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Like ThisM.I.A.

Released: November 5, 2013

Songwriter: Muhammad Ali Hit-Boy M.I.A.

Producer: Hazebanga Hit-Boy

[Hook]
I could give it to you like this
Give it to you like that
Give it to you like this
Give it to you like that

[Verse 1]
People, they come for
Want a piece of what I got
Got the key in my coat
Got a secret, you want more?
Pick a home, pick a door, pick a lock
Pick a club, pick a fold, pick a show
Pick a hair, pick a coat, pick a car
Pick a fuck

[Bridge]
Watch me go in, watch me go in
Watch me go in, watch me go in

[Hook] x2

[Verse 2]
They all know how I go
When they see me, they want more
What you see is what you get though
We're hitting that smoke from the hydro
What you see is what you get though
How we do it is same as the next bro
In a war where we put up where we get though
How we do it is the same as the next bro
Pick a home, pick a lock, pick a door
Pick a club, pick a flow, pick a show
Pick a hood, pick a curb, pick a car

[Bridge]

[Hook] x2

I got the key, I got the secret
I got the key, I got the secret
I got the secret, I got the secret
Secret, secret, secret, yea se-se-se-se

[Bridge]

[Hook] x2

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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