"Some a some a some I murdeeeer, Some a some I let gooo..."

So, M.I.A. came back to the game.

If you don't know M.I.A., a very brief biography would say that she is a musician named Mathangi Arulpragasam. She has been born in London in 1977 from a family originally from Sri Lanka, and she spent part of her childhood back in Sri Lanka, where her father was a militant of the Tamil group. After a few years she went back to London, where she studied fine arts, film and video.

'Kala', her second album after the succesful 'Arular', is the evidence of her talent, and the confirmation that the originality and strength of the first record was not just a coincidence.

But 'Kala', for me, is Paper planes, a violent song written to express the worst nightmare of a society that feels immigration as a threat.
If you need to express violence in a song, just ask M.I.A., she will tell you how. Just give it a try:



This is what M.I.A. has to say about the inspiration for this song:

"I was going to get patties at my local and just thinking that really the worst thing that anyone can say [to someone these days] is some shit like: ”What I wanna do is come and get your money.” People don’t really feel like immigrants or refugees contribute to culture in any way. That they’re just leeches that suck from whatever. So in the song I say All I wanna do is [sound of gun shooting and reloading, cash register opening] and take your money. I did it in sound effects. It’s up to you how you want to interpret. America is so obsessed with money, I’m sure they’ll get it. "