Kanye West — Keep My Spirit Alive Keedron Bryant Demo

[Intro: Keedron Bryant] Ooh, ooh Keep my spirit alive Keep my spirit alive, alive [Chorus: Keedron Bryant & Kanye West] More than enough You can take it all, but the Lord on my side The spirit won't die, I— Oh, oh, oh, my life (Yeah) Is in His hands, so I don't stress, I pray and strategize (Lord have mercy) [Verse 1: Westside Gunn] Yo Flushed the work just in time and they raided, thank God (Thank God) Screamin' through the GT roof like nigga, we done made it, thank God (Thank God) Hundred-round drum didn't jam when my shooter tried to spray it, thank God (Thank God) Couple thousand grams, got two thousand grands when we waited, thank God (Thank God) I was facin' fifteen and I beat it (And I beat it) Just spent about twenty up at Neimans (Up at Neimans) Did two hundrеd in a Demon (In a Demon, skrrt) I'm the illеst nigga and I mean it (And I mean it) My homie droppin' bodies for no reason (Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom) Now his kids see him on the weekends (Ah) Got the baking soda for the remix (Remix) Millionaires on, I can see it [Chorus: Keedron Bryant & Kanye West] I got more than enough I can face the world with the Lord on my side Spirit won't die, I— Oh, oh, oh, my life (Yeah) Is in His hands, so I don't stress, I pray and strategize (Lord have mercy) [Verse 2: Conway the Machine] Yeah, don't hate me, 'cause my heart is full of love No weapon formed against me 'cause I'm covered in the blood Layin' in the hospital when I got shot, fam Mama prayed for me, said she left it in God's hands, yeah So I'ma leave it in God's hands Everything I'm doin' now is God's plan Doctor said I wouldn't walk no more, now I stand Then I ran, here I am, Machine [Chorus: Keedron Bryant] Keep my spirit alive Keep my spirit alive, alive More than enough You can take it all, but the Lord on my side [Verse 3: Kanye West & Keedron Bryant] Well, between a mix of bad schools with the fast food (The spirit won't die, I—) Bad had tools and a bad mood If you don't turn to a lil' Gotti, they gon' drain all the strength in your lil' body (Oh, oh, oh, my life, yeah) They turned me into a lil' Gotti, uh, yeah (Is in His hands, so I don't stress, I pray and strategize, Lord have mercy) Not Wakanda but Wakanda is kinda like what we 'bout to make And who gon' make it? Kan', duh Who the squad? Donda Who the mom? Donda Who can see? Don, duh, get Don C M.I.B., I told L.V. like Farrakhan told me You can take the V, it still won't cure the disease (My life, yeah) Uh, still won't cure the disease, still won't cure—yeah [Chorus: Keedron Bryant] More than enough You can take it all, but the Lord on my side [Verse 4: Kanye West, Royce da 5'9", & Keedron Bryant] You're more concerned about raising your next round than raising your next child (The spirit won't die) Here’s the exodus on the one you exiled We won't panic in a pandemic, we can stand in it Believe in the word, know the spirit is transcendent People who stress you out, my vision clear without it (Spirit won't die) But it's y'all, I swear I’m sorry to hear about it I'm not sorry it happened I’m just sorry to hear about it (I mean) The best decision on your worst mistake (The spirit won't die) Every day’s a song, it only takes the hook to break, you know Headed back to Cody and the first thing's smokin' I'ma get a room, it's the first thing open, brr—yeah Step into the sanctuary (The spirit won't die) You gon' thank me so much, I had to start a thank-tuary Tell the assassins I escaped from Calabasas Where they wanna turn my wife to Jackie Jo Jackson Jackie Robinson, we had that (The spirit won't die) When the World Cup Series and that’s just us practicin', but— Who needs practice? I don't do rehearsals And I don't do commercials, 'cause they too commercial Give it all to God and let Jesus reimburse you (The spirit won't die) She said "You in the studio with who? I'ma hurt you" How I'm forty-two and you got a curfew? How nerves dictate how they gon' curve you? Quiet all the cordialness We walk in God's spiritual ordinance We know the Blacks, the orphans refused to be runaways Rebel, renegade, must stay paid (Lord on my side, The spirit won’t die) [Chorus: Keedron Bryant] More than enough I can face the world with the Lord on my side [Verse 5: Kanye West, Royce da 5'9", & Keedron Bryant] My puffer so puffy, you would've thought it was Sean John (The spirit won't die, I—) Over the vintage suit my dad wore to my Mom's prom Go home to the wifey to avoid the Rom-coms How you break the net and go to sleep in Mom Johns? Summer basketball camp down in Maryland Used to play it with the Terrapins (Lord, have mercy) Used to play it with the Taliban How the police officer will view a fellow African That DC crossover had me feelin' arrogant But I got scopophobia, don't stare at him My favorite intern worked somewhere else for more cheese But I can't cry over spilled milk employees (The spirit won’t die) Satan has Helen Keller’d the people Until we all agree he a liar, we ain't equal Brought souls to HOV, now bring the souls to JAY-Hovah (The spirit won’t die) Raised in the cold, Thank God I'm bipolar I wouldn't do a Doc on Mike, I'm not Oprah Drenched in the blood, I'm not what ya' call sober I followed in the word and did what the Lord told us (The spirit won’t die) Now I’ve got the culture back on my shoulders (Lord, have mercy) [Chorus: Keedron Bryant & Kanye West] I can face the world with the Lord on my side The spirit won't die, I— Oh, oh, oh, my life (Yeah) Is in His hands, so I don't stress, I pray and strategize (Lord, have mercy)