M.I.A.

Songwriter: M.I.A.

[Verse 1]
Kindness, goes a long way
Like weeks to the months, and months to the always
When you find us, with our blinders
Can you be the plus to my minus?
Minus, the vaginas
The test of time, always test of the weakness
What's your business, can you be my witness?
This is realer than fuckin' Christmas

[Pre-Hook]
Gonna get it done, gonna get ready
Gonna jump and I'm gonna get money
Get [?], misery to ecstasy
But I could use some company
Gonna get it done, gonna get ready
Gonna jump and I'm gonna get money
Get [?], misery to ecstasy
But I could use some company

[Bridge]
Tracking me with no idea
Stalking on social media
Phantom, undetected
Flockin' 'round like you ain't here
Tracking me with no idea
Stalking on social media
Phantom, undetected
Flockin' 'round like you ain't here

[Hook]
It's not funny when you're ghosting me
'Cause you wanna go away and make money
What the load is poverty?
Is it the only way to get equality?
It's not funny when you're ghosting me
'Cause you wanna go away and make money
What the load is poverty?
Is it the only way to get equality?

[Verse 2]
MIA, I disappear
But you can still see me in here
When you no call me near
What you gonna give 'em for their fear?
Im the CIA, you're a player
So I'll see ya, don't wanna be you
[?] expire
You use to call me but now you call Siri, yeah

[Pre-Hook]
Gonna get it done, gonna get ready
Gonna jump and I'm gonna get money
Get [?], misery to ecstasy
But I could use some company
Gonna get it done, gonna get ready
Gonna jump and I'm gonna get money
Get [?], misery to ecstasy
But I could use some company

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.

more tracks from the album

Unreleased Songs

From the album

Unreleased Songs

M.I.A. popular songs

GhostingM.I.A.

M.I.A.

Unreleased Songs