M.I.A.

Released: August 12, 2010

Songwriter: M.I.A.

Producer: Ant Whiting

[Intro]
Kiss me and I'll kiss you back
You zig me and I'll zag you back
You tic me and I'll tac you back
You kiss me and I'll kiss you back

[Verse 1]
You no can hate me like a Monday
Tuesday's my D-Day, know that
Get away on the motorway Friday
Hip hop hooray, with your sway
You say "No way, Jose"

[Pre Chorus]
I say cha-cha-cha-cha or ola-ola-ola
Double dare me, double dare you back
How dare you ever dare me back
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha or ola-ola-ola
Double dare me, double dare you back
How dare you ever dare me back
Fu qu'à je ne sais quoi, fu mieux là mieux no au revoir
Bourgeoisie oom-bah-oom-pah-pah
[?] da-duh-duh
Huh? (huh? huh? huh? huh?)

[Chorus]
Kiss me and I'll kiss you back
I got to keep on going
You zig me and I'll zag you back
I got to keep on going
You tic me and I'll tac you back
I got to keep on going
You kiss me and I'll kiss you back

[Bridge]
Oh oh oh oh oh, Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh, I bite back
Oh oh oh oh oh, Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh, I bite back

[Verse 2]
And check me in there for my résumé
Thanks to my mum and daddy
Hot, spicy like their curry
Over there, toilet that way!
Run away if you can't stand me

[Pre Chorus]
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha or ola-ola-ola
Double dare me, double dare you back
How dare you ever dare me back
Fu qu'à je ne sais quoi, fu mieux là mieux no au revoir
Bourgeoisie oom-pah-oom-pah-pah
[?] da-duh-duh
Uh

[Chorus]
Kiss me and I'll kiss you back
I got to keep on going
You zig me and I'll zag you back
I got to keep on going
You tic me and I'll tac you back
I got to keep on going
You kiss me and I'll kiss you back
I got to keep on going
Kiss me and I'll kiss you back
I got to keep on going
You zig me and I'll zag you back
I got to keep on going
You tic me and I'll tac you back
I got to keep on going
You kiss me and I'll kiss you back
I got to keep on going

[Outro]
You see that guy [?] coming
You see that guy [?] coming
You see that guy [?] coming
All night long
[?] say all night long
[?] say all night long
You see that guy [?] coming
You see that guy [?] coming
You see that guy [?] coming
All night long
[?] say all night long
[?] say all night long

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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