffirming the believer status through pain
Pain
Continuing the cycle of breaking and rebuilding
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Enduring challenges to become a believer
Pain
Enduring bullets metaphorically
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
Enduring pain in life, love, and drive
My life, my love, my drive, it came from
Life's essence originating from pain
Pain
Reaffirming the transformative role of pain
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Reiteration of becoming a believer through adversity
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