M.I.A.

Songwriter: M.I.A.

Producer: Leo Justi

All is love
Confessed the bitch in me, yeah
It's too late
He's my baby

Boyfriend said
Love is a bit gay
But everytime I feel it
It's Cra Cra

I said hey
Is it a sign of the times?
Can we go find something money can't buy?

I said hey
Is it a sign of the times?
Is it too late to find something can't buy?

Okay I got this

I'm thankful for my hands
Cuz it's a good thrower
I'm thankful for my body
Cuz it's a fucking banga
I'm thankful for my mouth
Cuz it's a real screame

But most of all
I'm thankful for...
My POWA!

I need fresh feets
Fresh sheets
Need some space
I need two weeks

Don't wanna blow up we got
Can we take it slow?

I hesitate, but your face makes me stay
Cuz it says the things your mouth never said

If I obey and let you have your way
But I come in it to me and it save me

I said hey
Is it a sign of the times?
Is it too late to find something can't buy?

I said hey
Is it a sign of the times?
Is it too late to find something can't buy?

I'm thankful for my hands
Cuz it's a good thrower
I'm thankful for my body
Cuz it's a fucking banga
I'm thankful for my mouth
Cuz it's a real screame

But most of all
I'm thankful for...
My POWA!

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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