Released: December 31, 2010

[Intro]
Overdrive

[Hook]
Girl say, girl say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say
In the car, in the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car
I'm stylin', stylin', ravin', ravin', stylin', stylin', ravin', livin'

[Refrain]
Overdrive
Overfly
Overdrive
Overfly
Overdrive
Overfly
Overdrive
Overfly

[Verse]
When I was young my style was so different
I had already begun even 'fore I hit London
My housing project had the boys with the toy guns
But I already had real ones
So I found new ways for me to have fun

[Hook]
Girl say, girl say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say
In the car, in the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car
I'm stylin', stylin', ravin', ravin', stylin', stylin', ravin', livin'

[Bridge: Scattered voices]
This location, there's more that keep walking by, one of them has a weapon
We don't make the money on the violence
That's why we don't do the silence
(See all those people standing down there)
We don't make the money on the violence
That's why we don't do
(Oh yeah)
We don't make the money on the violence
That's why we don't do the silence
(There's about 20 of them)

[Outro]
We're not sent by FBI or the KGB
[?] is top priority
When mission complete that's when we feel [?]
We will sit down and smoke an ounce of khalif
Now you know why they call ragamuffin "Rambo"
Now you know why they call ragamuffin "Rambo"
Vicki Leekx mixtape, two-thousand-and-ever

M.I.A.

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.