UNBREAK my Mixtape Lyrics

[Verse 1: M.I.A]
If you ever leave
Then I have to give up everything I believe
Life is nothing but just a fantasy
Since you took away the love that’s left in me

Please talk to me, did you ever fight for me?
And how can I stand by you if I can’t find my feet?
Now you can’t stand me, made me your enemy
Now what did I do for you to call me crazy?

[Chorus: M.I.A.]
If it's your sudden shade, if it's your mind array
Here's a mixtape that I made, let’s take a break

Don’t wanna fuss away, baby, if it’s too late
While I get my life sorted here’s a mixtape

[Post-Hook 1: Lizz E.]
I never thought I'd see
That time for you would be
So far away from home
So far away from me

[Verse 2: M.I.A.]
When you hit your face, tore me up like lace
Yeah, what’s it for if we’re just another case?
Hurt does leave a trace, love the darkest face
And this hole is deeper than the fall that I embrace
[Refrain: M.I.A.]
Did you fight for me? Did you cry for me?
Yeah, and how can I stand by you if I can’t find my feet?

[Chorus: M.I.A.]
If it's your sudden shade, If it's your mind array
Here's a mixtape that I made, let’s take a break
Don’t wanna fuss away, baby if it’s too late
While I get my life sorted here’s a mixtape

[Post-Hook 2: Graham Coxon]
Oh my baby, oh my baby
Oh why? Oh my
Oh my baby, oh my baby
Oh why? Oh my


[Refrain: M.I.A.]
Did you fight for me? Did you cry for me?
Yeah, and how can I stand by you if I can’t find my feet?

[Chorus: M.I.A.]
If it's your sudden shade, If it's your mind array
Here's a mixtape that I made, let’s take a break
Don’t wanna fuss away, baby if it’s too late
While I get my life sorted here’s a mixtape
[Interlude: Carly Simon]
La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-da
La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-da
La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-da
La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-da

[Outro: Karen Dalton]
Please, let me sit down beside you
I've got something to tell you, darling
You ought'a know
I just can't wait, no not another day
I love you, more than words can say

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Genius Annotation

On August 22nd, M.I.A. tweeted a soundcloud link to this song. It’s a break-up letter in the form of a mixtape to a former lover; that’s why the song is titled “UNBREAK my Mixtape” – it is also a reference to “Un-break My Heart” by Toni Braxton.

While she asks him many questions, she samples a number of songs on the track, including Transistor Radio “Why”, Fresh 4’s cover of Rose Royce’s “Wishing On A Star”, and the acoustic guitar and vocal from As the Line Between Machinery and Humanity Blurs “Tender”, another break-up song. There is an extended snippet of Karen Dalton’s “I Love You More Than Words Can Say” at the end.

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