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Artist: M.I.A.
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Steppin' Up
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Steppin' Up
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Steppin' up
In this club
I'm tooled up like a thug
rub-a-dub-dub
rub-a-rub-a-dub-dub
X4
Steppin up in this club, with my tool bag
Rub a dub, rub a dub dub, rub a rub a dub dub
[repeat 4x]
I light up like a genie and I blow up on this song, rub a dub a dub dub, rub a dub a dub a dub
Aladdin, no kidding boy I need a rub, rub a dub a dubdub, rub a dub a dub a dub
Me and my speakers speakin sub a sub sub, sub a sub a sub a sub, sub a sub a sub a sub
You know who I am I run this fuckin club, dub a dub a dub a dub, club a club a lub a lub
Bass lines in as anything fast, humpin on my leg yo I'm on my fuckin glass
Makin money last hide it in a flask, sound of a bomb blast throw it in tha bag
Bass lines and cars anything fast, know who I am I run this fuckin club
Speakers up throwin fire like a mob, thrash bang thunder throw me with some job
MIA, you know who I am
[repeat]
Bass lines in as anything fast, humping on my leg yo I'm on my fuckin glass
Makin money last, hide it in a flask, sound of a bomb blast throw it in tha bag
I can kill a sound and the shit will make you jump, jum jum jum jum jum, jum jum jum jum jum jum
I can smash a beat so the track will make you run, run run run run run run, run run run run run run
I'm caught up to the tee, I tie up just for fun, fun fun fun fun fun fun, fun fun fun fun fun fun
Get ready for the city street, weights by the ton, ton ton ton ton ton ton, ton ton ton ton ton ton
Bass lines in as anything fast, humpin on my leg yo I'm on my fuckin glass
Makin money last hide it in a flask, sound of a bomb blast throw it in tha bag
MIA, MIA, MIA, MIA, A, A...
You know who I am
MIA, You know, You know who I am, A, A...
MIA, Steppin up in this club, with my tool bag, rub adub, rub a dub a dub, rub a dub a dub dub [repeat]
I no, no one, no one no one, I no one, no no no one
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