Hipster cred? A song about a fish? First, MIA is not from India. She is a Tamil from Sri Lanka. Second galang is street slang for basically keeping a low profile. To go along, get along and don't start no trouble. If you start with that then the rest is easy to figure out. She is saying (with sarcasm) fit in with society by going to church and working a regular job, kiss ass if you have to and turn on your own people to save yourself, they would do it to you.
Work will save you is also a good play on the Auschwitz German concentration camp sign that read "Work Will Set You Free".
Nonconformity will lead to the authorities tracking your phone and and following you in unmarked vehicles., perhaps even costing you your life.
MIA speaks out against injustice and she has been the target of FBI and probably quite a few other agency surveillance initiatives. So she is addressing this among other things. Watch the video, pay attention to the visuals and not just her pretty face and subdued dance moves. A lot of bombs, tanks, explosions and a few (Tamil) tigers.
She is not really talking about oral sex and keeping a low profile. She is condemning a system that tries to intimidate people to keep them from speaking out and from defending their rights.
Hipster cred? A song about a fish? First, MIA is not from India. She is a Tamil from Sri Lanka. Second galang is street slang for basically keeping a low profile. To go along, get along and don't start no trouble. If you start with that then the rest is easy to figure out. She is saying (with sarcasm) fit in with society by going to church and working a regular job, kiss ass if you have to and turn on your own people to save yourself, they would do it to you.
Work will save you is also a good play on the Auschwitz German concentration camp sign that read "Work Will Set You Free".
Nonconformity will lead to the authorities tracking your phone and and following you in unmarked vehicles., perhaps even costing you your life.
MIA speaks out against injustice and she has been the target of FBI and probably quite a few other agency surveillance initiatives. So she is addressing this among other things. Watch the video, pay attention to the visuals and not just her pretty face and subdued dance moves. A lot of bombs, tanks, explosions and a few (Tamil) tigers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCL1RpgYxRM
She is not really talking about oral sex and keeping a low profile. She is condemning a system that tries to intimidate people to keep them from speaking out and from defending their rights.