"MDNA" - Lyrics and Review

"I Don't Give A..." feat. Nicki Minaj
Wake up,

This is your life,

Children on your own,

Gotta plan on the phone,

Meet the press,

Buy a dress,

Do all this to impress...

Do ten things at once

And if you don't like it

I don't give a...

I tried to be the perfect wife...

I diminished myself...

It swallowed me...

If I was a failure

Then I don't give a...

Tour-de-force moment on the album. recounting a typical day, becomes intensely honest, telling-off of her critics. The track builds up to a genius, choral, almost Tom Burton-esque conclusion.

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"Gang Bang"
Shot you dead,
Shot my lover in the head...
I'm going straight to hell...
I've got a lot of friends there
Drive bitch, die bitch

Very theatrical vocals about taking revenge on a lover who ruined her life. She apparently yells on the record "Drive bitch, Die bitch!" Kind of Stupid, kind of amazing, kind of funny and kind of fucked up! Full of one essential thing that her contenders lack: DRAMA!

As the song progressives, so does Madonna. Her voice gets much more aggressive, and it's clear she is out to take revenge on her past lover. "I'm going straight to hell, and I've got a lot of friends there," Madonna says. "If I see that bitch in hell, I'm gonna shoot him in the head again, 'cause I wanna see him die. Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over."

The end is terrific, and it may cause controversies, especially because it is a woman to express this way. Someway, it may be compared to the video of What It Feels Like For A Girl . "I said drive bitch. And while you're at it, die bitch. Now if you're gonna act like a bitch, then you're gonna die like a bitch."

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"Turn Up The Radio" 
Strongest most immediate section on MDNA. Begins like a delicate ballad, pleading the audience to stop for a moment and get away from the world through music. May sound trite, but there's urgency in it's simplicity. Transforms into the albums most pounding moment, reaching a climax that threatens to blow the speakers. Some might find it unusually generic, but she makes it her own. Sure to please fans, fill dancefloors, shake clubs and find a slot on the next series of Glee
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"Superstar"
One of the later highlights on the album. The sweetest song she has released since "Cherish". Twirls along, an open-top summer anthem. Serenading a new lover with a hypnotic chorus. It's simple and pretty and a perfect song to sing on her summer concerts! And should definately be a single!
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"Falling Free"
Deep melancholia! One of the saddest songs she has ever written.
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"Beautiful Killer"
80's sounding, string laden song as a tribute to french actor Alain Delon
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Most of MDNA is about having fun, but this is also a very dark album! If like a Prayer was her divorce record and Hard Candy suffered, one senses, from being put together as her relationship with Guy Ritchie was falling apart. Then MDNA is a fuck you - to her marriage, the life that came with it, and partly to herself for losing her identity in a partnership. She is out there to recpature who she is, and she has demons to slay!

Overall it might not have the serious pop intensity of Confessions, it's not as a drastically new or experimental as music critics might like, but it's fun, fucked up, dancey, and full of drama. It's what her fans have been waiting for: a wallop enough of an album to put her back up there, a checkmate against Lady Gaga, who despite her brilliance, doesn't quite give you songs that are as easy to disco dance to as some of these are. Is Madonna still "the Queen" as Nicki Minaj gabs at one point? On the strength of MDNA, it's hard to argue against.
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NEW Tracklisting:
1. "Girl Gone Wild"
2. "Gang Bang" 
3. "I'm Addicted"
4. "Turn Up the Radio"
5. "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.)
6. "Some Girls"
7. "Superstar"
8. "I Don't Give A" (featuring Nicki Minaj) 
9. "I'm a Sinner"
10. "Love Spent"
11. "Masterpiece"
12. "Falling Free"
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
13. "Beautiful Killer"
14. "I Fucked Up"
15. "B-Day Song" (featuring M.I.A.) 
16. "Best Friend" 
17. "Give Me All Your Luvin' (Party Rock Remix)" (featuring LMFAO and Nicki Minaj)
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"MDNA" will hit the stores on March 26.
Read the first review of MDNA in Attitude Magazine.