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- #1
KarmageddonM.I.A.
- #2Matangi
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- #3Only 1 U
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- #4
WarriorsM.I.A.
- #5
Come Walk With MeM.I.A.
- #6aTENTion
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- #7Exodus
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- #8
Bad GirlsM.I.A.
- #9Boom Skit
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- #10
Double Bubble TroubleM.I.A.
- #11Y.A.L.A.
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- #12
Bring the NoizeM.I.A.
- #13Lights
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- #14Know It Ain’t Right
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- #15Sexodus
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- #16Like This
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- #17Trouble Again
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Y.A.L.A. by M.I.A.
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M.I.A.Produced by
The PartysquadAbout
The fourth single off of M.I.A.’s album “Matangi” (after “Bad Girls,” “Bring The Noize” and “Come Walk With Me”), Y.A.L.A. which stands for You Always Live Again, is her play on the infamous and overused Y.O.L.O. (You Only Live Once), which she uses to counter Judeo-Christian philosophy by tapping i...
Y.A.L.A. Lyrics
[Intro]
YALA
YALA
[Hook]
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
[Interlude]
Yeah yeah, YOLO
Yeah yeah, YOLO
Alarms go off when I enter the building
[Bridge]
YALA
YALA
YALA
[Verse 1]
I drink some Cointreau
Keep it in my poncho
Light up like Castro
Blow it up from get go
Pro when I set, go
Grow like an afro
Play like Ronaldo
Hard like I'm Death Row
Weight in kilo
Light as a pillow
Dance on my tip-toe
Like I tae-box though
[Pre-Hook]
Yeah we come come come
Yeah we come with some some
Get a glass of rum
With a gun and some pun pun
Oh fun fun fun
Let's get 'em undone
Take a hit on the bong
It’s been so long since we hung
[Hook]
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
[Bridge]
YALA
YALA
[Verse 2]
Anti war war
M.I.A. underscore
I got the law law
Searching for me on tour
Bankin offshore
Take a trip to Singapore
I need to earn like
I'm Julianne Moore
For the hour poor
Don’t wanna ignore
That’s why I say shit
So they can explore
My baby, I amore
My mommy I adore
I tried to stay pure
Can’t take it anymore
[Pre-Hook]
Yeah we come come come
Yeah we come with some some
Get a glass of rum
With a gun and some pun pun
Oh fun fun fun
Let's get 'em undone
Take a hit on the bong
It’s been so long since we hung
[Hook]
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
[Interlude]
[Bridge]
YALA
YALA
YALA
[Verse 3]
YALA, YALA
I’m rolling solo
You can't take a photo
I’mma keep it raw raw
[Bridge]
YALA
YALA
[Pre-Hook]
Yeah we come come come
Yeah we come with some some
Get a glass of rum
With a gun and some pun pun
Oh fun fun fun
Let's get 'em undone
Take a hit on the bong
It’s been so long since we hung
[Hook]
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
[Outro]
YOLO? I don’t even know anymore, what that even mean though
If you only live once why we keep doing the same shit
Back home where I come from we keep being born again and again and again
That’s why they invented karma
Y.A.L.A. Q&A
Who wrote Y.A.L.A.'s ?
Y.A.L.A. was written by M.I.A. & Jerry Leembruggen & Ruben Fernhout.
Who produced Y.A.L.A.'s ?
Y.A.L.A. was produced by The Partysquad.
What did M.I.A. say about "Y.A.L.A."?
That wasn’t a Drake dig by the way. “Y.A.L.A.” is not a direct comment to Drake. It’s not like I’m obsessing over the philosophies of Drake and writing albums in the studio thinking, “Hmm what did Drake say?” It’s not. It’s just, it’s everywhere. The concept of YOLO is fucking everywhere. And people...