M.I.A.

Featuring: Blaqstarr

[Intro: Blaqstarr]
When you walk through the garden
You gotta watch your back
Well I beg your pardon
Off the straight and narrow track
If you walk with Jesus
He's gonna save your soul
But you gotta keep the devil
Way down in the hole

[Verse 1: M.I.A.]
Sitting at home all alone
Got my laptop, trying to save my song
Good and evil seems to blow hot and cold
'Cause I’m tested by the best of both worlds
But I got a lot of questions for my soul
But Jesus don’t have phone for me to call
So I’ll make it to the garden on my own
Trying to bury that devil down a hole

[Hook: Blaqstarr]
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down

[Verse 2: M.I.A.]
If learn from the past will I go
To a future that no one seems to know
If Jesus only saves the young and old
Then the middle's where I walk with y'all
If the devil equals money equals war
Then the biggest boil is within us all
I got a shovel in the garden with the wall
And tonight I'll stick the devil down a hole

[Hook: Blaqstarr]
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down

[Bridge: Blaqstarr]
He's got the fire and the fury
At his command
Well you don't have to worry
If you hold on to Jesus hand
We'll all be safe from Satan
When the thunder rolls
We just gotta keep the devil
Way down in the hole

[Outro: Blaqstarr]
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down in the hole
Way down

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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