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M.I.A.
AIM (Deluxe)
Survivor

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Survivor

Release date: 8th September 2016

From AIM (Deluxe)Track 123:00

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"Survivor" is a track by M.I.A., from the album AIM (Deluxe), released 8th September 2016. The track is 3:00 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about M.I.A..

About the Artist

M.I.A.

M.I.A.

Lyrics

Survivor

Survivor
Survivor

It starts when you're ready
It starts when you're ready

It starts when I'm heading over
Getting blessings in the shower
Looking in the mirror, mood emoji fire

Trying not to remember
My time in the fire
Cause ain't gonna tell ya
This war is never over
I ride through the sea like a pirate
Just to float in the water
Can't carry feelings
Like basket can't carry water
Ain't gonna tell ya
That I live strictly for the paper
Men are good, men are bad
And the war is never over

Survivor, survivor
Who said it was easy?
Survivor, survivor
They can never stop we

G.O.D
Gold and oil and dollars
Stars come and go
Just like every empire
I stay fly focus
I'm staying higher
Now power up your lighter
For you know you are a survivor

Survivor
Survivor
Who said it was easy?
They can never stop we

Survivor
Survivor

Who said it was easy?

Watch yourself heading over
Heading over
Watch yourself heading over

It starts when you ready
It starts when you ready

Survivor
Survivor

Who said it was easy?
They can never stop we

Survivor
Survivor

They can never stop we
Yeah

Who said it was easy?

Yeah

They can never stop we

Survivor

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From AIM (Deluxe)

3:002016

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Album

9th September 2016

Track number

12

Release year

2016

1Borders
4:12
2Go Off
3:05
3Bird Song (Blaqstarr Remix)
3:01
4Jump In
2:23

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