M.I.A. - MATANGI (Audio)

M.I.A. Is like the björk of rap... every song is unique and so different from the other

The fact that she said the Drake line in 2014 is actually pretty impressive. That was years before people started calling him out as a culture vulture.

"we started at the bottom but Drake gets all the credit" how smashing is tht!!!! I'm not a fan of rap but tht still got me.

"We started at the bottom but Drake gets all the credit."

Somalia, Bosnia Cuba ,Colombia Equador ,Mexico Butane ,Morocco Botswana ,Ghana India ,Serbia Libya ,Lebanon Gambia, Namibia Bali, Mali Chile, Malawi Bequia, St Vincent Trinidad and Norway China ,Canada U.S.A. and U.K Nepal, Nigeria Ethiopia North Myanmar Panama Philippines, Nicaragua Palestine and Greece Peru and France

that feeling when you are from a small country and you get so excited when she says yours xD 

When M.I.A. doesn't mention your country ;_;

That Under Armour gymnastic commercial brought me here. "Bali, Mali, Chile, Malawi" Sick!

M.I.A restores my faith in humanity. This shit is awesome.

I've been a fan since 2006, and have witnessed the blossoming of an amazing, courageous artist/activist. I don't think most of you understand how many barriers this person has broken. It is astonishing to think that MIA, a poc from a former anglo-imperial colony torn by civil war, currently releasing art involving "hindu" religion and culture, and just rocking it, ya know...

The fact no one is talking about the instrument at the end is awesome

Guys... MATANGI is her given name, not some demon she's imitating on her cover. She spells it Mathangi, but the "th" is just pronounced like a t.

This song is just so tamil! I approve :) It's cool how MIA manages to take the sound of traditional tamil music/culture and create modern music out of it. I've always wanted to see her throw in a couple sentences of her speaking Tamil in one of her songs though.

She dissed Drake! I love that lol

Such a powerful woman “ they got guns but they point the wrong way “ Oh to be a woman 😊

I can really sense that this song is about being a somewhat confused international individual.  I share roughly the same situation (just like MIA, I'm a South Asian Tamil born and living in an English speaking country).  I can see why she named the song 'Matangi', as that's her real first name, even though she usually goes by the more pronounceable 'Maya'.

Dope as fuck.

The whole album is so underrated. It's one of her absolute best ones!

M.I.A. It's so simple get to the floor (x10) Immina immina thana thana Ingana ingana giiina giiina Matangi, matangi Immina immina thana thana Ingana ingana giiina giiina Matangi, matangi Somalia Bosnia Cuba Colombia Equador Mexico Butane Morocco Botswana Ghana India Serbia Libya Lebanon Gambia Namibia Bali Mali Chile Malawi Bequai St Vincent Trinidad and Norway China Canada U.S.A. and U.K Nepal Nigeria Ethiopia North Myanmar Panama Philippines Nicaragua Palestine and Greece Peru and France It's so simple do the dance Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Pretty raw Get to the floor Came up listening to war war Weekend breaks in Singapore Preach like a priest And sing like a whore Do you want more? Do you want more? Do you know what I got in store? Do you want more? Do you want more? It's so simple get to the floor Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina It's so simple get to the floor It's so simple get to the floor Do you want more? Do you want more? Do you know what I got in store? Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina It's so simple get to the floor It's so simple get to the floor Do you want more? Do you want more? Do you know what I got in store? Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina I'm ice cream And you're sorbet They got guns but it points the wrong way Yeah I'm on it they Cirque De Soleil They make big sounds with nothing to say School of fakeness I'm school of hard knocks You're here to fool us I'm here to take shots Look-alike, copycat Doppelgänger, fraud They ain't got nothing on me Now I'm getting bored If you're gonna be me you need a manifesto If you ain't got one you better get one presto Yeah you got money we sell bootlegs only When the shit counts our numbers way plenty We started at the bottom but Drake gets all the credit Paper route or life route yeah we be ready Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina Immina immina

3:51 to the end is soooo good