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​aTENTionM.I.A.

Released: January 1, 2012

Songwriter: Switch M.I.A.

Producer: Switch

[Verse 1]
The fullest exTENT of my inTENT is to let you know what is imporTENT
My exisTENTS is miliTENT cause my conTENT bangs like it’s poTENT
DisTENT to the polluTENT, never hesiTENT, always consisTENT
I back it up, yeah I’m very blaTENT
Don’t try to copy this cause I paTENT
Runnin on the streets causing TENTsion
Like Running through the streets...
Runnin on the streets causing TENTsion, like "atTENTion!"

[Hook]
Hey, hey, hey, atTENTion!!!!
Hey, hey, hey, atTENTion!!!!

[Verse 2]
I got to see my life from a disTENTS
For insTENTS, my friends say I act TENTS
I’m a refugee from a yellow brick TENT
Past TENT present TENT and future TENT
Our borough is long like a senTENTS
Its inTENT bitches its insTENT
We live with disTENT to presiTENT
Throw atTENTion about my TENT

[Hook]
Hey, hey, hey, atTENTion!!!!
Hey, hey, hey, atTENTion!!!!

[Verse 3]
Things fall on our heads like we’re NewTENT
So don't drop that ball on that buTENT
We’re aliens but we’re not muTENT
We TENT out of TENT - acounTENT
There’s 36 chambers in my Wu TENT
We slang TENT in BenneTENT
While you dance in your LoubouTENT
We be makin' TENT out ya curTENT

[Hook]
Hey, hey, hey, atTENTion!!!!
Hey, hey, hey, atTENTion!!!!

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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