You're the only power (Power)
You're the only power that can
You're the only power (Power)
You're the only power that can
Oh, oh, oh, Father
(If Young Metro don't trust you, I'm gon' shoot you)
[Pre-Chorus: Kid Cudi & Pastor T.L. Barrett / Choir]
Beautiful mornin', you're the sun in my mornin', babe (Who can I turn to?)
Nothin' unwanted (After all, who can I turn to?)
Beautiful mornin', you're the sun in my mornin', babe (If I don't turn to You)
Nothin' unwanted (No other help I know, I stretch my hands)
[Chorus: Kanye West & Pastor T.L. Barrett / Choir]
I just wanna feel liberated, I-I, na-na-na (Who can I turn to?)
I just wanna feel liberated, I-I, na-na-na (After all, who can I turn to?)
If I ever instigated, I am sorry (If I don't turn to You)
Tell me who in here could relate, I-I-I (No other help I know, I stretch my hands)
[Verse: Kanye West with Kelly Price]
Now, if I fuck this model
And she just bleached her asshole
And I get bleach on my T-shirt
I'ma feel like an asshole
I was high when I met her
We was down in Tribeca
She'll get under your skin if you let her
She'll get under your skin if you— (Uh)
I don't even wanna talk about it
I don't even wanna talk about it
I don't even wanna say nothin'
Everybody gon' say somethin'
I'd be worried if they said nothin'
Remind me where I know you from
She lookin' like she owe you somethin'
You know just what we want
I wanna wake up with you in my—
Beautiful mornin', you're the sun in my mornin', babe (Who can I turn to?)
Beautiful mornin'
Nothin' unwanted (After all, who can I turn to?)
Beautiful mornin', you're the sun in my mornin', babe (If I don't turn to You)
Nothin' unwanted (No other help I know)
[Chorus: Kanye West & Pastor T.L. Barrett / Choir]
I just wanna feel liberated, I-I, na-na-na (Who can I turn to?)
I just wanna feel liberated, I-I, na-na-na (After all, who can I turn to?)
If I ever instigated, I am sorry (If I don't turn to You)
Tell me who in here could relate, I-I-I (No other help I know, I stretch my hands)
About
In “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1,” Kanye reflects on an argument he had with a girl he loves. By the end of the verse, he realizes nothing else matters but waking up next to her every morning.
Stretching one’s hands out is a common image of prayer and supplication. As in the opening sample, Kanye is expressing a desire to submit to God’s will despite his own pride.
This song is one of the songs that popularized Metro’s tag.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
In an interview with Complex, Chance was asked if he wrote the “bleached asshole” line. After replying that he hadn’t written the line, Chance said the following:
‘Ye is a comedian in a lot of ways. He writes stuff that is painfully funny and painfully true. And that’s why you respect comedy and that’s why you respect his work. His best lines are lines that are just funny, whether it’s, like, a word being mispronounced, or a weird take on something that a lot of people wouldn’t necessarily say out loud—not making light of [it], but in a clever way exposing something that’s socially wrong, you know?
- 2.Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1
- 3.Pt. 2
- 4.Famous
- 5.Feedback
- 6.Low Lights
- 7.Highlights
- 8.Freestyle 4
- 9.I Love Kanye
- 10.Waves
- 11.FML
- 12.Real Friends
- 13.Wolves
- 14.Frank’s Track
- 16.30 Hours
- 19.Fade
- 20.Saint Pablo