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Ella Mai

Everything

Release date: 12th October 2018

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About This Track

A duet built on attentiveness and reciprocal vulnerability, 'Everything' pairs Ella Mai with John Legend in a song about the kind of love that notices, remembers, and holds steady. Mai sings of a partner who reads her moods and sees past her deflections; Legend mirrors that openness, admitting to a trust he's never managed before. The track moves between confession and reassurance, each verse deepening the sense that this is a relationship where exposure feels safe. The chorus distils the exchange into its simplest form: noticing begets giving, and giving begets the possibility of having everything together. Mai's delivery stays measured and warm, letting the lyrical directness carry the weight. The production sits somewhere between contemporary R&B and pop ballad territory, giving the song room to breathe without overshadowing the plainspoken intimacy at its core.

"Everything" is a track by Ella Mai, from the album Ella Mai, released 12th October 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Ella Mai

Ella Mai

Lyrics

Everything

[Verse 1: Ella Mai]

I'd be lying if I say I never really cared how

I step out the bathroom

You notice my perfume and tell me I'm perfect

Oh, you're so deserving

Baby, you're worth it

I could tell I'm your focus

I'm all on your mind and I know it

Even when I'm off, boy, you on it

Sometimes you might talk but you show me

[Refrain: Ella Mai]

Love the way you pay attention

[Chorus: Ella Mai]

You notice everything

So I give my everything

My pain and my struggle, my friend and my lover

I put that on everything

Feels like a forever thing

Yeah, you take my everything

So we can have everything

Yeah, we gon' have everything

[Verse 2: John Legend]

Yeah, never been good at trusting

But there's somethin' 'bout you I'm in love with

I say that I'm fine but you know that I'm lyin'

You read between all the lines

[Refrain: John Legend]

Love the way you pay attention

[Chorus: Ella Mai & John Legend]

You notice everything

So I give my everything

My pain and my struggle, my friend and my lover

I put that on everything

Feels like a forever thing

Yeah, you take my everything

So we can have everything

Yeah, we gon' have everything

[Bridge: Ella Mai & John Legend]

Oh, anything I give, you take it

All I know is you've been so patient, oh, yeah

My young heart, boy, you'll never break it

And I owe it all to you, hey

[Refrain: Ella Mai]

Love the way you pay attention

[Chorus: Ella Mai & John Legend]

You notice everything

So I give my everything

My pain and my struggle, my friend and my lover

I put that on everything (Oh, I, yeah, yeah)

Feels like a forever thing

Yeah, you take my everything

So we can have everything

Yeah, we gon' have everything

We gon' have everything, yeah

[Post-Chorus: Ella Mai & John Legend]

Oh, yeah, yeah

We gon' have everything

We gon' have everything

Oh, I, I

Oh, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

We gon' have everything

[Outro: Ella Mai]

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Track details

From Ella Mai

2018
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Album
Ella Mai
Ella Mai
Ella Mai
Release year
2018
  1. —Boo'd Up
  2. —Naked
  3. —Easy
  4. —Shot Clock
  5. —Own It
  6. —Cheap Shot
  7. —Run My Mouth
  8. —Dangerous
  9. —Everything
  10. —Close
  11. —Sauce
  12. —Emotion
  13. —Good Bad
  14. —Whatchamacallit (feat. Chris Brown)
    2:59
  15. —Whatchamacallit
  16. —Naked - Bonus Track
    3:17
  17. —Shot Clock
    3:22
  18. —Boo'd Up
    3:59
  19. —Gut Feeling
  20. —Everything (feat. John Legend)
    3:02

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Dayyon Alexander, Ella Mai, Jeff Shum, Mustard, Q Gulledge, Uncle Chucc
Producer
Mustard, Q Gulledge, Rush Hr.
Co-Producer
Mustard
Guitar
Marlon Williams (Guitarist)
Additional Production
Q Gulledge
Mastering Engineer
Chris Athens
Mixing Engineer
Jaycen Joshua
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