<P> "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). </P> <P> Rapper Kendrick Lamar was originally slated to appear on the first part, though his verse was removed in the final version . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> GQ wrote that the two - part track "begins as a gospel song about fucking 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 ." </P>

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