Donda [V3]

Lancey Foux previewed a video of him working on the song with Kanye in the studio that was taken in July.

Track 3 from Pop Smoke's 2021 album Faith. Written by Bashar Jackson, Boogz, FNZ, Jahlil, Jahmal Gwin, Kanye Omari West, Ricardo Lamarre, Ross Portaro, Steven Victor and Terrence LeVarr Thornton.

Version with drill production from AyoAA. Played by AyoAA on stream November 23rd, 2025.

OG Filename: Daylight (fya man 7-16) _revised_ Version on the Donda Las Vegas tracklist. Stripped down and lacks most of the samples and other flourishes present on previous and later versions. Kanye's verse is mostly replaced with a loop of his opening line to remove mumble.

OG Filename: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - RUN IT UPMIKE DEAN MIX 4 MORE TOMS From an early Donda copy from July 13th, 2021. Is a slightly different arrangement of Teddy Walton's version. Very likely the final version.

Song that shares many of its elements with the Francis song "Take Me To The Light". Includes a Lil Dicky outro, alternate production and new Francis vocals. According to Francis, Kanye played the drums on this version of the song. Was posted by Francis on Twitter via Dropbox on June 10th, 2021. Officially released on July 16th, 2021. Is not longer available in the US.

OG Filename: Kanye x ayoAA Jesus... Version with alternate production from AyoAA. Seen in a list of filenames during a stream on November 11th, 2025.

OG Filename: JAIL MIKE DEAN MIX 10 MIKE DEAN mix of a version of the song from an early Donda copy, with fill-in vocals from Kanye replacing most of Dem Jointz. Not every line was replaced because Kanye didn't fully re-record lines he missed for some reason.

Version of the song played at the second Donda listening party in Atlanta, nearly identical to the LP1 version, but STALONE's vocals are much more prominent in the mix. Likely the last version with Pusha T vocals.

OG Filename: 24 X JOINTZ 10.05.20 Choir Leads in Chorus pitch down -4 210711 Ricks edit Version 2 Similar to the one played at the Las Vegas listening party, but a little shorter and with an alternate mix. This version was adapted for Fya Man's version.

Released as a single on July 23rd, 2021. Also track 3 from Abstract Mindstate's 2021 album Dreams Still Inspire. Written by Abstract Mindstate. Produced by Kanye West.

OG Filename: ye x ayoaa im not ok Version with alternate production from AyoAA. Played by AyoAA on stream November 11th, 2025.

OG Filename: DM KANYE Jesus Lord 164 bpm Era unknown, however likely pre-Vegas. Contains a completely different beat that is mainly synth and is explicit. Some random bars are cut.

OG Filename: Life of the party MIX TEST.12_12 Seen on an August 25th, 2021 copy of Donda. Version with the semi-uncensored Drake diss, but with a better mix and also an autotuned outro that carried onto released. Has Monica Corgan's (3:48) and Drake's name (at 4:05) censored.

OG Filename: 24 X JOINTZ 10.05.20 Choir Leads in Chorus pitch down -4 210711 Ricks edit Version 3 Played at the private Donda listening party in Las Vegas. Features pitched down KayCyy vocals and the 2020 verse from Kanye. The "we gonna be ok" vocals are present at the end, but in "iPhone mic quality". Can be heard in the background of the drum stem on release "24".

Released as a single on July 23rd, 2021. Written by Nick Lee, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste, Jack Harlow, Kanye West & Montero Hill.

OG Filename: Praise God Ye x AyoAA Version with AyoAA production. Played by AyoAA on stream November 11th, 2025.

OG Filename: DM KANYE Jesus Lord V2 REF 164bpm Era unknown, however likely pre-Vegas. Contains a completely different beat that is more piano focused and is explicit. Some random bars are cut.

OG Filename: PURE SOULS MIKE DEAN MIX 100 Version from July 24th, 2021 that is similar to the one played at the first Atlanta LP, but features an outro speech from GLC. Found on a July 24th, 2021 copy for Donda.