The first version of the beat consisted of a sample of a Japanese song with a Spinz 808 pattern.

At the first listening event in Atlanta, the sample was swapped out for a choir sample, and by the time of the second listening party, the drums and 808s Zen-tachi and 30 Roc added were taken out completely. Though most of the track was completely different from its original version, 30 Roc and Zen-tachi still received production credits for creating the original track that inspired the song. Japanese music producers Machiko Ryu and Kazuhiko Katō also received writing credits for writing the original song that was sampled. Ka圜yy, who has writing credits on the track, talked about how the track came together in an interview with HipHopDX:Įven the grittiest side, it's still gospel. It's like 'Let's try to make gospel cooler, how can other people who may not listen to gospel music listen to it and still get the message?' That's what we were trying to crack with all of the hip hop sounding joints on there. The song appeared on numerous track listing iterations for Donda revealed by West on July 18, 2020.

The song was first played by West at the first listening event for Donda on July 22, 2021. In the following listening event on August 6, the track received some changes such as more organs being added and the percussion being altered. The first version previewed on had Travis Scott doing the first verses and the hook. On the second version, West cut some of Scott's lines out to fill himself in and substituted the entire hook with himself singing it.

Forever grateful for the experience of a lifetime'.Ībout collaborating with West, Keem wrote on Twitter: 'Ye, an Idol, an Icon.

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