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BE 01 Be (Intro) 02 The Corner 03 GO! 04 Faithful 05 Testify 06 Love is... 07 Chi-City 08 The Food (Live) 09 Real People 10 They Say 11 It's Your World (Part 1 & 2) - BE (INTRO) Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Caesar Frazier Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 All Keyboards by James Poyser, Acoustic Ba** by Derrick Hodge Recorded and Mixed by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY and Encore Studio, Burbank, CA Assistant Recording Engineers: Taylor Dow and Francis Forde Contains samples from the composition "Sweet Children" written by Caesar Frazier and published by Bridgeport Music (BMI). Performed by Caesar Frazier courtesy of Westbound Records. Used by permission THE CORNER FEATURING THE LAST POETS Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Ha**an, Leon Moore Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 Background Vocals by Kanye West & The Last Poets, Recorded by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY, Assistant Recording Engineer: Taylor Dow Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA Assistant Mix Engineer: Jared Robbins Contains elements from the composition "You Make The Sun Shine" written by Leon Moore and published by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. Contains a sample of "You Make The Sun Shine" performed by The Temprees used courtesy of Stax Records / Concord Music Group, Inc GO! Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, John Mayer, Linda Lewis Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 Scratches by DJ A-Trak, Percussions by Num Amuntehu, Background Vocals by John Mayer and Kanye West, Recorded by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY and Encore Studio, Burbank, CA Assistant Recording Engineers: Taylor Dow, Ric McRae, Francis Forde, Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA, Assistant Mix Engineer: Jared Robbins Contains a sample from the composition "Old Smokey" by Linda Lewis and published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Contains a sample from "Old Smokey" by Linda Lewis under license from Warner Bros. Records, Inc. by arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing FAITHFUL Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Dewayne Julius Rogers Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 All Keyboards by James Poyser, Sample Recreation by Ken Lewis Background Vocals by John Legend and Bilal Recorded by Andrew Dawson at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY and Encore Studio, Burbank, CA Assistant Recording Engineers: Taylor Dow and Francis Forde Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA Assistant Mix Engineer: Jared Robbins Contains elements from the composition "Faithful To The End" (Dewayne Julius Rogers), Chappell & Co Inc (ASCAP) and Woogie Music (ASCAP). All rights administered by Chappell & Co. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Contains a sample from "Faithful To The End" by DJ Rogers used courtesy of RCA Music Group, a unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment TESTIFY Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Angelo Bond, General Johnson and Gregory Perry Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 Recorded by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY and Encore Studio, Burbank, CA Assistant Recording Engineers: Taylor Dow and Ric McRae Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA Assistant Mix Engineer: Jared Robbins Contains elements from the composition "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" written by Angelo Bond, General Johnson and Gregory Perry and published by Gold Forever Music Inc. (BMI) c/o Songs Of Universal (BMI). Performed by Honey Comb courtesy of The Holland Group. Used by permission LOVE IS... Written by Lonnie Lynn, DILLA, Anna Gaye, Marvin Gaye, James Nyx and Elgie Stover Produced by DILLA for Pay Jay Productions, LLC Background Vocals by Luna E of Cirius B All Instruments by James Poyser, Recorded by DILLA at Pay Jay Studio, Clinton TWP, MI and Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY Assistant Recording Engineer: Taylor Dow, Mixed by Bob Power at Chez Bob, New York, NY Assistant Mix Engineer: Frank Hendler

Contains elements from the composition "God Is Love" written by Anna Gaye, Marvin Gaye, James Nyx and Elgie Stover and published by EMI April Music (ASCAP). This track contains a sample of the recording "God Is Love" as performed by Marvin Gaye. Courtesy of Motown Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Used by permission. All rights reserved CHI CITY Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Eddie Cornelius Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 Scratches by DJ A-Trak and DJ Dummy, Background Vocals by Kanye West Recorded by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY, and Jared Zastrow at Encore Studio, Burbank, CA, Assistant Recording Engineers: Taylor Dow, Jason Agel and Steve Tolle, Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA Assistant Mix Engineer: Jared Robbins Contains interpolations from the composition "Since I Found My Baby" written by Eddie Cornelius and published by EMI Unart Catalog (BMI). Used by permission THE FOOD (LIVE) (Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Sam Cooke, Stanley McKenney, Eugene Record) Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 Intro by Dave Chappell Scratches by DJ Dummy Background Vocals by Kanye West Recorded by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY and Charles Hunt at The Dave Chappell Show, New York, NY Assistant Recording Engineer: Steve Tolle Mixed by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY and Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA Assistant Mix Engineers: Jared Robbins and Steve Tolle Constructed by Michael Chavez Contains elements of "I Never Had It So Good" (E. Record/S. McKenney), Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Performed by The Chi Lites courtesy of Brunswick Records. Contains interpolations from the composition "Nothing Can Change This Love" written by Sam Cooke courtesy of ABKCO (BMI). Used by permission REAL PEOPLE Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Ceasar J. Frazier Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 Recorded by Anthony Kilhoffer at Encore Studio, Burbank, CA and Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY, Assistant Recording Engineers: Ric McRae, Taylor Dow Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA Assistant Mix Engineer: Jared Robbins THEY SAY FEATURING KANYE WEST AND JOHN LEGEND Written by Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, John Legend, Thomas Bell and Linda Epstein Produced by Kanye West for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 Background vocals by Kanye West and John Legend Recorded by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY and Encore Studio, Burbank, CA Assistant Recording Engineers: Taylor Dow and Ric McRae Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studio, North Hollywood, CA Assistant Mix Engineer: Jared Robbins Contains elements from the composition "Ghetto Child" (Thomas Bell and Linda Epstein) published by Warner-Tamerlane Pub (BMI). This track contains a sample of the recording "Ghetto Child" as performed by Ahmad Jamal. Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Used by permission. All rights reserved IT'S YOUR WORLD (PART 1&2) FEATURING "THE KIDS" Written by Lonnie Lynn, DILLA, James Poyser, Karriem Riggins, Lonnie "Pops" Lynn, Robert Curington and Willie Lestor Poetry by Lonnie "Pops" Lynn Produced by DILLA For Pay Jay Productions, LLC Co-Produced by James Poyser for Axis Music Group Co-Produced by Karriem Riggins Additional Keyboards by Kanye West All Keyboards and Strings by James Poyser Percussions and Drums by Karriem Riggins Background Vocals by Bilal, Mr. Lonnie Lynn, and The Kids Children Vocals Recorded by Darren "ROCK" Darnell Recorded by DILLA at Pay Jay Studio Clinton TWP, MI and Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY Assistant Recording Engineer: Taylor Dow Mixed by Bob Power at Chez Bob, New York, NY Assistant Mix Engineer: Frank Hendler Contains elements from the composition "Share What You Got" written by Robert Curington and Willie Lestor and published by Ashley Brooks Music (BMI). Performed by The Modulation courtesy of Robinson Music Group. Used by permission - [in progress...]