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Songwriter: M.I.A. Richard X

Producer: M.I.A. Richard X

[Intro]
I was missin' in action on the side of a carton
I was taken in a Datsun from a street in Acton
I was missin' in action on the side of a carton
I was taken in a Datsun from a street in Acton

[Verse 1]
I was sipping on a Rubicon, thinking 'bout where I come
It's all this for revolution
Cuttin' up the coupon, saving for a telephone
Can I call home? Please, can I go home?
I was sipping on a Rubicon, thinking 'bout where I come
It's all this for revolution
Cuttin' up the coupon, saving for a telephone
Can I call home? Please, can I go home?

[Pre-Chorus]
Painted nails, sunsets on horizons
Palm trees, silhouette smells amazing
Blindfolds under homemade lanterns
Somewhere in the Amazon, they're holding me ransom
Painted nails, sunsets on horizons
Palm trees, silhouette smells amazing
Blindfolds under homemade lanterns
Somewhere in the Amazon, they're holding me ransom

[Chorus]
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?

[Verse 2]
Smoking on a Benson, tryin' to get me undone
Let me go, I don't want your attention
Under submission, out of frustration
I'll do it, I'll scream for the nation
Smoking on a Benson, tryin' to get me undone
Let me go, I don't want your attention
Under submission, out of frustration
I'll do it, I'll scream for the nation

[Pre-Chorus]
Painted nails, sunsets on horizons
Palm trees, silhouette smells amazing
Blindfolds under homemade lanterns
Somewhere in the Amazon, they're holding me ransom
Painted nails, sunsets on horizons
Palm trees, silhouette smells amazing
Blindfolds under homemade lanterns
Somewhere in the Amazon, they're holding me ransom

[Chorus]
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?
Hello! This is M.I.A., could you please come get me?

[Verse 3]
Minutes turned to hours and became our dates
When we shared raindrops that turned into lakes
Bodies started merging and the lines got grey
Now I'm looking at him thinking maybe he's okay
Minutes turned to hours and became our dates
When we shared raindrops that turned into lakes
Bodies started merging and the lines got grey
Now I'm looking at him thinking maybe he's okay

[Outro]
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me
Hello! This is M.I.A., it's okay, you forgot me

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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