M.I.A.

Featuring: Juice WRLD

[Verse 1: M.I.A.]
Haters gonna hate, it's tragic
Don't drive the wrong way in traffic
Natural, not plastic
Still classy, little bit ratchet
Shine is holographic
Do you still believe in magic?
The gun look like its static
If I bring that heat, better match it

[Chorus: M.I.A.]
Side by side we ride, and we're gonna take it worldwide
My vibe attracts one tribe, and we're never gonna run and hide
Side by side we ride, and we're gonna take it worldwide
My vibe attracts one tribe, and wе're never gonna run and hidе

[Post-Chorus: M.I.A.]
Godsend, World Town represent
We don't even need a president
One where we reinvent
Ninety nine and the one percent

[Verse 2: Juice WRLD]
In my tribe, I'm a savage
In the club, totin' on a ratchet
Anybody want smoke, we gon' let 'em have it
But I still end up livin' lavish
For my tribe, I'm a savage
In the club, totin' on a ratchet
If they want smoke, hell yeah, they can have it
Then I go back to livin' lavish
For my tribe, I done got rich, for the whole gang
All the opps wasn't on shit, call 'em ho gang
So much money, I use Benjamin to make a paper plane
Listenin' to Paper Planes, shoutout M.I.A (Oh)
I'm a cowboy, yippee ki-yay (Oh)
What's a Sway to a fuckin' Kanye? (Oh)
What's a Juice to a M.I.A?
Obviously a goat 'cause we on a song (Hey)
I guess I'm better then
A lot of niggas that's thinkin' that I'm irrelevant
They must be catchin' Alzheimer's, need some medicine
I only been here a year, they making comparisons already

[Chorus: M.I.A.]
Side by side we ride, and we're gonna take it worldwide
My vibe attracts one tribe, and we're never gonna run and hide
Side by side we ride, and we're gonna take it worldwide
My vibe attracts one tribe, and we're never gonna run and hide

[Post-Chorus: M.I.A.]
Godsend, World Town represent
We don't even need a president
One where we reinvent
Ninety nine and the one percent
Godsend, what a time represent
We don't even need a president
One where we reinvent
Ninety nine and the one percent

[Bridge: M.I.A.]
But it can't buy love, I'm bein' honest
But it does buy the things that’s the finest
What you gonna do to define us?
Alliance, so defiance
This time, one for mankind
If we ever fuck it up, we can't rewind
My tribe, can't live a lie
If we ever have to, rather die

[Chorus: M.I.A.]
Side by side we ride, and we're gonna take it worldwide
My vibe attracts one tribe, and we're never gonna run and hide
Side by side we ride, and we're gonna take it worldwide
My vibe attracts one tribe, and we're never gonna run and hide

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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