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Story to Be ToldM.I.A.

Released: July 7, 2010

Songwriter: Switch Rusko M.I.A.

Producer: Rusko

[Verse 1]
I licked envelopes wrote a letter to the pope
He never gave me rope in the times I couldn't cope
He never gave me rope in the times I couldn't cope
They cleaned up the dope and censored my scope
The writin' on the wall's been beaten to a pulp
The writin' on the wall's been beaten to a pulp

[Hook]
All I ever wanted was my story to be told
All I ever wanted was my story to be told

[Verse 2]
I never got struck by someone in my core
I never took back that joint I rolled
What happened now to the truth that I told?
Do they all roll over and die in the cold?

[Hook]
All I ever wanted was my story to be told
All I ever wanted was my story to be told

[Verse 3]
A skateboard rolled, a lighting bolt
It's droppin' on em but it ain't their fault
It's droppin' on em but it ain't their fault
And maybe I am floored but it needs to be told

[Hook]
All I ever wanted was my story to be told
All I—all I ever wanted was my story to be told, ah

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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