| I don't care what they say | |
| I live my life day by day | |
| Like everything is okay | |
| Guess that's the reason | |
| I prayLight up and blow on this haze | |
| Oh dirty, take me away | |
| Up there where | |
| I wanna stay | |
| So I can be | |
| M-I-AI say 24 hours, 7 days a week | |
| Been grindin' so long, | |
| I can do it in my sleep | |
| You reap what you sow, you sow what you reap | |
| And when you get somethin' good, you hold and you keep it' | |
| Cause when you got somethin', somebody else want it | |
| Shinin' on a hater feel real good, don't it? | |
| Ridin' on a hater sound real hood, don't it? | |
| Before I take a | |
| L, I'll kill my opponent | |
| Last time hard, this time, go harder | |
| Some do it big but the kids do it larger | |
| Down town in the house by the water | |
| Texas, Georgia, | |
| South Beach | |
| FloridaYeah, | |
| I do everything drastic | |
| And I don't settle for nothin' but fantastic | |
| Pop, pop on an | |
| X Y axisMe and my click say lit like matches | |
| I don't care what they say | |
| I live my life day by day | |
| Like everything is okay | |
| Guess that's the reason | |
| I prayLight up and blow on this haze | |
| Oh, dirty, take me away | |
| Up there where | |
| I wanna stay | |
| So I can be | |
| M-I-ASunny and | |
| I ain't talkin' 'bout | |
| MiamiLast year was good but this year | |
| I won a Grammy | |
| Album in the streets but | |
| I'd rather much be | |
| M-I-A, just me and my family | |
| Work all day, double time all night | |
| Show my baby girl that everythang alright | |
| Live like a pimp, that's our hype | |
| Gotta thick chick, 5'9, all tight | |
| Gotta rent chick, yeah, | |
| I like all type | |
| But my down there chick where tha bud all straight | |
| I betchu think | |
| I'm just talkin' | |
| See her for ya self, dime piece walkin' | |
| Speakin' of walkin', you can walk without crawlin' first | |
| You can't stand without fallin' down and | |
| When you down on the ground, stand back up | |
| On the mound and then swang harder | |
| I don't care what they say | |
| I live my life day by day | |
| Like everything is okay | |
| Guess that's the reason | |
| I prayLight up and blow on this haze | |
| Oh, dirty, take me away | |
| Up there where | |
| I wanna stay | |
| So I can be | |
| M-I-AY'all and this is still good music | |
| The world know | |
| I make real good music | |
| Ain't got to but | |
| I'm still gonna prove it | |
| Haters hate me but they still be groovin' | |
| Don't nobody know how long it took me to shine | |
| Don't know body know how long it took me to grind | |
| Sometimes dreams get lost by time | |
| One night damn near lost my mind | |
| Good things happen if you believe it | |
| If you perceive it, you achieve it | |
| This is motivation some of y'all needed | |
| Tryna help you see | |
| So eliminate the negative, insinuate the positive | |
| Work nonstop, gettin' money my prerogative | |
| And yeah, | |
| I try to be cooperative | |
| But when I keep it real, some take it as derogative | |
| I don't care what they say | |
| I live my life day by day | |
| Like everything is okay | |
| Guess that's the reason | |
| I prayLight up and blow on this haze | |
| Oh, dirty, take me away | |
| Up there where | |
| I wanna stay | |
| So I can be | |
| M-I-AAah, so | |
| I can be M- | |
| I-A, aahLa, la-la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la la-la-la-la-laa-la |