Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1

E83316
single song

"Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop song by Kanye West known for its striking opening line, soulful production, and prominent use of a Pastor T.L. Barrett sample.

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Father I Stretch My Hands 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Life of Pablo ⓘ
artist Kanye West ⓘ
associatedWithMeme I just want to feel liberated ⓘ
If young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gon’ shoot you ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
features Kid Cudi ⓘ
followedBy Pt. 2 ⓘ
follows Ultralight Beam ⓘ
genre gospel rap ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
trap ⓘ
hasIntroTag If young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gon’ shoot you ⓘ
hasNotableLyric Beautiful morning, you're the sun in my morning, babe ⓘ
Now if I fuck this model ⓘ
hasPart Kid Cudi vocal hook ⓘ
hasSample Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Father I Stretch My Hands
influencedBy gospel music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:15 ⓘ
mixesElementsOf gospel choir ⓘ
soul ⓘ
trap drums ⓘ
notableFor prominent use of Pastor T.L. Barrett sample ⓘ
soulful production ⓘ
striking opening line ⓘ
partOf The Life of Pablo ⓘ
performer Kanye West ⓘ
producer Kanye West ⓘ
Metro Boomin ⓘ
Mike Dean ⓘ
Plain Pat ⓘ
recordedFor Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
GOOD Music ⓘ
releaseDate 2016-02-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 2016 ⓘ
sampleArtist Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir ⓘ
subgenre psychedelic trap ⓘ
trackNumber 2 ⓘ
vocalPerformanceBy Kid Cudi ⓘ
writer Kanye West ⓘ
Kid Cudi ⓘ
Metro Boomin ⓘ
Mike Dean ⓘ
Plain Pat ⓘ
T.L. Barrett ⓘ

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CyHi the Prynce → contributedTo → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 → follows → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 → hasSample → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Father I Stretch My Hands
The Life of Pablo → mainSingles → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 → precededBy → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ⓘ
The Life of Pablo → track → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ⓘ