Kanye West Names New Song 'I Am God'

With songs like “Sweet Baby Jesus,” “New God Flow” and “Jesus Walks,” Kanye West has never been scared to talk about God and make religious references in his music.

Most recently, the G.O.O.D. Music rapper made headlines for reportedly considering I Am God as the title for his new album. Although this rumor turned out to be false, a member of Yeezy’s camp did confirm that “I Am A God” (emphasis added) is the title of his forthcoming single.

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“We would never be so presumptuous or sacrilegious to call ourselves the supreme being,” a source told HuffPost, adding that the song’s concept is “centered around the idea that all people are manifestations of a higher power.”

One of Kanye’s longtime collaborators, Malik Yusef, also dropped an explanation of the song’s controversial title.

Despite this new “explanation,” fans are still having a field day in the Twitterverse about Kanye’s use of religion in rap and his self esteem that’s seemed to have reach new egotistical heights.

From declaring that you can’t spell G.O.O.D. Music without G-O-D to forming a new religion without sins, let’s take a trip down memory lane at Mr. West’s most controversial lyrics about religion.

(We haven’t heard the “I Am A God” track yet be we’re pretty sure it could be added to this list.)

1. “No Church in the Wild” feat. Jay-Z and Frank Ocean

“We formed a new religion
No sins as long as there’s permission
And deception is the only felony
So never f**k nobody without telling me”

2. “New God Flow”

“Did Moses not part the water with the cane?
Did strippers not make an ark when I made it rain?
Did Yeezy not get signed by Hov and Dame?
And ran to Jacob and made the new Jesus chains?
In Jesus’ name, let the choir say
“I’m on fire, ay,” that’s what Richard Pryor say”

3. “The One” feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Marsha Ambrosius

“I’m the one, baby
Yeah, I’m the one, baby
Since God gave his only begotten son, baby
It’s hard preachin’ the gospel to the slums lately
So I had to put the church on the drums, baby”

4. “Jesus Walks”

“I ain’t here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers
I’m just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that’s the way I need Jesus
So here go my single dog radio needs this
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?”

5. “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”

“I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven
When I awoke I spent that on a necklace
I told God I’d be back in a second
Man, it’s so hard not to act reckless”

6. “The Morning”

“I treat the label like money from my shows
G.O.O.D. would’ve been God except I added more o’s”

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