Down the drain, down the drain, down the drain,
down down down down down, make it drop down the drain.
"We squeeze, we sniff, we cut it up, to give you the ultimate..."
Oh, it's M.I.A., Oh, woah. It's M.I.A., woah. It's M.I.A, woah.
Rock it, just rock it rock it two for the stage, two the bars, woah.
Johnny keep walking, Jack is too coked,
Jim Beam and Jameson? They just give me jokes,
When I see Pernot I say oh hell no,
Kahlua's a turnoff, I tell him to Smirnoff,
Cap'n Morgan jump up for sparks(?)
when we hang out he shoots arrows through my heart,
Blue Tattoo chillin' on Malibu,
he got 99 Bananas, but he's not my boo.
I got sticky-sticky-icky-icky weed,
I've got a shot of tequila in me.
I got sticky-sticky-icky-icky weed,
I've got a shot of tequila in me.
When I met Seagram he sent Chivas down my spine,
got me on the dancefloor and we started to wine,
His ex Sambuca, she just a hookah,
I put it on the chilla,
but I want to kill'a.
[?]I got you off your fucker-face,
I tell you what you do, you want your mother, you something-or-another,
I got you off your fucking face, you're half turned to another place,
Your brother, you fucking nutter.[/?]
I got sticky-sticky-icky-icky weed,
I've got a shot of tequila in me.(x10)
Whatchu say, eh? Eh eh? (chant)
down down down down down, make it drop down the drain.
Rock it, just rock it rock it two for the stage, two the bars, woah.
Jim Beam and Jameson? They just give me jokes,
When I see Pernot I say oh hell no,
Kahlua's a turnoff, I tell him to Smirnoff,
Cap'n Morgan jump up for sparks(?)
when we hang out he shoots arrows through my heart,
Blue Tattoo chillin' on Malibu,
he got 99 Bananas, but he's not my boo.
I've got a shot of tequila in me.
I got sticky-sticky-icky-icky weed,
I've got a shot of tequila in me.
got me on the dancefloor and we started to wine,
His ex Sambuca, she just a hookah,
I put it on the chilla,
but I want to kill'a.
I tell you what you do, you want your mother, you something-or-another,
I got you off your fucking face, you're half turned to another place,
Your brother, you fucking nutter.[/?]
I've got a shot of tequila in me.(x10)
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M.I.A.'s husband is Benjamin Brewer, the heir to the Seagrams fortune. Seagrams bought the liquor brand Chivas 60 years ago. Hence:
"When I met Seagram he sent Chivas down my spine"
So the song's mostly an ode to her husband. It's an extended metaphor casting different types of alcohol as men. This is easily M.I.A.'s most clever rap to date.
Musically, this song's so next-level. Kinda reminds me of Black Dice.
I did not know any of this, solid piece of info. Who's the ex she wants to kill, then?
I did not know any of this, solid piece of info. Who's the ex she wants to kill, then?
@ kemekongka
@ kemekongka
Do not take it THAT literally.
Do not take it THAT literally.
Hot tune!
Hot tune!
This is ENTIRELY speculation, but given the fact that the line about wanting "To kill'a" is followed by the Gaga diss, perhaps Ben Bronfman and Gaga were romantically involved before him and Maya got together?
This is ENTIRELY speculation, but given the fact that the line about wanting "To kill'a" is followed by the Gaga diss, perhaps Ben Bronfman and Gaga were romantically involved before him and Maya got together?
Maya also dissed Gaga in an interview not too long after the release of this album. She seemingly has a pretty bad grudge against her. While I can't find anything in the media about Bronfman and Gaga being romantically linked, Gaga is notoriously tight-lipped about her own sex/love life.
Maya also dissed Gaga in an interview not too long after the release of this album. She seemingly has a pretty bad grudge against her. While I can't find anything in the media about Bronfman and Gaga being romantically linked, Gaga is notoriously tight-lipped about her own sex/love life.
This is ENTIRELY speculation, but given the fact that the line about wanting "To kill'a" is followed by the Gaga diss, perhaps Ben Bronfman and Gaga were romantically involved before him and Maya got together?
This is ENTIRELY speculation, but given the fact that the line about wanting "To kill'a" is followed by the Gaga diss, perhaps Ben Bronfman and Gaga were romantically involved before him and Maya got together?
Maya also dissed Gaga in an interview not too long after the release of this album. She seemingly has a pretty bad grudge against her. While I can't find anything in the media about Bronfman and Gaga being romantically linked, Gaga is notoriously tight-lipped about her own sex/love life.
Maya also dissed Gaga in an interview not too long after the release of this album. She seemingly has a pretty bad grudge against her. While I can't find anything in the media about Bronfman and Gaga being romantically linked, Gaga is notoriously tight-lipped about her own sex/love life.
i don't know if it's an ode to her husband so much as an ode to alcohol, or brands. lol. but yeah, this song is THE shit ! it feels like an awesome collaboration. on that note, the whole m.i.a. backlash/hatred is weird...i actually only created this account because i was listening to her new album, and then read all these album reviews of it, and felt super inclined to defend her, because her new album makes sense to me and everyone else is just reading too much into these album reviews which are just rip-offs of other album reviews. just fuckin pick up MAYA for yourself. listen to it for yourself.
sorry to say that when i first read your username, i read it as, "i'm anal ogy." i would assume that it's "i'm analogy," right? but anywho, i completely agree with what you are saying. this is indeed a departure from her previous works, but it's still her and i love it.
sorry to say that when i first read your username, i read it as, "i'm anal ogy." i would assume that it's "i'm analogy," right? but anywho, i completely agree with what you are saying. this is indeed a departure from her previous works, but it's still her and i love it.
I don't give a fuck to the critics. Never do it. /\/\/\Y/\ is masterpiece, I really love it. It was the first time I listened to some M.I.A.'s work and I loved al the chaotic-anti-pop-experimentalisms. Actually, to me, /\/\/\Y/\ is better than all her other materials. (Yes, I can be killed by saying this, but it's what i think. Problem?)
I don't give a fuck to the critics. Never do it. /\/\/\Y/\ is masterpiece, I really love it. It was the first time I listened to some M.I.A.'s work and I loved al the chaotic-anti-pop-experimentalisms. Actually, to me, /\/\/\Y/\ is better than all her other materials. (Yes, I can be killed by saying this, but it's what i think. Problem?)
holy shit this song is out of control!!!! ha ha ha
i don't know what it's about.... being fucked up and making bad decisions? ;)
Where's the ultimate line? "I tell them meet me in the sky, yeah that's my address"? BUMMED.
that's nicki minaj's line in the remix. different version.
that's nicki minaj's line in the remix. different version.
@imanalogy that's real talk
I love this song, but it makes me think of blacked out sorority girls on Spring Break in Cancun puking all over and getting into the Girls Gone Wild van.
i think this song is pretty straightforward: when m.i.a. wants to party she sticks to weed and tequila since everything else is lame.
"rock it rock it to the stars, rock it rock it to the stage, rock it rock it to the bar, ill get ya off your freakin face" :) luv this sooonnng
in the itunes deluxe edition she spells it "I got sticky icky icky ick WIIIID" lol trying to go all subliminal.
Can anyone make out what she's saying during the Lady GaGa diss? I really need to know.
And the song is clearly about getting really, really fucked up and getting into fights with bottles of Sambuca. Whatchu say, eh?