"City Of Lost Angels" is an unreleased song by Kanye West that dates back to the DONDA: WITH CHILD sessions in 2020. The song features vocals from Don Toliver and Todd Rundgren and has production done by the producer duo Ojivolta as well as Jason White, 88-Keys and Dem Jointz who had also recorded several punch-in reference lines for the song.[1]
Background[]
The first known versions of the song dates back to November 19 of 2020 when two initial freestyles for the song had been recorded, one spanning from 6 and a half minutes in length and the other at 9 with mostly mumble vocals.[2] The vocals from these freestyles were taken by Dem Jointz and chopped up over a different beat and turned into the song "What Has America Done 4 Me".[3]
Although part of the song had been repurposed, the song continued to be worked on into 2021 and underwent major production changes.[4] By the final version of the song, Todd Rundgren had recorded backing vocals for the final chorus of the song and Don Toliver's verse from another unreleased song titled "Livin' It Up" had been added on the intro.[1]
Although the song was scrapped, Kanye's verse for the song had ended up being repurposed for his verse on the final released version of the song "Hurricane".[5]
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Don Toliver]
If it seems whatever it seems
Know I'm livin' it up
Chrome rims in my dreams
You know what, I'm livin' it up
[?] Maybelline when I'm leanin' up
Them boys know I'm talkin' clean
How I'm livin' it up
Yeah, house up in the hills
You know what, I'm livin' it up
Top dollar bill, I gotta go live it up
And everybody know it's real
And everybody trust
But nobody's know it's real
But God will live in us
[?] on top of my dreams
You know what, I'm livin' it up
Everything's made of [?]
[?] plus
I had it all, had it bought
The best is not enough
Those dope baller dreams turned me to a, uh
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, a lot of people out for self
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, a lot of people are for sale
Pullin' like, mm-mm-mm-mm
A lot of people run and tell, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Time oughta tell, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Come across all the rails to, err, clientele
Let me take you 'round, 'round, 'round
This a new town, town, town
This the new ten, ten, ten
We're goin' in, in, in
No doubt, I can't cool it
Good job for a student
Nice car for a student
Nice shoes for a student
New bag goin' stupid
Show me how you do it
Show me how you, errr
[?] how you foolin', in the
[Chorus: Kanye West & Todd Rundgen]
City of los' angels, ah, ah, ah
City of los' angels, ah, ah, ah
City of lost angels
City of lost angels
[Verse 3: Kanye West]
Ion want to be so judgmental
Ion wanna be so judgmental
Everybody hurts, but I don't judge rentals
Everybody judge
Bitin' down with the next invention
Got the new Porsche with the Tesla engine, err
They can't play one bit
Checks comin' in fast
That's an A1 kick
That's an A1 split
Travel ban, cancel trips
[?] crime wave, take a pic
Let me show you what he did
Changing summers for the kid
Hunnid summers for the kid
Throw a line, we did
Throw a line, we did
[Chorus: Kanye West & Todd Rundgen]
City of los' angels, ah, ah, ah (City of lost angels)
(City of lost angels)
City of los' angels, ah, ah, ah (City of lost angels)
(City of lost angels)
City of los' angels (City of lost angels)
(City of lost angels)
City of los' angels (City of lost angels)
(City of lost angels)
City of los' angels (City of lost angels)
(City of lost angels)
City of los' angels (City of lost angels)
(City of lost angels)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://pillowcase.su/f/8d83db75c99f28ac1e0687ff5f7c133c
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/e9d69a9e3070e80eee8b53d25bd27669
- ↑ https://krakenfiles.com/view/4YOlomBHc7/file.html
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/64cb3cda9788f4a5075043876c4afc66
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-and-the-weeknd-hurricane-lyrics