I Am a God

"I Am a God"
Song by Kanye West
from the album Yeezus
Recorded	2013
Genre	Industrial hip hop house
Length	3:52
Label	Roc-A-Fella Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Kanye West Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Thomas Bangalter Ross Birchard Justin Vernon Malik Jones Mike Dean Che Smith Cydel Young Elon Rutberg Mike Dean Derrick Watkins Clifton Bailey Harvel Hart Anand Bakshi Rahul Burman
Producer(s)	Kanye West Hudson Mohawke Daft Punk Mike Dean Noah Goldstein Che Pope Travis Scott
Yeezus track listing
"Black Skinhead" (2) "I Am a God" (3) "New Slaves" (4)

"I Am a God" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West from his sixth solo studio album Yeezus. It was produced by West, Hudson Mohawke, Daft Punk and Mike Dean. "I Am a God" contains samples of "Forward Inna Dem Clothes", written by Clifton Bailey III and H. Hart, and performed by Capleton, features vocals from Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, and samples of Zindagi Hai Khel, written by Anand Bakshi and R. D. Burman, and performed by Burman, Manna Dey, and Asha Bhosle.

Originally it was rumored Kanye West's sixth studio album was to be titled I Am God, which caused controversy. Then it was revealed that there was a song titled "I Am a God". West's camp said the title was a reference to Psalm 82: "I said, 'You are gods, / And all of you are children of the Most High."Kanye West debuted the song at the 2013 New York Governors Ball. On June 12, 2013, six days before the album Yeezus was released, a video was uploaded on West's website of him recording vocals for "I Am a God" with producer Rick Rubin and Mike Dean. The song was also featured in the Assassin's Creed film teaser trailer.

Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 65 on their list of the 100 best songs of 2013.NME positioned it at number 18 on their list of the 50 best songs of 2013.

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