We Can Dance If We Want To

“Nobody wants to be dancing to political songs. Every bit of music out there that’s making it into the mainstream is really about nothing. I wanted to see if I could write songs about something important and make it sound like nothing. And it kind of worked.”

— BedStuy resident/PBH neighbor, M.I.A.

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