M.I.A.

Released: December 31, 2010

Producer: M.I.A. Diplo

[Verse 1]
I got imitators, haters, and some psychos
But what I have most are bitches who are fame whores
Seen her at a party posing for photos
She don't think about the world past painting toes
This girl has been doing rounds at the local mall
And a evading past doing dudes in rock and roll
Pretty face character deadly like a
She always claims she's part native Navajo
It's kinda easy dressin' head to toe in black
Her style is straight whack off a magazine rack
Buy it, post it, link it, spread it, ready and read it
You're always on Myspace but you need phone credit

[Hook]
You wanna be the next big thing, "it" thing
Do anything, but you can't sing
Hey Marsha
What'd you do yesterday?
'Cause when I read the blog story
Don't add up to what you told me
Hey Marsha
What'd you do yesterday
What I read on your blog story
Don't add up to what you told me

[Verse 2]
You want, you want, you want, you want
You want to be a model for American Apparel
It's apparent that yourself is way dumber than Cowell
You want high fashion so you worked at fashion high
Cocaine kept you talking most of it a fucking lie
You shooters now dumber trying to talent call job
Your shoes could feed a village
You should think about that
Facebook face facts can you know that
"Blah blah blah blah blah", girl, you should post that

[Hook]
You wanna be the next big thing, "it" thing
Do anything, but you can't sing
Hey Marsha
What'd you do yesterday?
'Cause when I read the blog story
Don't add up to what you told me
Hey Marsha
Hey Marsha
What'd you do yesterday
What I read on your blog story
Don't add up to what you told me

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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