Keep My Spirit Alive
"Keep My Spirit Alive" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his tenth studio album, Donda (2021). The song features vocals from fellow American rappers Conway the Machine and Westside Gunn and originally featured additional vocals from KayCyy.
"Keep My Spirit Alive"
August 29, 2021
2020–2021
- Bighorn Mountain Ranch (Cody, Wyoming)
- Mercedes Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
3:41
- Kanye West
- Isaac De Boni
- Jahmal Gwin
- Dwayne Abernathy
- Lawrence Parker
- Mark Mbogo
- Mark Williams
- Michael Mulé
- Raul Cubina
- Darius Woodley
- Rico Nichols
- Kanye West
- BoogzDaBeast
- FnZ
- Ojivolta
- Dem Jointz
- Darius Woodley
- Rico Nichols
Release and promotion[edit]
The song was officially first previewed during a private listening party for Donda in Las Vegas on July 19, 2021.[8] The song was absent from the album's first public listening party on July 22, 2021, which took place at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The subsequent second listening party at the same stadium on August 5, 2021, featured the song. An alternate version of the song played at the third and final public listening party in Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois on August 26, 2021; this alternate version featured West singing the chorus instead of the album version's KayCyy chorus. The song that originally released on August 29 had KayCyy singing the chorus.
On September 28, 2021, a new version of "Keep My Spirit Alive" was uploaded onto streaming platforms that replaced the original version where West performed the chorus instead of KayCyy.[9] The version with KayCyy on the chorus was later included in the deluxe track listing for Donda, released November 14, 2021, and was renamed "Keep My Spirit Alive pt 2" to differentiate it from the version with West on the chorus.