A rough version of only the instrumental Kanye singing was all that the public had for almost 10 years, [3] but a more developed version of the song featuring Bon Iver, John Legend, The World Famous Tony Williams, and Elly Jackson of La Roux leaked on October 2, The song, believing to sample Japanese artist Yukiko Okada whom had ended her own life on April 8, , as well as the fact that Kanye himself had been in Japan for some time and the melancholy writing of the song and several lyrics found in " POWER " led fans to speculate that this song was intended to be a suicide note and voiced Ye's desire to end his own life in the wake of such a controversial point in his career.
The song was written some time in February of , originating as a mumble freestyle. The first known version loops two slightly different variations of the song, both consisting of a musical glissando, while second loop contains an extra glissando at the start.
The 'second' version has the file date of February 28th, , leaked on October 2, , and has additional production as well as the features mentioned above.
There also exist more versions of the song that have not publicly leaked. Charlie Wilson is also said to have recorded for the song and several references for it also exist. The last known period the song was worked on during these sessions was February 28th, although its not unlikely the song wasn't continuously worked on past this point. A version combining the production from the second version and the autotune from the first version is rumored to exist. It is extremely unlikely that the track would have made it onto the album, so it is unknown why the track was being revisited.
Clap your, clap your hand, hands? And I wanna do something, I wanna do something then Can you clap your hand, hands? I'll put the summer on blast and And who the fuck is lasting? And be the last standing Caught up on the planning Get a better tan and I been feeling dandy And who can run the planet?
