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DamascusM.I.A.

Released: April 6, 2017

Songwriter: M.I.A.

Producer: M.I.A.

[Intro]
See, captain, the rain's falling in a A-I-M, the M.I.A

[Verse 1]
We were on a voyager, I was a passenger
The world thinks we're savage, but gave us baggage though
Where am I when I'm not posted up in Kansas?
Where am I when I'm not dropping bombs on Damascus?

[Chorus]
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
Dropping bombs on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
Dropping bombs on Damascus

[Verse 2]
The masses, us in Damascus, the masses have their faces
In the races to save their races tell your bases not to trace us
These seas are about to embrace us, on the land we get the tasers
And these waves might capsize us, and who the fuck is ISIS?

[Chorus]
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
Dropping bombs on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
Dropping bombs on Damascus

[Bridge]
Get the scissors, get the scissors, cut their rope on the bridges
Have to find a better way to reach brand new edges
Get the scissors, get the scissors, cut their rope on the bridges
Have to find a better way to reach brand new edges

[Chorus]
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
Dropping bombs on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
On Damascus, on Damascus
Dropping bombs on Damascus

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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