M.I.A.

Songwriter: Pharrell Williams M.I.A.

Producer: Pharrell Williams

[Verse 1]
I'm a zoo girl, straight out of the Wild Wild East
I’m good, bad, I'm an ugly
I'm a dude girl, make your dream come true
Wrap an arm around you like a bangle
Keep it hot, keep it humble
[?]
Causing a rumble
See me in the rubble of a Hubble telescope
Bring your scope to these heavens
In my own space, my own freaking race
An alien bringing [?]
Tell me about your light, tell me about your [?]
Tell me about your trouble and strife
Tell me what you cry, tell me what you lie
Things you tried and how you stay fly
I’ll be therе
Not cold like ice
I done alrеady paid that price

[Chorus]
All out everybody [?]
[?]
Yeah I'm tryna, tryna talk [?]
Swim by the sea [?]
If I live a lie [?]
If you do the same [?]
[?]

[Verse 2]
This time I'm gonna have way more bite
Put a voice to the mic, make a beat real tight
I still got fight, I still got vision
I still got sight
My brain's still bright
Running on [?], running on a track
Running like a tiger, I'm bringing [?] back
Earn like credit when things go [?]
I'm that bitch and that's that fact
If you want the source, then I got it on tap
Don't be messing with my blessing when I got it like that
A mind full of traps they set for the packs
Clear are the snakes that’s hidden in the hatch
Wild, wild east, north, south, and west
If you need a rida, then you’re looking at the best

[Chorus]
All out everybody [?]
[?]
Yeah I'm tryna, tryna talk [?]
Swim by the sea [?]
If I live a lie [?]
If you do the same [?]
[?]

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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