Genius

## GeniusSingle by LSD

* Single
* Remix
* Album

Single artwork

Remix artwork

Album artwork

"*You know your ladder from your snake*"
—Peter Gabriel
"**Genius**" is the lead single from supergroup LSD's debut studio album, *Labrinth • Sia • Diplo Present... LSD*. It was released on 3 May 2018, along with a "psychedelic" animated music video directed by Ben Jones with art by Gabriel Alcala. The song impacted the US alternative radios on 19 June 2018..

It is also featured as part of the *FIFA 19* video game's soundtrack.

## Music video

The music video, directed by Ben Jones and illustrated by Gabriel Alcala, is a surreal animated cartoon, influenced by American Pop Artists Peter Max and Heinz Edelmann, who designed for The Beatles' animated musical film *Yellow Submarine*. Characters are 2D boldly-coloured caricatures of LSD members and animals. Historical geniuses such as Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci are also referenced, depicted in the same animation style. The scenes follow a psychedelic, non-chronological storyline lightly tied to the lyrics, and symbolic animals such as three-eyed tigers and human-like mice are present throughout the video.

The Lil Wayne Remix of the song (featuring rapper Lil Wayne) would also receive an animated video in the same style.

## Lyrics

* Standard
* ft. Lil Wayne

[Intro: Sia]

Labrinth

[Verse 1: Labrinth]

Do you think I'm stupid?

Do you think I'm bat shit crazy, having you on my mind?

Do you think I'm helpless?

My algebra gon' equal you every time

Do you think I'm calling?

Do you think I'm calling out your name every night?

Girl, I have fallen for you

What, what you say?

[Pre-Chorus: Sia & Labrinth]

Oh, my God

Baby, baby, don't you see-e-e

I got everything you ne-e-ed

O-only a genius could love a woman like she

Oh, my God

Baby, baby, don't you see-e-e

I got everything you ne-e-ed

O-o-only a genius could love a woman like she

[Chorus: Labrinth & Sia]

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

He's a genius

Cause I love a woman like you

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

He's a genius

'Cause I love a woman like you

[Bridge: Diplo]

Sia

[Verse 2: Sia]

Oh!

You’ll be my Einstein, my Newton, my Galileo, and my Hawking

Boy, put that pep in my step

Put your arm on my neck while I'm walking

Please understand, yeah I have fallen for you, you

What, what you say?

[Pre-Chorus: Labrinth & Sia]

Oh, my God

Baby, baby don't you see-e-e

I got everything you ne-e-ed

O-only a genius could love a woman like me

Sayin' oh, my God

Baby, baby don't you see-e-e

I got everything you ne-e-ed

O-o-only a genius could love a woman like me

[Chorus: Labrinth & Sia]

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

He's a genius

'Cause I love a woman like you

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

He's a genius

Cause I love a woman like you

[Bridge: Sia & Labrinth]

Oh, my God

Dot the I’s and cross the T-e-e-'es

I got everything you ne-e-ed

Well, only a genius could love a woman like me

Oh, my God

You’re the lock and I’m the key-e-e

I got everything you ne-e-ed

Well, only a genius could love a woman like me

[Outro: Labrinth & Sia]

Oh, oh, oh

'Cause I love a woman like you (oh, oh, oh)

He-he-he's a genius (oh)

Cause I love a woman like you

[Intro: Sia]

Wayne

[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]

Uh, I'm a genius, under pressure, no question, I'm really special

Upper echelon when I bless you, molest you with intellectual

It's a pleasure, it gets sexual, women lemon complexion

Quick connections, then ejections, my love is so ambidextrous

I'm a genius and perfectionist, specialist in the excesses

With excellence for evidence, necklaces for irrelevance

In the room, I'm the elephant, spellin' it for the hell of it

A-B-C-D-R-U-G-H-I-J-K-L-S-D

[Pre-Chorus: Sia, Labrinth & Lil Wayne]

Oh my God

Baby, baby, don't you see? (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I got everything you need (Mula)

(O-only a genius could love a woman like she)

Oh my God

Baby, baby, don't you see? (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I got everything you need (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(O-o-only a genius could love a woman like she)

[Chorus: Labrinth, Sia & Lil Wayne]

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius (Genius, baby)

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

He's a genius

'Cause I love a woman like you

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A-B-C-D-R-U-G-H-I-J-K-L-S-D, ha

[Interlude: Diplo]

(Da-na-na)

(Da-da-da-da-da-mm-da, da-na-na)

(Da-na)

Sia

[Verse 2: Sia]

(Oh!)

You'll be my Einstein, my Newton, my Galileo, and my Hawkings

Boy, put that pep in my step

Put your arm on my neck while I am walkin'

Please understand, yeah, I have fallen for you, you

(What, what you say?)

[Pre-Chorus: Labrinth, Sia & Lil Wayne]

Oh my God

Baby, baby, don't you see?

I got everything you need

(O-only a genius could love a woman like me)

Sayin', oh my God (My God)

Baby, baby, don't you see? (Yeah)

I got everything you need (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(O-o-only a genius could love a woman like me)

[Chorus: Labrinth, Sia & Lil Wayne]

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius (Genius, baby)

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

He's a genius

'Cause I love a woman like you

I'm a ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

A ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-ge-genius

A-B-C-D-R-U-G-H-I-J-K-L-S-D, ha

## References

1. ↑ *Variety* - Sia, Diplo and Labrinth Team Up for New Song 'Genius' (Listen)
2. ↑ Alternative Future Releases
3. ↑ FIFA 19 Soundtrack List
4. ↑ Diplo, Sia Announce New Group With Upbeat New Song, 'Genius'