Father Stretch My Hands

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"Father Stretch My Hands" is a two-part song by American rapper Kanye West. It was released as the second single from his seventh studio album The Life of Pablo (2016).

Rapper Kendrick Lamar was originally slated to appear on the first part, though his verse was removed in the final version.

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Composition

The album version of the song is split into two parts: "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1" featuring vocals by Kid Cudi and Kelly Price, and "Pt. 2" featuring vocals by Desiigner and Caroline Shaw. The song is built around a sample of the song of the same title, performed and written by T. L. Barrett, with "Pt. 2" featuring prominent interpolations of "Panda", performed by Desiigner. A 'rough cut' of the song was first released online in February 2016.

GQ wrote that the two-part track "begins as a gospel song about models, transitions halfway into a soul-baring confessional dance track, then drops in two entire verses of an entirely different song about drug-dealing and cars by an 18-year-old Brooklyn rapper, before resolving into a meditative piece for vocoder by a contemporary classical composer and ending with a snippet of the sampled gospel song that the whole thing started from, just to remind you how far we've traveled from there in the span of four minutes."

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Critical reception

Complex listed the two parts of the song as twenty-fourth and third best song of 2016 so far in their list published on June 16, 2016.

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In popular culture

Part 1 of "Father Stretch My Hands" spawned numerous memes due to producer Metro Boomin's tag and entrance on the song "If young Metro don't trust you I'm gonna shoot you", which usually involved a sudden event occurring, often involving someone getting shot.

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Samples

Pt. 1

• "Father I Stretch My Hands" by Pastor T. L. Barrett

Pt. 2

• "Father I Stretch My Hands" by Pastor T. L. Barrett
• "Panda" by Desiigner
• Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Sound Effects by Yoko Shimomura and Isao Abe

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Commercial performance

Pt. 1

Upon West releasing The Life of Pablo, the song debuted and peaked at number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 The track did the same upon its release in the UK, debuting at its peak of number 54 on the UK Singles Chart.

Pt. 2

Just like "Pt. 1", the song debuted at its peak on the US Billboard Hot 100 upon the release of West's album, charting at number 54. It did the same on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 70.

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Charts

Pt. 1

Pt. 2

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Certifications

Pt. 1

Pt. 2

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References

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External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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