M.I.A.

Released: November 1, 2013

Songwriter: Switch M.I.A.

Producer: Switch

[Bridge]
There's a thousand ways to meet you now
There's a thousand ways to track you down
Whatever you said and done
There's a thousand ways to make it count
There is nothing that can touch me now
You can't even break me down
Every time you think of some
It's all ready been did and done

[Hook]
Can I be your best friend?
Can I make it to the end?
Can you give me some of what
You went and gave them?
Come walk with me
You ain't gotta shake it, just be with me
You ain't gotta throw your hands in the air
Cause tonight we ain't actin' like we don't care
It's cool it takes two, I'm gonna still fux with you

Almost there

[Hook + Bridge]

[Verse 2]
Tryna feel like what that feels like
When someone makes you feel alright
We can take the same path tonight
For the ride I got plenty of time

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
What doesn't kill us, it makes us stronger
That's why my roads get longer and longer
My tracks are less traveled here to Uganda
Can we touch base just to discuss agenda?

[Hook]

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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