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The New International Sound Pt. 2M.I.A.

Released: July 15, 2015

Featuring: GENER8ION

Songwriter: M.I.A.

Producer: GENER8ION

[Hook]
Eh, eh, eh, eh

[Verse]
M.I.A. you can wiki me
I don't be no dummenee
Dumbing me is killing me
Like it can be that enemy
They come at me
They gonna meet my
People gonna cover me
The ones that govern me
Ain't the ones that can power me
It's the sun and moon
That's turning me
If I get high it's burning me
You can kill my privacy
But you can't kill that love in me

[Chorus]
It's a game can't be tamed
Keep your fame and I'll keep my faith
(Oh yeah you can keep it)
Store my name, say my name
Know my name, and I'll keep my faith
(I'm gonna keep it)
Light it up, turn em on
That’s when my powers gone
(gonna keep it)
I take em off, turn em off, and my powers on

[Hook]
Eh, eh, eh, eh

[Bridge]
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off

[Chorus]
It's a game can't be tamed
Keep your fame and I'll keep my faith
(Oh yeah you can keep it)
Store my name, say my name
Know my name, and I'll keep my faith
(I'm gonna keep it)
Light it up, turn em on
That’s when my powers gone
(gonna keep it)
I take em off, turn em off, and my powers on

[Hook]
Eh, eh, eh, eh
Eh, eh, eh, eh

[Bridge]
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off
Pan 'em off, pan 'em, pan 'em off

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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