Bamboo Banga
M.I.A. * Track #1 On Kala (Deluxe Edition)
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Bamboo Banga by M.I.A.
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M.I.A.About
Kala opens with the uninvitingly spare “Bamboo Banga”, which samples Indian Tamil filmi composer Ilayaraja and bends the lyric of The Modern Lovers “Roadrunner”. The song celebrates a kid running alongside a Third World tourist’s Hummer and banging on its door.
Bamboo Banga Lyrics
[Intro]
Road runner, road runner
Going hundred miles per hour
Road runner, road runner
Going hundred miles per hour
With your radio on
With your radio on
Road runner, road runner
Going hundred miles per hour
With your radio on
With your radio on
[Verse 1]
Somalia, Angola, Ghana, Ghana, Ghana (Hey-yah!)
India, Sri Lanka, Burma, bamboo banga (Hi-yah!)
This the bamboo banga (Woo-woo!)
I said bamboo banga (Woo!)
This the bamboo banga (Woo-woo!)
I said bamboo banga (Woo!)
And we're hittin our racquets like a tennis player (Cha-ta-ta)
And the drummers do the shit like the Macarena (Da-ta-ta)
This the jungle banga (Ha-ha!)
Or the cold jammer (Hah-ha!)
I said jungle banga (Hah-ha!)
I said cold jammer (Hah-ha!)
This jungle banga (Pah-pa!)
I said cold jammer (Pah-pa!)
[Verse 2]
Yeah, I'm bored of banana, I want guanabana (Guanabana)
I wanna warm my buns this summer, summer, summer, summer (Summer, summer)
Now I'm sittin' down chillin on gun powder (Gun Powder)
Strike match, light fire (Ha-ha-ha!)
Who's that girl called Maya? (Ha-ha-ha!)
M.I.A. coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
M.I.A. coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
I said M.I.A. is coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
M.I.A. coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
[Chorus]
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
[Verse 3]
I'm knocking on the doors of your hummer-hummer
Yeah, I'm knocking on the doors of your hummer-hummer (Woo-wooo)
Yeah, I'm knocking on the doors of your hummer-hummer (Woo-wooo-wooo)
Yeah, I'm knocking on the doors of your hummer-hummer (Woo-wooo, woo-wooo-wooo)
Yeah, we're hungry like the wolves hunting dinner-dinner (Waa, Woo-waa)
And we're moving with the packs like hyena-ena (Woo-waa, Woo-waa)
Barbarella look like she's my dead ringer (Ha!, Ha!)
When I'm dogging on the bonnet of ya' red Honda (Ha!)
I'm a road runner (Woah)
I'm a world runner (Huh)
I'm a road runner (Woah)
I'm a world runner (Huh)
[Chorus]
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
[Bridge]
M.I.A. coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
M.I.A. coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
M.I.A. coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
M.I.A. coming back with power-power (Power-power!)
[Chorus]
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
I'm big timer
It's the bamboo banga
Bamboo Banga Q&A
Who wrote Bamboo Banga's ?
Bamboo Banga was written by Jonathan Richman & Ilaiyaraaja & M.I.A. & Switch.
When did M.I.A. release Bamboo Banga?
M.I.A. released Bamboo Banga on Wed Aug 08 2007.