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SurvivorM.I.A.

Released: September 9, 2016

Songwriter: M.I.A.

Producer: Justus Arison

[Verse 1]
Survivor
It starts when you’re ready
It starts when I’m heading over
Getting blessings in the shower
Looking in the mirror, mood emoji fire
Trying not to remember
My time in the fire
Cause ain't gonna tell ya
This war is never over
I ride through the sea like a pirate
Just to flow with the water
Can't carry feelings
Like basket can't carry water
Ain't gonna tell ya
That I live strictly for the paper
Men are good, men are bad
And the war is never over

[Hook]
Survivor, survivor
Who said it was easy?
Survivor, survivor
They can never stop we

[Verse 2]
G.O.D
Gold and oil and dollars
Stars come and go
Just like every empire
I stay fly
Focus on staying higher
Now power up your lighter
For you know you are a survivor

[Hook]
Survivor, survivor
Who said it was easy?
They can never stop we
Survivor, survivor
Who said it was easy?

[Bridge]
Watch yourself I'm heading over
Heading over
Watch yourself I'm heading over

It starts when you ready
It starts when you ready

[Hook]
Survivor, survivor
Who said it was easy?
They can never stop we
Survivor, survivor
Who said it was easy?

M.I.A.

One of the most musically-diverse and perplexing artists of the 2000s, Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam is arguably the decade’s best representation of Hip-Hop in its truest form and artistry in its broadest, most diverse format. Her lyrics are as political as Public Enemy, her sound is more eclectic than Stankonia-era Outkast, and she is as aesthetically-driven as Kanye West.

The road that M.I.A. was forced to travel to international stardom was not an easy one. Born on July 18th, 1975 in Hounslow, West London to Sri-Lankan Tamil immigrants, she moved to her parents' homeland when she was only six months old. However, it was the Sri Lankan Civil War which came to shape her childhood. During her formative years, she witnessed many her father was hunted as an enemy of the state, her schools were bombarded, and her impoverished family was constantly in hiding. In 1986, her family moved back to London to find stability and a sense of relative peace.

In England, she discovered her artistic talents and completed several years of secondary education in fine art – eventually gaining attention as a visual artist, painter, and musician. In the early-2000s, Maya began to seriously explore her musical talents and used the internet and underground radio as the means to build her reputation as a unique and talented firebrand. Amidst her no-nonsense politics, however, critics from around the world heard a talent in the making.

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