M.I.A.’s New Song “POWA”: “I’m Not Rihanna, I’m Not Madonna, I’m Not Mariah or Ariana”

M.I.A. has revealed the lyrics to her new track “POWA,” due in the next few days, along with a teaser. In the lyric sheet, she rhymes “Obama,” “Osama,” and a “Monsanto farmer,” before saying she’s “taking on the Tower.” She then pulls off a memorable tongue-twister—“Super-kala fascist racist espi-ala-tazors”—before, in a section you can hear below, declaring, “I’m not Rihanna, I’m not Madonna, I’m not Mariah or Ariana/I’m been around in this world causing drama/The real spice girl, hot girl power.”

#POWA pic.twitter.com/y35quP8pHx

— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) February 7, 2017

#MIAPOWA lyricx pic.twitter.com/d6dtWEURFq

— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) February 7, 2017

M.I.A P.O.W.A coming MONDAY THE 6TH pic.twitter.com/tcWb7pR2X0

— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) February 2, 2017

This morning, M.I.A. was confirmed as the curator of this year’s Meltdown festival in London.

Read our feature, “The Survivor: A Conversation With M.I.A..” 

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