“In God's Country” is an unreleased song by Kanye West featuring Justin Bieber & Common.[1]
Background[]
Track 9 from the original Donda tracklist off Kanye West twitter. Final version of the track with a different production, likely to have it’s named changed to “God’s Country” by that point, as Kanye was adamant that he was not going to revisit the track under that title featuring Travis Scott, was made in December of 2020 and reused on a later version of the album.
Justin is seen recording the song in Kanye's documentary "Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy".
The song samples the chorus from “Something to Talk About” by JAMESDAVIS.
Leak history[]
- April 19, 2022 - A first snippet appears online.[2]
- October 2, 2022 - A voice chat recording leaks.[3]
- December 2, 2022 - The December version leaks.[4]
- December 3, 2022 - Stems leak.[5]
Audio[]
Lyrics[]
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
Remind me that don't define me
God will always follow your lead
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Verse 1: Common]
I travel far in this life to confront me
And spent the lifetime in search of God's country
A citizen, eyes haven't seen what I'm envisioning
Heaven on Earth, tell the world I'm visiting
Kingdom, nation, redeemed and patience
We seen decadence, unseen vibrations
That lead us, You free us to reach us, to see us
Mama always said that I had Your features
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
It's all day-day for Ye-Ye
We goin' up, goin' way-way
I whip PJ's on the PJ
Now our PJ got the DJ
Ever since Ye got with GAP
Calvin Klein couldn't see K
Took her all the time with her P-day
Man, it feel like my B-day
It's Birthday Party, baby
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me
God will always follow your lead
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Bridge: Justin Bieber & Todd Rundgren]
Give it to You, oh (You)
You are our God (Ooh)
You are holy, You are mighty
Stand in Your presence
Run in Your presence (You are our God, You are our God, You are our God)
Sit in Your glory
I bask in Your glory, Jesus
Yeah
[Verse 3: Common]
When I was young, I learned the power of the tongue
And how ever I speak it, it's how I will become
And young Solomone goin’ through the metropolitan
But still I would acknowledge Him
I left childish ways behind me
Don’t let these days and people define me
I lean not on my understanding when things got defiant
I could slay a giant with a slingshot
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
It has a different arrangement and mixing from the 7.27.20 version.
Leak history[]
- December 3, 2022 - Full song leaks.[6]
Lyrics[]
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Verse 1: Common]
I travel far in this life to confront me
And spent the lifetime in search of God's country
A citizen, eyes haven't seen what I'm envisioning
Heaven on Earth, tell the world I'm visiting
Kingdom, nation, redeemed and patience
We seen decadence, unseen vibrations
That lead us, You free us to reach us, to see us (You are our God)
Mama always said that I had Your features
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
It's all day-day for Ye-Ye
We goin' up, goin' way-way
I whip PJ's on the PJ
Now our PJ got the DJ
Ever since Ye got with GAP
Calvin Klein couldn't see K
Took her all the time with her P-day
Man, it feel like my B-day
It's Birthday Party, baby
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Verse 3: Common]
When I was young, I learned the power of the tongue
And how ever I speak it, it's how I will become
And young Solomone goin’ through the metropolitan
But still I would acknowledge Him
I left childish ways behind me
Don’t let these days and people define me
I lean not on my understanding when things got defiant
I could slay a giant with a slingshot
[Verse 4: Kanye West]
Wife is the real gold, wife is the real gold
Some other girls fake gold but they some real hoes
Any women tryna’ sleep with a married man
And he [?] in they hand
Everyone knows he’s workin’ to save the planet
And then you’re just workin’ on my nerves again
I ain’t got the son, got to murder men
[?] with the nerve of them, huh?
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
This version has no bridge.
