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"FOREVER" (formerly titled "MAYBE"[1]) is a song by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) that was released as the ninth track from their second studio album, VULTURES 2, on August 3, 2024.[2] It was later moved to the twelfth track on the album.[3]

Production[]

The song was formerly named after and sampled Kettenkarussell's 2018 song, "Maybe".[2]

Background[]

Although hardly worked on, the first known version of the song "MAYBE" was created on May 1st, 2024 during the early-VULTURES 2 sessions. The production on this variation of the song that had been done by Wes Singerman and Taydex had a drastically different sound and did not appear on any known track lists from around this era.[4]

The song was among the few that had been brought back with intent for the new VULTURES 2 rework with an entirely different beat and a new feature from Young Moose that was on the song for some time.[5] The song at this point in time had been titled "MAYBE WE CAN LAST FOREVER" and had appeared on a track listing for the album from either May or June 2024.

The song, despite mysteriously not being played alongside the rest of the album at the listening party, released as a part of VULTURES 2 on August 3rd, 2024 initially titled "MAYBE".[6]

The song went through several mixing changes past its release and was later renamed to "FOREVER".[7] The intro had also been cut, making the song 40 seconds shorter. At a VULTURES 2 listening party in Salt Lake City on August 10, a new, fully finished verse from Ye was previewed, although upon its addition to the song on August 15th it had been confirmed to be AI.[8] Infamous ghostwriter Quentin Miller confirmed that he recorded a reference track for "FOREVER". It is likely, though unconfirmed, that his reference track was filtered with AI Ye vocals and released on the song.

Lyrics[]

[Intro]
Maybe we don't last forever

[Verse 1: Ty Dolla $ign]
Do or die
You and I
Like a blank page (Maybe we—)
See inside
Most hot (Maybe we don't—)
Maybe (Maybe we don't last forever)
Like a hopeless romantic, oh-oh-oh
Hopelessly, yeah

[Chorus: Kanye West]
Just to cope
Just a possible word of hope, like
Maybe, possibly, if, time didn't exist

[Verse 2: Ty Dolla $ign]
That suit and tie shit
That marathon shit
That take-it-off shit
That cuttin' off bih'
I want you tonight
I need you tonight
Come see through my eyes
Girl, why would I lie?
I want love
I want love (I want love)

[Chorus: Kanye West]
Just to cope
Just a possible word of hope, like
Maybe, possibly, if, time didn't exist

[Verse 3: Kanye West]
Four billion years in this bitch, these lifetimes blips
We gon' shine in this shit, every time, timeless (Maybe we don't last forever)
Which is more than enough for forever
Worth more than big stones, rare metals
Checked in, room covered in rose pedals
Lights on, lights off, it's no difference
She still gon' deliver the box like drop shippin'
Last year, them n***as dropped, was not hittin'
I don't think you in a spot to talk shit in
Warn these n***as about me, caution 'em
Smoke these n***as like a box of carcinogens
The Hermès store, we swing through like pendulum
My bitch got the milk, we need cinnamon
Please don't ruin the scene, we all filmin' it
Throw that shit in a loop, I'm relivin' it
Throw that shit on me, I keep killin' it

[Outro]
(Maybe we don't last for—)
(Maybe we—)
(Maybe we—)

[Intro]
Maybe we don't last forever

[Verse 1: Ty Dolla $ign]
Do or die
You and I
Like a blank page (Maybe we—)
See inside
Most hot (Maybe we don't—)
Maybe (Maybe we don't last forever)
Like a hopeless romantic, oh-oh-oh
Hopelessly, yeah

[Interlude: Kanye West]
Just to cope
Just a possible word of hope, like
Maybe, possibly, if, done somethin', this

[Verse 2: Ty Dolla $ign]
That suit and tie shit
That marathon shit
That take-it-off shit
That cuttin' off bih'
I want you tonight
I need you tonight
Come see through my eyes
Girl, why would I lie?
I want love
I want love (I want love)

[Verse 3: Kanye West]
Broke the hump, go and let 'em
Buy, don't want rent 'em (I want love)
Buy them stilleto
I don't forget her (Maybe we don't last forever)
Get up
Get up

[Outro]
(Maybe we don't last for—)
(Maybe we—)
(Maybe we—)

Trivia[]

References[]

VULTURES 2
Singles
"SLIDE"
Promotional singles
"BOMB" • "DEAD" • "FIELD TRIP" • "FOREVER ROLLING" • "LIFESTYLE" • "PROMOTION" • "RIVER" • "SKY CITY"
Other tracks
"TIME MOVING SLOW" • "FRIED" • "ISABELLA" • "HUSBAND" • "FOREVER" • "530" • "MY SOUL"
Deluxe tracks
"TAKE OFF YOUR DRESS" • "BELIEVER" • "DRUNK" • "GUN TO MY HEAD" • "CAN U BE"
Chronology
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