“Exit” is the final track on The Evil Genius but, in many ways, it is the centerpiece of Mr Eazi's long-awaited project. Conceived during a period of inner turmoil and strife, it’s one of the Nigerian singer’s most personal and inward-looking songs to date, but also one of his most triumphant.
Among the song’s memorable lines is one which Mr Eazi has adopted as his daily mantra: Thank you God for keeping things running smoothly. “When I wrote this song, I was disappointed in everything —the music business, feeling betrayed by my friends," Mr Eazi says. "But, in the midst of feeling disappointed, I was thankful.”
The song is accompanied by an appropriately epic video, shot by director Allison Swank Owen, which features Mr Eazi and Soweto Gospel Choir performing the song high atop the picturesque mountaintop setting of The Drakensberg, in South Africa.
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Yeah yeah
I never had to count my blessings but these days I do
Originally I no dey find trouble but these days I do (yea)
‘Cause it’s a lonely road a lonely road
Never suffer lonely
I no dey find trouble but these days I do
Oh dema pre me voodoo
But i thank Jehovah for the journey
Oh Joy comes in the morning
I let bad mind close and they were storing
I got so many secrets that i pray don’t come out
Paranoid cause I’ve seen things go bad
When my family turns to demons around me (yea yea)
I Thank you Lord for everything
Everything you’ve done for me
And I give you praise oh Majesty
And I say thank you
I Thank you Lord, for everything
Everything you’ve done for me
And I give you praise oh Majesty
And I say thank you
Thank you God for keeping things smoothly (hem ye ahee)
And the blessings wey you shoot daily (hem ye ahee)
I no go lie I am feeling differently (hem ye ahee)
Na why i still dey move undercover
Thank you God for keeping things smoothly (hem ye ahee)
And the blessings wey you shoot daily (hem ye ahee)
I no go lie I am feeling differently (hem ye ahee)
Na why i still dey move (o)
Oh dema pre me voodoo (hem ye ahee)
But i thank Jehovah for the journey (hem ye ahee)
Oh Joy comes in the morning (hem ye ahee)
I let bad mind close and they were storing (hem ye ahee)
I got so many secrets that i pray don’t come out (hem ye ahee)
Paranoid cause I’ve seen things go bad (hem ye ahee)
When my family turns to demons around me (yea yea)
Ngiyabonga ngoba ungewele ukuphila (Amen
Ngiyabonga Uyinzwele zwele(Amen)
Ngiyabonga ngoba ungewele ukuphila (Amen)
Ngiyabonga Uyinzwele
I raise my hands unto you Lord (Helele helele ahelele)
Oh joy comes in the morning (Helele helele ahelele)
You alone Lord makes me smile
I raise my hands unto you Lord (Helele helele ahelele)
Oh joy comes in the morning (Helele helele ahelele)
You alone Lord makes me smile
Helele helele ahelele (Hem yee ahee)
Helele helele ahee
Helele helele ahelele (Hem yee ahee)
Helele helele ahee
Production Company
The Swank Group
Executive Producer & Director: Allison Swank Owen
Producer: Anco Henning
South Africa:
DP: Jonathan Kyriakou and Dimitri Savva
1st AC: Jason Haji-Joannou
Wardrobe Asst: Sophia Lee
Hair and Make Up: Aimee “Bobby Beats” Lokota
Pyrotechnician: Justin Meth
Pyro Asst: Peter Very
Production Asst: Leonard Lerotha
Medic: Mamahadi Sithole
Choir Manager: Bongani “Honey” Ncube
Drivers: Tinyinko Mhlongo and William Sekokotla
Behind the Scenes Photographer: DeLovie Kwagala
Stylist: Chloe Andrea Welgemoed
Mr Eazi's red look by South African designers Thebe Magugu and Lukhanyo Mdingi
Los Angeles:
Producer: Vivi Rojas
DP: Travys Owen
1st AC: Brian Hall
Trinity Operator: Nicholas Kalajdzic
Gaffer: Anthony Boyd
Asst Gaffer: Ryan Burk
Stylist: Marissa Baklayan
Hair and Make Up: Lorraine “Lola” Ramirez
Barber: Swins Jean-Charles
Production Asst: Marley Skye Paxton
Covid Officer: Nancy Alvarez
Mr Eazi archive courtesy of Kin Kwesy
Left Post Productions
Editor: Jade de Jager
VFX: Keno Naidoo and Ilhaam Mullagee
Colorist: Jarryd du Thoit
Sound Mix: Audio Militia
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