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M.I.A. composed this song with the DJ/producer Diplo (Wesley Pentz), who was little known at the time. "Paper Planes" was the first hit song he worked on; a few years later he was on the charts with a number of productions, including Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now" and his Tiesto collaboration, "C'Mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise)."

The song can be read as the clichéd story of immigrants or the owner of an arms industry. The title subtly refers to transit visas (from Latin, charta visa ...

“Paper Planes” is not a paean to gangster life, but a mocking, coruscating attack on the pernicious, superficial assumptions people make about ...

29.07.2009 · I've seen a few request to interpret M.I.A- Paper Planes. Personally I think it's quite obvious it's about drug dealing. because of the lyrics "I fly like paper get high like planes" "lethal poison for the system" "If you come around here I make 'em all day."

"Paper Planes" is a song written and recorded by British hip hop artist M.I.A. for her second studio album, Kala (2007). Produced and co-written by her and Diplo, the song features an interpolation of English rock band the Clash's 1982 song "Straight to Hell", leading to its members being credited as co-writers.

The 'character' rapping in Paper Planes is not M.I.A. but rather “a fictional thug representing the sum of all prejudices about dark-skinned ...

General CommentThe song's about America's fear of immigrants. The song lyrics describe illegal ways of making money, but the video shows M.I.A. as a cashier ...

16.08.2020 · M.I.A. composed this song with the DJ/producer Diplo (Wesley Pentz), who was little known at the time. "Paper Planes" was the first hit song he worked on; a few years later he was on the charts with a number of productions, including Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now" and his Tiesto collaboration, "C'Mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise)."M.I.A. and Diplo were a couple from …

This song is from the point of view of a minority or someone being discriminated against. People automatically assume that they're a murderer or a drug dealer, ...

From her frustration with US immigration policy, M.I.A. developed "Paper Planes" as a satire of American perception of immigrants from war-torn countries.

The gunshot sounds on this track imply a robbery, but M.I.A. claimed they have a deeper meaning: critiquing the military-industrial complex that sells guns to ...

Aug 05, 2020 · M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” Lyrics Meaning. by Amanda London · August 5, 2020. The theme of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” is based on the concept of immigration and highlights the common fears most people have concerning foreigners in their country. The song begins by portraying the narrator as a passport counterfeiter and an immigrant who either provides the means for people like her to enter other countries, or patronizes her own services by traveling to foreign countries and making a ...

General Commentthis is what M.I.A says [about paper planes]:" I was going to get patties at my local and just thinking that really the worst thing that anyone can say [to someone these days] is some shit like: ”What I wanna do is come and get your money.”People don’t really feel like immigrants or refugees contribute to culture in any way. That they’re just leeches that suck …

Maybe the lyrics mean exactly what they sound like they mean, and the song really is just a celebration of simple gangsterism. Since the debut of her first ...

Jul 29, 2009 · I've seen a few request to interpret M.I.A- Paper Planes. Personally I think it's quite obvious it's about drug dealing. because of the lyrics "I fly like paper get high like planes" "lethal poison for the system" "If you come around here I make 'em all day."

"Paper Planes" is a downtempo alternative hip hop song that lasts for a duration of three minutes and twenty-four seconds. The song takes a musical approach which incorporates elements of hip hop and African folk music. "Paper Planes" follows what M.I.A. characterised as the "nu world" music style of Kala. It contains an interpolation of Clash's song "Straight to Hell". According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, it is written in the time …

The theme of M.I.A.'s “Paper Planes” is based on the concept of immigration and highlights the common fears most people have concerning ...

Mar 21, 2016 · The song had a lot of influence from different key events throughout her life. The main influence however was her inability to gain a long-term visa to enter the United States to record an album. She called visas paper planes because they were a piece of paper that allowed her to fly to the US and make music.