“Hurricane,” also referred to by the fan-made title “80 Degrees,” is a confirmed track on Kanye West’s tenth studio album, DONDA.
The song was first previewed by Kanye West in an Instagram post on September 14, 2018. It was later previewed on September 27, 2018 in a tweet featuring a caption that would tease the original release date of his scrapped album, Yandhi:
YANDHI 9 29 18
YANDHI IS RELEASING THIS SATURDAY
“Hurricane” would later appear on track listings for DONDA in July 2020. On July 22, 2020, Kanye posted the following (now deleted) tweet to his Twitter account:
They tried to fly in with 2 doctors to 51/50 me
I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf for “prison reform”
I got 200 more to go
This my lady tweet of the night … Kris Jong-Un Lil baby my favorite rapper but won’t do a song wit me
To which Lil Baby responded with:
Nobody told me ye was trying to get me on a song 🧐 that’s fucced up
— Lil Baby (@lilbaby4PF) July 23, 2020
“Hurricane” was finally released during the listening party for DONDA at the Mercedes-Benz stadium on July 22, 2021.
Lil Baby would later be flown out to Wyoming to work with Kanye on DONDA, and info would later surface that he was to feature on “Hurricane.”
“”Kanye West (Ft. Lil Baby) – Hurricane Lyrics
[Chorus: Kanye West]
Thoughts and thoughts to me
80 degrees
Warmin’ up to me
I did it free
I did know, indeed
And I run out to sea
I can walk on the water
Honey, I want you
I can float on the finer
Father, hold me close
Don’t let me down
I know you won’t
[Verse 1: Lil Baby]
Yeah, walkin’ on the bridge
I threw my sins over the deep end
Sippin’ ’til my stomach hurt this morning I lost three friends
Early morning, brainstorming, normally I can’t sleep in
Sometimes I just wanna restart it but it all deepens
If I’ma be the same young hungry nigga from west end
Maybach interior [?] sheep skin
Still remember when I just had three bands
Now I’m on everyone [?] ‘cause I got defensе
Bro told me to wait to beat the gamе, it’s all in defense
And never phased by [?] but they gon’ respect it
I feel like you better off tryin’ to call, I might not get the message
She just tried to run off with my heart, but I blocked off the exit, yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Kanye West]
I know you won’t (I know you won’t)
I know you won’t, oh, oh
I know you won’t
I know that you that you look all around
Till you [?]
Rain down
[Verse: Kanye West]
Mmmm
A lot of people
Mmmm
A lot of people oversell
Mmmm
A lot of people run and tell
Mmmm
Time oughta tell
[?] blackmail
Let me take you ’round ’round
Visit a town, town, town
[?]
Do it fast, go stupid
Show me how you do it
Show me how you— errr
[?] who you foolin’
I don’t wanna be so judgmental
I don’t wanna be so judgmental
Everybody Hertz but I don’t judge rentals
Text comin’ in fast
Take a pic
Let me show you
[Outro: Kanye West]
City up, lost angels
City up, lost angels
City up, lost angels
City up, lost angels
City up, lost angels