Hear M.I.A.’s Surprise New Song ‘Can See Can Do’

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M.I.A. didn’t release any new music last year, but it appears she’s getting ready to follow-up her 2013 album Matangi. The rapper hit up her Twitter this morning to alert fans that she would be unveiling a new song titled “All My People” within a half-hour. “I refuse to be boxed back in time, blk/white/multicolr do right,” M.I.A. tweeted. However, soon after, she changed course and decided she would “release ‘All My People’ when all my people are ready.” M.I.A. instead then posted a new track “Can See Can Do” on her SoundCloud:

The rapper didn’t provide much details regarding “Can See Can Do,” which ”“ despite its big Matangi-style beat ”“ sounds unmixed and unfinished. “Some people see planes / some people see drones / Some people see a do and some people see a don’t / Can see can do / Can we get past history?/ Wanna make a future with you,” M.I.A. sings on the track, which was accompanied by the SoundCloud description, “DEMOCRACY CONVERSATIONS ! TAMILS ARE STILL WAITING! AND NO MY BEATS ARE NOT BETTER WITHOUT MY POLITICX”

“Can See Can Do” is Maya Arulpragasam’s first new solo track since 2013 ”“ she did feature on the Partysquad’s “Gold” last year ”“ but as she alerted her fans on Twitter, more is on the way. “To my hardcore fans hang in there summer is coming,” she wrote, suggesting that the follow-up to Matangi, one of Rolling Stone‘s Best Albums of 2013 and her first LP since leaving Roc Nation, could arrive later this year.