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I fly like paper, get high like planes If you catch me at the border, I got visas in my name

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M.I.A.
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 18
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I'm not sticking up for white kids - I'm going to have a barrage of hate mail - but it's true. If you're poor, you're really poor.
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We know that those huge U.S. brands do have political sway.
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In England right now you're not good enough until you get validated.
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Everything I think seems to be controversial, so I feel like I need to just go away for a second and put it all down on paper until the storm passes.
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When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name.
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That divide between the rich and poor is so crazy, because even white kids are suffering now.
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Everyone has that moment where they just rebel.
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If it's just politics that's running music, f - k that. I'm out of here! I can't think of anything more boring.
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Besides, isn't it more exciting when you don't have permission?
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Confidence takes constant nurturing, like a bed, it must be remade every day.
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That's what I miss, being a real human.
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Creativity needs time to harness before it goes out, and because that's difficult, memes have become the creative language.
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