10 Dollar Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ElanorRigby 

Cover art for 10 Dollar lyrics by M.I.A.

chinna girl means little girl in tamil

and she interjects an "aiyo" a couple of times which means "oh no!"

the beginning goes kind of like "roti, chapatti, roti-illanam, enna pillayan? kaasu illanam. kaadai-ki ponalam, kaasu illayan, kaadai-karan patha, kaanu adichalam"

which roughly translates to: roti, chapatti (indian breads) there is no roti in the house a boy with no money went to the store without any money the storekeeper saw him and hit him on the face