M.I.A. is a British pop artist/ songwriter/ producer as well as a visual artist. Her music has just begun to really surface in the US and has been noted to encompass various genres, often political lyricism and artwork, therefore, she classifies her music as “other.” I am a fan of M.I.A. and love her for implementing politics into her lyrics of her music. In her hit single “Paper Planes,” I feel she goes into politics and how corrupt it can be, causing the current state of people’s minds. Let MMIM know what you think she may be referring to.
[audio http://mymoodismusic.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/11-paper-planes.mp3]
I fly like paper, get high like planes
If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name
If you come around here, I make ‘em all day
I get one down in a second if you wait
Sometimes I think sitting on trains
Every stop I get to I’m clocking that game
Everyone’s a winner now we’re making that fame
Bonafide hustler making my name
All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!)
And (KKKAAAA CHING!)
And take your money
Pirate skulls and bones
Sticks and stones and weed and bongs
Running when we hit ‘em
Lethal poison through their system
No one on the corner has swagger like us
Hit me on my Burner prepaid wireless
We pack and deliver like UPS trucks
Already going hell just pumping that gas
All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!)
And (KKKAAAA CHING!)
And take your money
M.I.A.
Third world democracy
Yeah, I got more records than the K.G.B.
So, uh, no funny business
Some some some I some I murder
Some I some I let go
Some some some I some I murder
Some I some I let go
