Lyric discussion by Zenter 

Cover art for Leaving Babylon lyrics by 311

Babylon is a land of iniquity I get the feeling from this song. Especially when it comes to greed.

People are starving in the metaphor that is Babylon, but others are making ridiculous amounts of money.

In particular I think 311 is talking about Hollywood in this song. They have sang much about how excessive Hollywood materialism disgusts them (i.e. borders) and they are just like yeah we're leaving Babylon.