M.I.A - Paper Planes (Esau Mwamwaya version - Tengazako)

[LaurenEmm14]

The Very Best played this at the Vampire Weekend concert, and it was sooooo good (:

[NarwhalProductions]

@LaurenEmm14 Yesss!!! I hadn't heard of them until I saw them open for Vampire Weekend and I heard them do this song and my mind was blown.

[MissMadelMads]

can anyone tell me how I can get this track onto my iPod? I don't care if I have to pay for it, my computer speakers don't do it justice and I'm going crazy because I can't get it on iTunes!

[dotAJabba]

@MissMadelMads just download free youtube to mp3 downloader and paste the url of this song its free

[Shiprex]

Someone put up the lyrics this is a superb cover of a top song.

[howdymorgan]

Probably one of the most unique and best remixes of this song I've heard to this day. :]

[79muzungu]

fantastic!

[Iceangelbrianna]

mia sampled this from The Clash's song "Straight to Hell"

[MrDailybread]

great song

[TATICAMARTINEZ]

you misinterpreted my comment my point was that don't judge others when they are under hardship because you don't know if its G- judgment or if its just a test that he has him under. Please don't twist my statement

[ryansondrugs]

is the origional? cuz im pretty sure mia sampled the song from an african artist

[xskeetskeetskeetx]

IDK about who MIA sampled this from, but they definitely sampled it from her.

[guestforking]

It's a clash sample, who are english

[jiniton]

@ryansondrugs Mia sampled it from the song 'Straight To Hell' from an english punk band called The Clash.

[renardiere90]

fuckin incredible. god less

[Kingwood000]

awesome

[TheFoxsup]

Crap music from another 'fine young cannibal'

[HECTORtorrez]

dam man that's pretty nasty...you should smoke weed and chill out

[FOXcorpislame]

dont get me wrong, hes got a good voice, but youd be hard pressed to do vocals over this track and NOT have it sound good.

but yeah i like it overall, refreshing change

[gtleblanc]

poa poa

[wizardnuts]

shouldve just left it as a clash song

[ClichexCasualty]

i was born in malawi woot!

[0vinci0]

katastrofa ! masacre !

[SKA8919]

this is amazing and i can't even understand a single word.

[tengazako]

@SKA8919 agreed, is it malawi's native language

[cannashaman]

@SKA8919 ...I definitely concur!!! :-)

[xstarx2]

wooooow very nice

[hovnonadvore]

Nice voice

[TokyoReader]

amazing song, i love it

[roolyrock]

wow!!

buenizima cancion!!

magnifika!

=D

[sampiero]

Good job men !!

[HiMyNameIsFunky]

omg the singing is sooo beautiful!! 5 stars and favorite!!!

[SuperDuperSkater007]

me tooo! its beast =)

[nathanjnavarro]

finally i found it! i heard it in the Invisible Children fund.

[ZanderMander]

Same here, took forever to find

[DJGreenleaf]

Exactly where I heard it as well.

I'm glad I finally stumbled upon it.

[ThomasTheCure]

That's were I heard it too!

[ItachiGurl]

heard this song in a video for the invisible children's fund.

its so sad =/

[buttaflutta]

yeaaaaaaaaaaaah this is niiiice

[june18th1988]

Even though I have no idea what's being said.... this is 5 stars and is going into my favorites.

[toontoonarmyarmy]

qualiT, africa 4eva.

[CENSORTHISHIP]

INGWEY MAMBOJO

[pencap1528]

they play this at gamestop alot. its great!

[ArijanaOfficial]

this is awesome, i love it in ivisible children

[krystaneda]

me too!

[DJjay01]

Same!!

[omgiitskelseyp]

i love this version :]

definitely better than the original.

[OrangeCanine]

Agreed :)

The original's just obnoxious :(

[trevormail]

Well not to get super-pedantic but the original track (without the drum machine) is really the Clash's "Straight to Hell"...this is closer in spirit to that I think.

[pinkfloydfan111]

Not many people seem to know that it's a sample.

[BassBeast42]

its a shame

[SubmergedRecords]

Maybe so, but he does sing parts of "Paper Planes" in it.

[Cubmoore]

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[MoInZZen]

yeah tight

[phenomenom20]

this version still rocks!

[theosepiphanes]

Oh wait, sorry maybe not, wikipedia disagrees, but there is not much info around about this guy, and I was just told this by a friend. In another video he says Tengazako means "take what's yours" so maybe...? Can someone get some solid facts?

[theosepiphanes]

I'm pretty sure this beat was borrowed by MIA, so paper planes is the twist.

[doh0702]

Its more like... both MIA and Esau Mwamwaya borrowed it from The Clash. Go listen to Straight to Hell by The Clash.

[urbangangsta]

No they just borrowed the guitar riff from the clash. The rest was borrowed by MIA from Esau Mwamwaya.

[posit3125]

You have this very wrong. This is using the beat from the MIA tune which borrowed the Clash riff.

[urbangangsta]

ok im sorry about the technicality but either way clash riff, mia beat... mia beat has clash riff which is in this

[Hyde1415]

LOL

[Quickgold1]

TWATSON

[Marauder1981]

Thats so much better than the MIA shit

[isaiaszzzz]

church preach tabernackle! loaddds better then that poser mia, shes such a damn toy.

[thegrungecakecrisis]

loving this twist,

[thegrungecakecrisis]

love this twist,

[pbellanger1]

love that song, still discovering ESAU love it