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Artist: M.I.A.
Canonical path: /mia/yala
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Y.A.L.A.
Read Y.A.L.A. lyrics by M.I.A. on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Y.A.L.A.
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Y.A.L.A.
Y.A.L.A.
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
Yeah yeah, Y.O.L.O.
Yeah yeah, Y.O.L.O.
Alarms go off when I enter the building
Y.A.L.A.
I drink some Cointreau
Keep it in my poncho
Light up like Castro
Blow it up from get go
Pro when I set, go
Grow like an afro
Play like Ronaldo
Hard like I'm Death Row
Weight in kilo
Light as a pillow
Dance on my tip-toe
Like I tae-box though
Yeah we come come come
Yeah we come with some some
Get a glass of rum
With a gun and some pun pun
Oh fun fun fun
Let's get 'em undone
Take a hit on the bong
It’s been so long since we hung
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
Y.A.L.A.
Anti war war
M.I.A. underscore
I got the law law
Searching for me on tour
Bankin offshore
Take a trip to Singapore
I need to earn like
I'm Julianne Moore
For the hour poor
Don’t wanna ignore
That’s why I say shit
So they can explore
My baby, I amore
My mommy I adore
I tried to stay pure
Can’t take it anymore
Yeah we come come come
Yeah we come with some some
Get a glass of rum
With a gun and some pun pun
Oh fun fun fun
Let's get 'em undone
Take a hit on the bong
It’s been so long since we hung
Go low, go slow
Roll like a pollo
Up and down a pole
Like you’re glowing up a yo-yo
Yeah yeah, Y.O.L.O.
Yeah yeah, Y.O.L.O.
Alarms go off when I enter the building
Y.A.L.A.
Y.A.L.A., Y.A.L.A.
I’m rolling solo
You can't take a photo
I’mma keep it raw raw
Y.A.L.A.
Yeah we come come come
Yeah we come with some some
Get a glass of rum
With a gun and some pun pun
Oh fun fun fun
Let's get 'em undone
Take a hit on the bong
It’s been so long since we hung
YOLO? I don’t even know anymore, what that even mean though
If you only live once why we keep doing the same shit
Back home where I come from we keep being born again and again and again
That’s why they invented karma
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