Two Words samples drums from The 5th Dimension's 1971 track "The Rainmaker". West references a group he was once in known as the Go Getters with the line: "Go Getters rhyme like, should've been signed twice" and over the years, West has actually recycled multiple rhymes that he first spit when part of the group. Miri Ben-Ari revealed that "Two Words" was the first recording she ever did with West. It was revealed by West that he drove to the Harlem Boys Choir’s summer camp to record them in a barn for the track. West actually had to pay them $10,000 to
Two Words as being: 'the perfect playground for these three to break character and address the American reality'. It was heavily praised by "Billboard", who described it as: 'perhaps the symphonic high point of the record'. West and Mos performed "Two Words" live with The Roots as a backing band on September 18, 2004 as part of "Dave Chappelle's Block Party" concert. Freeway has performed the song at his live shows for years and said himself that: "Everyone loves it." On one occasion, Freeway joined West for a performance of it at a Super Bowl party with Pepsi, which was at the