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M.I.A.

Shells

Release date: 8th August 2007

From How Many Votes Fix Mix
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About This Track

'Shells' by M.I.A. is a 2007 track from the album 'How Many Votes Fix Mix'. Its lyrics describe a violent, economically stressed world, with images of bullets and bullets in the store, alongside the language of drugs, stock collapse and hurried commerce. The verse inventory feels like a grim inventory list, moving from floor-level wreckage to distant conflict, then back to the everyday business of keeping things moving. One line sums up the scene’s blunt threat, “Bullets in your store”. The overall tone is urgent and accusatory, as if the song is counting damage in real time.

"Shells" is a track by M.I.A., from the album How Many Votes Fix Mix, released 8th August 2007. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about M.I.A..

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Lyrics

Shells

[Verse 1]

Shells on the floor, the writing's on the wall

Bullets in your store says "I'm huntin' for you all"

Field full of dope, I'm harvestin' my hope

Shippin' out speed boats so we're not broke

Coca-Cola floats, the stock market broke

Somewhere in Angola, we're still craving for a goat

Send me a post, yeah, send me something you wrote

School of the hard knocks, we don't like to boast

[Verse 2]

Go down the road, their cars are rolling slow

Boys fightin' laws, got their AKs on show

Kids playin' ball, they growin' like they know

Wanna make that dough just to have somethin' to show

Buy tees and gold, bandanas and hoes

Freedom costs money and they're feeling really bored

Vitamins are low, amphetamines high

Bustin' out shots on rings and chicken pie

[Verse 3]

Shells on the floor, the writing's on the wall

Bullets in your store says "I'm huntin' for you all"

Field full of dope, I'm harvestin' my hope

Shippin' out speed boats so we're not broke

[Bridge]

Why you gotta make me out like this?

Why you gotta make me out like this?

I never wanted none of this shit

Why you gotta make me out like this?

I never asked for none of this shit

Why you gotta make me out like this?

[Outro]

Talkin' about, talkin' about war, war, war

I rather talk about moi

Talkin' about, talkin' about war, war, war

I rather talk about moi

Talkin' about, talkin' about war, war, war

I rather talk about moi

Talkin' about, talkin' about war, war, war

I rather talk about moi

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2007
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