M.I.A.

Released: January 1, 2007

Producer: Danja

[Intro]
1, 2, 3, 4

[Chorus]
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high

[Verse 1]
Does this look good to you, mister?
When you stare, like you just saw a film star
Hipper than the average chicka
Cause I make that heart go quicker
Hasta, Mr. La Gangsta
Will you hold me from the hip, that chocha?
Take a look at the time on my watch
Took a break, what’s your [?] on my sofa?
I love it when
I'm the surfer, watching television
Put on the the radio
A cameo intermission
My dudes are here
And they calling on my transmission
If you know why, then I hit your proper transactions

[Chorus]
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high

[Verse 2]
I break you in like shoes, or my new jeans
I go within, I'm a spanner in your work thing
I’m wishing one more, curious to dirty things
I'll make you swing from being asleep to new things
You're [?], I'm from Colombia
I can cross in from my home to Jamaica
On the street, boats, straight from my sender
Cover me, oh, if you want a bender
Is today our fire starter?
I ain’t thinking ‘bout shit in [?]
Cut bone I’m shipped to Asia
I’m adopted, paddle in the lake, yeah

[Chorus]
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high

[Outro]
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high
I spy with my little eye
Something that can get you high
High, high, high, high, high, high, high, high

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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