Ultralight Beam

This hip-hop hymn finds Kanye West rapping about wrestling with his faith and looking to the divine power – the titular Ultralight Beam. Ye knows in God's hands, everything will be alright.

West has touched on spiritual matters before, most famously on his 2005 single, "Jesus Walks." However The Life of Pablo is the Chicago rapper's most faith-based album to date. He told US radio host Big Boy: "This is a gospel album with a whole lot of cursing on it, but it's still a gospel album. It's the gospel, according to 'Ye (Kanye). It's not exactly what happened in the Bible, but it's a story of this idea of Mary Magdalene becoming Mary."

The soulful anthem opens with an audio of a 4-year old girl named Natalie who was captured on Instagram praying in the backseat of a car. West then follows suit, praying for Paris and parents with singer-songwriter The-Dream before R&B songstress Kelly Price contributes a gospelly verse. The track culminates in an euphoric choral crescendo featuring gospel artist Kirk Franklin. The-Dream has worked with West in the past on songs like the Jay-Z collaboration "No Church in The Wild" and his own "Walking on the Moon." It the first time that Kanye had recorded with Kelly Price and Kirk Franklin.