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"PROMOTION" is a song by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) that was released as the sixth track from their second studio album, VULTURES 2, on August 3, 2024.[1] It features vocals from Future.

Background[]

"Promotion" had originally been a Future song that he made in 2020. In 2021 (potentially during the Pio Pico sessions), Ty recorded vocals for the song. The song was later given to Ty before Ty showed it to Ye during the Bad Bitch Play Book sessions. It appeared on several early Bad Bitch Play Book tracklists.

On December 8, 2023, Ty posted a picture of the tentative track list for VULTURES 1, listing "Promotion" as the eleventh track.[2] The song was first previewed by Ye at a restaurant in Miami on December 10, 2023.[3] A few days after this, the song had been briefly renamed to "Gorgeous" before being renamed back to its original name. On January 31, an updated track list for VULTURES 1 was revealed, moving the song up to the tenth track on the album.[4] The song did not release on VULTURES 1, but had been played for multiple VULTURES 2 listening parties.

The song had appeared on the first official VULTURES 2 tracklist. Despite this tracklist being scrapped as the album had taken a different creative direction. Since then, "Promotion" had been confirmed to still have been worked on since then.

Adin Ross played a version of the song on July 23, 2024. That same day, a reworked version of the song rewriting Ty's vocals leaked randomly as well. However, by the time the song released, Ty's new vocals were scrapped and replaced with his old vocals.

Lyrics[]

[Refrain]
She said she leavin' her boyfriend
She wanna meet me at a Ritz-Carlton
She lookin' pretty, she lookin' gorgeous
We makin' love, but we heartless

[Verse 1]
She want ass-shots (Shots)
Give her face-shots (Face)
Back of the Maybach ('Bach)
Your ho get slayed, yeah
Tryna get saved, yeah
Who am I to hate? Yeah (Yeah, yeah)
I just wanna get paid
Give my ho a brea-ay-ay-ay-ak

[Chorus]
I do gravity above the stars, goin' to Mars when I flow
Can't be trippin' off that money, baby, let a n*gga go
Gotta get used to this type of service, travelin' through the back door
I just put a bitch on, bought another n*gga ho

[Verse 2]
I just put your bitch on another bitch and hit 'em both
All a sudden, he a friend when I send that bitch a toast
When she want attention, she disguise it as a post
I forgot to mention, she was mine before she yours
She gon' need the coochie like she cake (Cake)
All we do is fuck, we don't go on dates
I know some young throat GOATS in L.A.​
She just wanna pop a pill and go to space (Ayy)

[Chorus]
I do gravity above the stars, goin' to Mars when I flow
Can't be trippin' off that money, baby, let a n*gga go
Gotta get used to this type of service, travelin' through the back door
I just put a bitch on, bought another n*gga ho

[Bridge]
When you bring your thot friends, you let everybody know
When you said you're not friends, you let everybody go
Baby girl, hop in, we goin' everywhere but broke
Like we always do at this—

[Verse 3]
She gon' eat the coochie for promotion
Knock that thing loosely, now she woke
I just kick the cookie out the do'
I'm in all Coogi, it ain't my fault
She gon' eat the coochie for promotion
Knock that thing loosely, now she woke
I just kick the cookie out the do'
I'm in all Coogi, it ain't my fault

[Refrain]
She said she leavin' her boyfriend
She wanna meet me at a Ritz-Carlton
She lookin' pretty, she lookin' gorgeous (Gorgeous)
We makin' love, but we heartless

[Outro]
Like we always do
Like, like we always
Like, like we always do at this time
Like we always do, uh
Like we always
Like we always do at this
Like we always
Like, like we always
Like we always do at this

[Refrain]
She said she leavin' her boyfriend
She wanna meet me at a Ritz-Carlton
She lookin' pretty, she lookin' gorgeous
We makin' love 'til the mornin'

[Verse 1]
I just cashed out
Almost crashed out
Back of the Maybach
Almost passed out
Tryna get saved, yeah
Who am I to hate? Yeah
I just wanna get paid
Give my ho a brea-ay-ay-ay-ak

[Chorus]
I go crazy above the stars, I'm goin' to mars when I flow
Get me trippin' off that money, baby, let a n*gga go
Gotta get used to this type of service, trappin' through the back door
I just pulled up insured and bought another n*gga ho

[Verse 2]
I just put your bitch on another bitch and hit 'em both
All a sudden he a friend when I send that bitch a toast
When she want attention, she disguise it as a post
I forgot to mention, she was mine before she yours

[Verse 3]
She don't do the coochie, she ain't broke
You see her go to Goyard for a tote
I know some real good girls in LA
They just want a thrill, go to outer space

[Chorus]
I go crazy above the stars, I'm goin' to mars when I flow
Get me trippin' off that money, baby, let a n*gga go
Gotta get used to this type of service, trappin' through the back door
I just pulled up insured and bought another n*gga ho

[Bridge]
When you bring your thot friends, you let everybody know
When you said you're not friends, you let everybody go
Baby girl, hop in, we goin' everywhere but broke
Like we always do at this—

[Verse 4]
She gon' eat the coochie for promotion
Knock that thing loosely, now she broke
I just eat the cookie out the do'
I'm in all Gucci, it ain't my fault

[Verse 5]
Baby, you can call me for promotion
Baby, you can call me when you want
Touchin' on me like a lotion
I'm in all Gucci, it ain't my fault

[Refrain]
She said she leavin' her boyfriend
She wanna meet me at a Ritz-Carlton
She lookin' pretty, she lookin' gorgeous
We makin' love but we heartless

[Outro]
Like we always do-
Like, like we always-
Like, like we always do it this time
Like we always do-, huh
Like we always-
Like we always do it this-
Like we always-
Like, like we always-
Like we always do it this-

Trivia[]

  • This song is Future's 200th song to reach the Billboard Hot 100.[5]
    • He currently has the 3rd-most Billboard Hot 100 entries out of all artists, only behind Drake and Taylor Swift.[6]

References[]

VULTURES 2
Singles
"SLIDE" • "BOMB" • "DEAD" • "FIELD TRIP" • "FOREVER ROLLING" • "LIFESTYLE" • "PROMOTION" • "RIVER" • "SKY CITY" • "SLIDE" • "CAN U BE" • "GUN TO MY HEAD"
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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