Leak history[]
Lyrics[]
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Verse 1: Common]
I travel far in this life to confront me
And spent the lifetime in search of God's country
A citizen, eyes haven't seen what I'm envisioning
Heaven on Earth, tell the world I'm visiting
Kingdom, nation, redeemed and patience
We seen decadence, unseen vibrations
That lead us, You free us to reach us, to see us (You are our God)
Mama always said that I had Your features
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
It's all day-day for Ye-Ye
We goin' up, goin' way-way
I whip PJ's on the PJ
Now our PJ got the DJ
Ever since Ye got with GAP
Calvin Klein couldn't see K
Took her all the time with her P-day
Man, it feel like my B-day
It's Birthday Party, baby
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Verse 3: Common]
When I was young, I learned the power of the tongue
And how ever I speak it, it's how I will become
And young Solomone goin’ through the metropolitan
But still I would acknowledge Him
I left childish ways behind me
Don’t let these days and people define me
I lean not on my understanding when things got defiant
I could slay a giant with a slingshot
[Verse 4: Kanye West]
Wife is the real gold, wife is the real gold
Some other girls fake gold but they some real hoes
Any women tryna’ sleep with a married man
And he [?] in they hand
Everyone knows he’s workin’ to save the planet
And then you’re just workin’ on my nerves again
I ain’t got the son, got to murder men
[?] with the nerve of them, huh?
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & KayCyy]
Remind me that don't define me (Yeah, yeah, oh, oh)
God will always follow your lead (Oh, wherever you wanna go)
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
Contains a different kanye verse from the other July version that is 1:10 long
Leak history[]
- December 3, 2022 - Full song leaks.[10]
Lyrics[]
[Chorus: Justin Bieber]
Remind me that don't define me
God will always follow your lead
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Verse 1: Kanye]
Actions speak louder than words
And create to speak louder than nerds
So don’t get caught up in that nerd world
That’s that third world
Black, Asian or Caucasian [?]
Or the first born with the first warmth, first warmth
[?] you ain’t a cop, you've been held captive
You've been captivated and that's no cap, [?]
[?]
[?] too much activity, [?]
[?], back to the beat
[?]
See, I’ma show ‘em what Jesus showed us
Maye ‘em pay what they owed us
All the years that they hold us
[?]
But what they did to the Cold Crush
[?]
[?] the whole bus
Man fuck that sitting in the front
We taking over the whole bus
[?] can’t hold us, this is where they notice
[?]
I'ma pay ‘em back for all the years that they hold us
This is [?] to the Cold Crush
[Chorus: Justin Bieber]
Remind me that don't define me
God will always follow your lead
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Open Verse]
[Chorus: Justin Bieber]
Remind me that don't define me
God will always follow your lead
You never steer us wrong
‘Cause You are our God
[Bridge: Justin Bieber]
Give it to You, oh
You are our God
You are holy, You are mighty
You are worthy
Stand in Your presence, Jesus
Stand in Your presence
Run in Your presence
I sit in Your glory
I bask in Your glory, Jesus
Yeah
References[]
- ↑ "Kanye West - Early Info 08/14". THE SOURCE. August 14, 2020.
- ↑ "SNIPPET KANYE WEST Kanye West - City Of Lost Angels & In God's Country (feat. Common & Justin Bieber)". LEAKED. April 19, 2022.
- ↑ "LEAK KANYE WEST 43 Random Kanye West Songs". LEAKED. October 2, 2022.
- ↑ "LEAK KANYE WEST Kanye West - In God's Country (December 2020 Demo) (feat. Justin Bieber, Common, & Todd Rundgren)". LEAKED. December 2, 2022.
- ↑ "STEM KANYE WEST Kanye West - In God's Country (December 2020 Demo) (feat. Justin Bieber, Common, & Todd Rundgren)". LEAKED. December 3, 2022.
- ↑ "LEAK KANYE WEST Kanye West - In God's Country X2". LEAKED. December 3, 2022.
- ↑ "LEAK KANYE WEST 09/17/23 Leaks Megathread - 35+ Loose Songs + 51GB of 2019-2020 Content". LEAKED. September 17, 2023.
- ↑ "LEAK KANYE WEST Kanye West - In God's Country [July Version (ft. Justin Bieber and Common)"]. LEAKED. December 3, 2022.
- ↑ "STEM KANYE WEST Kanye West - In God's Country (7.27.20)". LEAKED. December 3, 2022.
- ↑ "LEAK KANYE WEST Kanye West - In God's Country X2". LEAKED. December 3, 2022.
