Exodus Lyrics

[Intro]
Come on this exodus

[Verse 1]
Do you want to come on this exodus?
If you got swag, fuck with us
And do you wanna ride like a crusader?
You ain't gotta Christian Dior (christ endour)

My blood type is no negative
But I'm positive that I'm too deep

Switch the light on when we hit the sheets
Truly what I see is all I keep
I see you stacked chicks their views are blocked in
When I help 'em you say broke in
I see you locked in you say I don't let you in
How come all this drama's still trending

[Chorus]
Baby you can have it all
Tell me what for
Baby you can have it all
Tell me what for


[Verse 2]
New frontier I got news from there
Let's sail it to a new frequency
I left the graveyard selling full of fancy
Bring your homie with transparency
My blood type is no negative
But I'm positive the dark ain't deep
Just switch your light on when we hit the streets
Truly what I see is all I keep
My sights are set in higher times
And my eyes can see in 3D
Make it bright and I see 360
I can get you, but you can't get me
[Chorus]
Baby you can have it all
Tell me what for
Baby you can have it all
Tell me what for




[Chorus 2]
Yeah you keep on telling me you wanna have it all
Tell me what for
Yeah you keep on telling me you wanna have it all
Tell me what for

[Verse 3]
Cash and Kashmir, gold in Zaier
I got a new want from over there
You can drink a mint tea by the Red Sea
As you're living out whose fantasy
Yeah the sun the moon are both
Hitting the hood and the heat's too hot to be cool
Yeah I'm sailing my bed to a better man school
And it's two in the afternoon
We already bullet-proof we got a big crew
And we're running on a force that's true
We don't fear you wear up-to-date shoes
Or fall for the point of view
[Chorus]
Baby you can have it all
Tell me what for
Baby you can have it all
Tell me what for



[Chorus 2]
Yeah you keep on telling me you wanna have it all
Tell me what for
Yeah you keep on telling me you wanna have it all
Tell me what for

[Outro]
What d'you want it all for?
What d'you want it all for?

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About

Genius Annotation

The 7th track off from M.I.A’s album Matangi. She sampled The Weeknd’s song “Lonely Star” in this song. M.I.A. gave the song to Madonna for her MDNA album but then she refused it and gave it back to M.I.A.

I actually played that song to Madonna when I wrote it and said, ‘Oh, you can have this.’ She gave it back to me. Madonna didn’t think it was right for her, but MIA still wanted to know what she thought of the question behind it: when you have it all, what should you do with it? “So I was like, what d'you do? And she said, ‘You spend it!’ And I said, no, I don’t think that’s the right answer.” Did it change her opinion of Madonna? “No, because Madonna is true to Madonna. She always said she was a material girl.

She first started writing it as a remix for The Weeknd’sLonely Star.”

I just really loved the song and I was like, “Oh I really want to get on this song and write a remix.” And it sort of grew. It was actually the first song I wrote for the whole album. And that was like the first thing that came out when I went into the studio the first day. And I was like, “Oh shit, this is something I’d never write.” So it was kind of inspired by the backing tracks and then I just kept it.

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What did M.I.A. say about "Exodus"?
Genius Answer

On the difference between “Exodus” and “Sexodus” M.I.A. stated:

It was actually “This Exodus” but somebody deleted the “thi” and then it was just “Sexodus,” and I was like, “Oh, that’s kind of cool…” I think the difference is the original Weeknd song is very sexual.

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