M.I.A.

Songwriter: M.I.A. Pharrell Williams

Producer: Pharrell Williams

[Intro]
Out of the jungle, into the street
Manifest that best life turn up the heat
Tight is this beat and nature and weed
Staying up all night, we got what you need
Sneakers and speakers mountains and skaters
Riding the wave we extreme surfers
Facing ourselves living life with a purpose
If we get it wrong, then God only help us

[Verse 1]
All of them boys and all of them girls
All of the diamonds, all of them pearls
All of the animals, all of the birds
All of the beings in all of the wood
All of the timе I'm flipping the norm
Riding the thunder, riding thе storm
Staying on top and staying on form
Staying in tuned and staying informed

[Pre-Chorus]
Let's not make humanity too dumb
A rock star I be dialing up outcome
A mystic gangster, I just wanna havе fun
If I take you places then I think you should comе

[Hook]
Out of the jungle, into the street
Out of the jungle, into the street
Out of the jungle, into the street
Staying up all night, we got what you need
Facing ourselves living life with a purpose
Facing ourselves living life with a purpose
Facing ourselves living life with a purpose
If we get it wrong, then God only help us

[Verse 2]
All of them boys and all of them girls
All of the diamonds, all of them pearls
All of the animals, all of the birds
All of the beings in all of the woods
All of the time we're taking it home
Lighting the cone and lighting the dome
Staying strong and making it grown
Taking a turn to turning it on

[Pre-Chorus]
Let's not make humanity too dumb
A rock star I be dialing up outcome
A mystic gangster, I just wanna have fun
If I take you places then I think you should come

[Outro]
All the time I'm flipping the norm, it's on
Riding the thunder, riding the storm, it's on
Staying on top and staying on form
Staying in tuned and staying informed
Out of the jungle into the street
Manifest that best life, turn up the heat
Tight is this beat and nature and weed
Staying up all night, we got what you need
Sneakers and speakers mountains and skaters
Riding the wave we extreme surfers
Facing ourselves living life with a purpose
If we get it wrong, then God only help us

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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