"Don't Give Up" is an unreleased song by Kanye West that was created during the JESUS IS KING sessions.
Background[]
Nothing is known about the song's development. It was first previewed at a listening party in the George Washington University on October 12, 2019, though, according to Kanye, it was untitled at that point.[1] However, the Sunday Service Choir performed the song under the title "Don't Give Up". Despite its finished state, Ye scrapped the song from releasing on JESUS IS KING. A low-quality recording of the song has been leaked, along with the instrumental, which was leaked in 2023. Ye also interpolated some of the song's lyrics in early versions of "Lord I Need You".
Lyrics[]
[Verse: Kanye West]
Lord Christ, we need you now more than ever
You working for God or are you working for the Devil?
Southside, we gon' always stay ghetto
Fornicating, got my girlfriend preggo
Walter Peyton wrote the sweetest thing I know
Before her, I was doing things solo
Before it was true, I might bring back the Polo
Yeezy is the number one brand with no logo
I be at the church, all Dickies, like a cholo
Now let me get to these walls so I can pole vault
[Chorus: Choir]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Outro: Choir]
Down, walking around, yeah, yeah
And it isn't the place