"Forever Mitus", also known as "Forever", is an unreleased song by Kanye West, produced by Keyon Christ. The leak is associated with the SWISH era and erroneously associated with "Can U Be".
Production[]
The production of "Forever" is credited to Keyon Christ, also known as Mitus, whose unreleased works with Kanye West continue to be of interest within the community. Keyon Christ later released a version[1] with Jaylien in 2018, and would then proceed to sell the instrumental as an NFT[2] for 8 Etherum in 2021, approximating to $32,000 USD.
Background[]
"Forever" was recorded two months after Glastonbury 2015. which would date West's freestyle to the song back around to August 2015.[3] The song itself dates back even earlier however as Keyon Christ had initially bounced the beat for Rihanna back when West was helping her executively produce her album ANTI (2016).[4] JAYLIEN recorded a reference for the song though Rihanna never used it, leading to West taking it for his own.[5]
The track was initially mistaken as an outro to another sought-after Kanye West track titled "Can U Be," a misunderstanding dating back to January 2016, when snippets from a private listening party leaked. The snippet, believed to be an outro to "Can U Be,"[6] later turned out to be a part of "Forever Mitus," an entirely different song. This revelation was realized much later, correcting the misconception within the Kanye West fan community. Additionally the lyrics in the snippet were commonly misheard as "...all of these WAVES..." instead of "...all the wrong things lately..."
The song was said by Keyon to have been brought back into consideration for TurboGrafx 16 after the release of The Life Of Pablo, though it is unclear if the song actually was revisited. The song was given to Christina Aguilera earlier the following year along with "Accelerate", though she evidently never recorded for the song and only her reference artist Ilsey Juber had.[7]
"CAN U BE" Rumor[]
A particular snippet that was leaked in January 2016 was initially thought to be an outro for "Can U Be," creating a surge of excitement. This misattribution led to significant fan discussions and hype around "Can U Be," with many believing it to have an extraordinary outro. However, it was later clarified that the snippet was from a separate track, "Forever Mitus." Despite this revelation, the excitement around "Can U Be / Forever Mitus" continued and fans continued to incorporate the song as an outro in fan edits and recreations of the song.
To follow the song's excitement, the song's producer Keyon Christ would officially release the song featuring JAYLIEN with a slightly different beat in 2018.[2] The song's official beat would later be sold as an NFT on December 1st of 2021 for 8 Etherum, which approximated to around $32,000 USD.[2] The full leak of "Forever" finally occurred on January 29, 2023. One of the versions of the song that leaked was the same version played at the private listening party, confirming the song was unrelated to "Can U Be".
Lil B Remix[]
In 2021, well known leaker "Waterfalls" would send the instrumental to rapper Lil B for the rapper to record on. Lil B recorded a finished take for the song and had sent the song back to Waterfalls who has teased the version of the song Lil B had recorded for.[8] On June 17, 2025, this version of the song leaked in its full length.[9]
Lyrics[]
[Intro: Jaylien]
Yeah, woah
I've been thinking about you everyday, that's a whole lot
Thinking about all the money I spent a whole lot
Think I wanna fuck all these bitches man I hope not
See I'm in love, what you know about
Flying state to state like every week, that's a whole lot
People call my phone, I will never answer hell nah
I'm forever spending all this money never hold out
Ask me what I got up in my bank, bitch a whole lot
[Verse: Jaylien]
I'm not supposed to be here
Look mama we made it
I'm not supposed to bе here
Look mama we madе it
We made it
Everything is paid for
Now we getting everything we came for
Swear to god we made it
We made it
That's a whole lot
Look up in my bank that's a whole lot
References[]
- ↑ keyon christ - "forever" https://soundcloud.com/keyonchrist/forever-02-beta
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://dailycoin.com/kanye-wests-unreleased-track-sold-as-an-nft/
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/b21461fedcda4a62d4b06cc68e227f3c
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/6e274ffe928e7cae3de4e3f4bd413299
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/e07f52d5fbfa233d6bd61fb941a94729
- ↑ "How Can U Be accidentally became the biggest Kanye grail ever" - https://www.reddit.com/r/WestSubEver/comments/ktd1y7/how_can_u_be_accidentally_became_the_biggest/
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/2d4033988297931074414df0806e0d40
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/80d599eea20483ee0037fa34786e86ab
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmstD3G-yZA