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It takes a muscle to fall in love, yeah
It takes a muscle to fall in love
It takes a muscle to fall in love M.I.A. – It Takes a Muscle
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Falling in love takes hard work. Also, the heart – which is the organ that’s obviously most commonly associated with love – is really just a muscle.
The entire track, but most notably the hook, is a cover of “It Takes a Muscle to Fall In Love” by the Dutch synth band Spectral Display. This song was by far their biggest (and only?) hit.
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Dr. Dre puts down everything for his hometown state of California. Born and Raised.
Spelling out the last two letters of California (Californ-i-a) is a common device to make rhymes work going back decades, like this example from the 40s
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The Cool Kids come from Chicago, IL and Detroit, MI. Temperatures in the summertime have been known to reach 107 degrees in Chicago and 105 degrees in Detroit – pretty hot!
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I'm talking about making it free-er M.I.A. – Illy Girl (Vicki Leekx)
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Free-er is better! Particularly since her ViCKi LEEKX mixtape was freely accessible. If you haven’t already, download it for FREE here.
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M.I.A. describing where she grew up in the U.K. Mitcham is an area in southwest London and Cheam is another, about 4 miles away.
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Steam because there was no time to regulate temperature in the car, they just sped off to escape persecution for driving. Also from what I am guessing is running to the car and/or excitement of escape.
And it can be hot as fuck in UAE.
In line with other sexual innuendos throughout the song, this could also refer to the car heating up during sex (queue epic Titanic hand scene):
