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It Iz What It IzM.I.A.

Released: July 7, 2010

Songwriter: Blaqstarr M.I.A.

Producer: Blaqstarr

I'm here to paint what's written on ya face
Cuz these are the days we are loosing our ways
To find better ways to say what nobody says

Cuz we're living on the edge and my motorcycles speeding
It iz what it iz and this is how I'm feeling
We're living on the edge and my motorcycles speeding
It iz what it iz and this is how I'm feeling
Today a a a aa aaa
It iz what it iz shorty
Today a a a aa aaa
It iz what it iz shorty

I get affected, but I affect a lot more
They all got issues but I got a bit more
I put it in boxes and I put it in a store
I hope you really like it I can do you some more

Yeah I'm gonna say something even if you think it's nothing
Cuz one day you are gonna say that today was bumping
Yeah I'm gonna say something even if you think it's nothing
Cuz one day you are gonna say that today was bumping

Cuz we're living on the edge and my motorcycles speeding
It iz what it iz and this is how I'm feeling
We're living on the edge and my motorcycles speeding
It iz what it iz and this is how I'm feeling
Today a a a aa aaa
It iz what it iz shorty
Today a a a aa aaa
It iz what it iz shorty

Maybe it's just us or maybe it's just me
We can have discussions while we are playing wii
Maybe it's just us or maybe it's just me
We can have discussions while we are playing wii

We're living on the edge and my motorcycles speeding
It iz what it iz and this is how I'm feeling
We're living on the edge and my motorcycles speeding
It iz what it iz and this is how I'm feeling

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.

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