"THIRSTY" is an unreleased song by the hip-hop supergroup ¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign) made during the sessions for their major rework of their second studio album, VULTURES 2 (2024). The song features additional vocals from the R&B singer Teezo Touchdown and Swedish rapper Yung Lean.[1]
Production[]
The beat and Teezo's vocals are both directly taken from his song "Third Coast". The song has a tempo of 110 BPM and a key of C# major.
Background[]
The song was initially created for post-rework VULTURES 2 and made an appearance on an early unordered VULTURES 2 track list.[2]
The song's initial freestyle, featuring both Yung Lean and actual verses from Teezo Touchdown intended for the song which was roughly 38 minutes was likely recorded around the time Kanye was at DisneyLand with Bianca as this is the only known time period in with Kanye and Yung Lean were working together.[3] The song at this point had also featured a beat switch into a beat produced by Whitearmor and The Legendary Traxster which had been removed from final takes.[4] It's unclear if Ty Dolla $ign had ever recorded for the song.
On April 29th, the song was cut down noticeably, removing the Yung Lean and Teezo verses and only including the finished Kanye vocals that were recorded from the freestyling session.[5] Some time past June Young Moose also recorded a reference for the song as this is the time period in which he and Kanye met up to work together.[6]
The final known version of the song featured an entirely reworked beat by Cruza as well as backing vocals from the lead singer of the band. It is likely however that there was an earlier Cruza draft of the song as the song was titled "CRUZAFIED V2" instead of "V1" like the other Cruza-tweaked songs.[7]
A snippet of the song leaked on October 31st, 2024. The song fully leaked on 19th of November 2024.
Lyrics[]
[Refrain: Teezo Touchdown]
Come on girl, I'm outside
Hurry up, it's freezing
Two minutes and I'm leaving
Can't have nobody see me out here
[Chorus: Teezo Touchdown]
Creeping, looking thirsty
Promise you won't hurt me
Why am I here in the first place?
To know that I'm in third place?
Creeping, looking thirsty
Promise you won't hurt me
Why am I here in the first place?
To know that I'm in third place?
[Verse 1: Kanye West & Teezo Touchdown]
I never seen nothing, won't control ya
That shit over (Creeping, looking thirsty)
I Ain't tryna play dumb girl, I (Know that I'm in third place)
How can I help you if you can't get that shit out your head?
I gotta know (Creeping, looking thirsty)
Creepin' up to you, I go there, oh-woah, woah, oh-woah, woah
[Chorus: Teezo Touchdown]
Creeping, looking thirsty
Promise you won't hurt me
Why am I here in the first place?
To know that I'm in third place?
Creeping, looking thirsty
Promise you won't hurt me
Why am I here in the first place?
To know that I'm in third place?
[Verse 2: Kanye West & Teezo Touchdown]
Why? All in my mind, spendin’ my dime
Put more shit on the line and you ain't pick sides (Creeping, looking thirsty)
Ain't nobody seen me, I heard shit about you and (Know that I'm in third place)
And I know what I know and I'm worried about what I don't
No time feel like a soul, she ain’t from where she from, don't go there (Creeping, looking thirsty)
Creepin’ what she want I ain't got to persuade her
Only head cheap, I like to thank, need ya
Had to tell her "You ain't my type, I'm phasin'"
[Refrain: Teezo Touchdown]
Come on girl, I'm outside
Hurry up, it's freezing
Two minutes and I'm leaving
Can't have nobody see me out here
[Chorus: Teezo Touchdown]
Creeping, looking thirsty
Promise you won't hurt me
Why am I here in the first place?
To know that I'm in third place?
[Outro: Teezo Touchdown]
Can you (You see, baby)
Treat me like I'm him tonight? (I can wear his clothes)
Treat me like I'm him tonight?
Treat me like I'm him tonight? (Lay in his bed, watch y'all's favorite movie)
Babe, can you (You) treat me like I'm him tonight?
(But I'll never be him)
Treat me like I'm him tonight?
(I know it, you know it)
Trivia[]
- At 37:36 minutes long, the initial freestyle for "THIRSTY" is the longest Kanye song to be known to ever exist, excluding the 1-hour rendition of "Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1".
References[]
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/e64837f6b45c4c074fa91a244a687af1
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-and-ty-dolla-sign-thirsty-lyrics
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/sadboys/comments/1c5zp7a/yung_lean_took_ye_to_disney_land_today/
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/c9169f659ae2c28efe9643d3b64e6d2e
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/d0022aa561b17a2e50813f1996e2883b
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/ec20b21b2263542cb7ab153cef005129
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/4b8fbc0d9f58be35df8d2904676adc2a