Cover art for OVERDRIVE by M.I.A.

OVERDRIVE

Track 17 on Vicki Leekx 
Dec. 31, 20101 viewer

OVERDRIVE Lyrics

[Intro]
Overdrive

[Hook]
Girl say, girl say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say
In the car, in the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car
I'm stylin', stylin', ravin', ravin', stylin', stylin', ravin', livin'

[Refrain]
Overdrive
Overthrive
Overdrive
Overthrive
Overdrive
Overthrive
Overdrive
Overthrive

[Verse]
When I was young my style was so different
I had already begun even 'fore I hit London
My housing project had the boys with the toy guns
But I already had real ones
So I found new ways for me to have fun

[Hook]
Girl say, girl say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say, girl say, boy say
In the car, in the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car, in the car, out the car
I'm stylin', stylin', ravin', ravin', stylin', stylin', ravin', livin'
[Bridge: Scattered voices]
This location, there's more that keep walking by, one of them has a weapon
We don't make the money on the violence
That's why we don't do the silence
(See all those people standing down there?)
We don't make the money on the violence
That's why we don't do the s- (Oh yeah)
We don't make the money on the violence
That's why we don't do the silence
(There's about 20 of them)

[Outro]
Whether FBI or the KGB
Ram danchehall is top priority
When we mission complete
That's when we feel Irie
We would sit down and smoke
A whole ounce of collie
Now you know why they call ragamuffin "Rambo"
Now you know why they call ragamuffin "Rambo"

Vicki Leekx mixtape, two-thousand-and-ever

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This track samples audio from “Collateral Murder”, the video distributed by WikiLeaks, making the organisation known world wide.

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