Believer
M.I.A. & Blaqstarr * Track #15 On /\/\ /\ Y /\
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- #15Believer
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Believer by M.I.A. (Ft. Blaqstarr)
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M.I.A.BlaqstarrAbout
The 15th track on the deluxe edition of M.I.A.’s third studio album, “Maya” (stylized as “/\/\/\Y/\”), is produced by M.I.A. herself with the help from Switch. She features her own label’s artist, Blaqstarr, who also helped with production.
Believer Lyrics
[Verse 1 - M.I.A.]
There's main stream
With the main dreams
But waterfalls start with a little stream
Even Kubrick started with a small scene
Before it became The Shining
If you're coming from the hood work on getting knowledge
If you're from the frontline then you wanna survive
I didn't choose the battles but the battles chose me
When the bullet first hit my cousin Willsie
I been in the game now 5.3
Lil shorty but got shorties after me
I stay humble cause the shit I've seen
Cause I already know there's only one me
[Hook - Blaqstarr]
I really would like see the star shine
But the light getting covered up in hard time
Oh, oooh, I need to let loose
And the water ran dry, fill it up with juice
Oh, they need a believer
[Verse 2 - M.I.A.]
There's no mean and there's more mean
Every tree started with a little bean
Everything you go through at 17
Will it still count at 70?
If I'm coming from the streets then I'm getting money
But my deeds in the bank are worth plenty
I didn't choose the music but the music chose me
The art of hitting your speakers making it bleed
I've been thinking about what effects me
And the will to survive is always in me
Every glass of water grows what I be
And every glass of liquor gets me tipsy
[Hook - Blaqstarr]
I really would like see the star shine
But the life getting covered up in hard time
Oh, oooh, I need to let loose
And the water ran dry, fill it up with juice
Oh, they need a believer
[Verse 3 - M.I.A.]
It's about people, not money
Light up parliament, turn a car key
I could be a genius, you could be a cheat
It's a thin line, I'm fucking with it
I didn't choose the struggle but the struggle chose me
I'm bouncing on the rubble permanently
I'm cut from the cloth that you ain't made me
Driving down the alley these cats know me
If it's not cool, then we bring heat
If there's no heat then it's discreet
If it's got your feet then, it's on N.E.E.T
Anything on N.E.E.T. has got that beat
[Hook - Blaqstarr]
I really would like see the star shine
But the life getting covered up in hard time
Oh, oooh, I need to let loose
And the water ran dry, fill it up with juice
Oh, they need a believer