"Lord Lift Me Up" (originally titled "LIFT ME UP"[1]) is the thirteenth track from Kanye West's demo studio album, Donda 2 (2022).[2] The song solely features vocals from Vory, who sings about staying strong and praying to God for guidance and reassurance.[2]
Production[]
The song samples Sam Dees' 1975 song, "Just Out of My Reach".[3]
Background[]
The first known version of the song dates back to January 28, 2022. The song had initially featured references from Fat Money and Albe Back as well as a scrapped spoken word Donda West intro.[4] Vory recorded for the song on February 22, 2022 which had initially been intended as a reference.[5] The song had officially released on February 24, 2022 and was released as the thirteenth track off of Donda 2.[1]
Kanye did record a finished vocal take for the song, though it's unclear why this version had not been finished and the Vory reference had released instead.[6]
Lyrics[]
[Chorus]
Lord, lift me up, lift me up
Lift me up, oh, lift me up
Lord, lift me up, I've had enough
I've had too much
Too much, I don't seem to do much
Too much, I don't seem to do nothin'
Lord, lift me up, oh, lift me up
Lift me up, oh, lift me up
Lord, lift me up, lift me up
Oh, lift me up, lift me, lift me up
[Verse]
I pray what you wanted to be
Just takin' whatever You wanted from me
It turns out I want it to me
I'll take You wherever You wanted to be
The burden is all on to me
You're givin' them just what they wanted to see
They wanna see the family feud
But I can't let the family lose
They strugglin', like back and forth, like me and you
[Chorus]
Oh, Lord, I call on You to
Lift me up, oh, lift me up, oh, lift me up
Oh, Lord, I call on You to
[Outro]
No strings attached, that's Bluetooth
That's you, too, sorry, sorry, true
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/02/18/kanye-west-says-donda-2-not-available-for-streaming-plans-industry-shakeup/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://genius.com/Kanye-west-lord-lift-me-up-lyrics
- ↑ https://www.whosampled.com/Kanye-West/Lord-Lift-Me-Up/
- ↑ https://plwcse.top/f/984d344fe4add311958cc8ac94e30054
- ↑ https://plwcse.top/f/2632345b6378c520ba19f0096e542475
- ↑ https://plwcse.top/f/adac0de3b3126e5b8c80081b5cab755f
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