BELIEVER - M.I.A.

There’s mainstream with the main dreams

But waterfalls start with a little stream

Even Kubrick started with a small scene

Before it became «The Shining»

If you’re coming from the hood, work on getting knowledge

If you’re from the front line then you wanna survive

I didn’t choose the battles but the battles chewin’me

From the bullet first hit my cousin Will C.

I been in the game now five point three

Lil shorty but got shorties after me I stay humble 'cause the shit I seen

'Cause I already know there’s only one me I really would like see the star shine

But the life getting covered up in hard times

Ooh, I need to let loose and the water ran dry, fill it up with juice

Oh, they need a believer

There’s no means and there’s no mean

Every tree started with a little bean

Everything you go through at 17

Will it still count at 70?

If I’m coming from the streets then I’m getting money

But my deeds in the bank are worth plenty

I didn’t choose the music but the music chose me The art of hitting your speakers, making it bleed

I’ve been thinking about what effects me And the will to survive is always in me Every glass of water grows what I be And every glass of liquor gets me tipsy

I really would like see the star shine

But the life getting covered up in hard times

Ooh, I need to let loose and the water ran dry, fill it up with juice

Oh, they need a believer

It’s about people, not money

Light up a parliament, turn a car key

I could be a genius, I could be a cheat

It’s a thin line and I’m fucking with it I didn’t choose a struggle but the struggle chose me

I’m dancing on the rubble permanently

I’m cut from the cloth that you made me Driving down the alley, these cats know me If it’s not cool then we bring heat

If there’s no heat then it’s discrete

If it’s got your feet then it’s on me Anything on me is God’s got beat

I really would like see the star shine

But the life getting covered up in hard times

Ooh, I need to let loose and the water ran dry, fill it up with juice

Oh, they need a believer