Paper Planes
M.I.A. * Track #11 On Kala (Deluxe Edition)
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- #11Paper Planes
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Boyz (Remix)M.I.A. & JAY-Z
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Paper Planes by M.I.A.
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M.I.A.About
This penultimate song on Kala marries a deceptively airy beat with a song about tourist-murdering passport-counterfeiting thieves. The song can be read as the clichéd story of immigrants or the owner of an arms industry. The title subtly refers to transit visas (from Latin, charta visa means “paper...
Paper Planes Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 done in a second if you wait
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 done in a second if you wait
[Verse 2]
Sometimes I think sittin' on trains
Every stop I get to I'm clocking that game
Everyone's a winner, we're making our fame
Bona fide hustler making my name
Sometimes I think sittin' on trains
Every stop I get to I'm clocking that game
Everyone's a winner, we're making our fame
Bona fide hustler making my name
[Chorus]
'Cause all I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
[Verse 3]
Pirate skulls and bones
Sticks and stones and weed and bongs
Running when we hit 'em
Lethal poison for the system
Pirate skulls and bones
Sticks and stones and weed and bongs
Running when we hit 'em
Lethal poison for the 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 hard, just pumping that gas
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 hard, just pumping that gas
[Chorus]
'Cause all I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
[Bridge]
M.I.A, third world democracy
Yeah, I've got more records than the KGB
So, uh, no funny business (Are you ready all?)
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
[Chorus]
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
All I wanna do is—, and a—
And take your money
Paper Planes Q&A
Who wrote Paper Planes's ?
Paper Planes was written by M.I.A. & Diplo & Topper Headon & Paul Simonon & Mick Jones & Joe Strummer.
When did M.I.A. release Paper Planes?
M.I.A. released Paper Planes on Fri Aug 17 2007.
What did M.I.A. say about "Paper Planes"?
M.I.A. mentioned the gunshot sound effects were added because its something she’s familiar with.
“If you’re an immigrant you left somewhere and most of the time you fled a war. Gun sounds are a part of our culture as an everyday thing. If you’ve been exposed to gunfights and violence and bombs and...
What has the media said about the song?
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
This runaway hit was hardly Maya Arulpragasam’s first song about the dual consciousness and dissonance of being a refugee seeking to make sense in a hostile foreign culture, but it proved the...