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Musically, "I'm in It" is a hip hop,<ref name="sessions"/> dancehall,<ref name="Rob"/><ref name="Billboard"/><ref name="Dombal"/> [[Industrial music|industrial]], and [[Trap music|trap]] track, with elements of reggae,<ref name="HipHopDx">{{cite magazine |last1=Hunte |first1=Justin |title=Kanye West – ''Yeezus'' |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2095/title.kanye-west-yeezus |magazine=[[HipHopDX]] |access-date=August 6, 2024 |date=June 17, 2013 |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511132617/https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2095/title.kanye-west-yeezus |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Fly">{{cite magazine | url=https://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1019299/kanye-west-yeezus/ | title=Kanye West – 'Yeezus' | magazine=[[The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]] | date=June 18, 2013 | access-date=August 6, 2024 | last=Denney | first=Alex | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622030756/https://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1019299/kanye-west-yeezus/ | archive-date=June 22, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[techno]],<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Aaron, Charles|date=June 15, 2013|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/06/kanye-west-yeezus-first-review/|title=Kanye West's 'Yeezus': Our Impulsive Reviews|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|___location=New York|access-date=August 6, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618183905/https://www.spin.com/2013/06/kanye-west-yeezus-first-review/|archive-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref> and [[punk rock]].<ref name="allmusic"/> It features a sample of Lattimore's "Lately".<ref name="linernotes"/> The song contains screeching [[synthesizer]]s, percussion, and fast-paced snare drums.<ref name="outline"/><ref name="Paste">{{cite magazine |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Kanye West: ''Yeezus'' |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kanye-west/kanye-west-yeezus |magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |access-date=August 7, 2024 |date=June 18, 2013 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223233113/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kanye-west/kanye-west-yeezus |url-status=live }}</ref> It features dog bark sounds, which are incorporated low into the mix.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172614-kanye-west-yeezus/|title=Kanye West: ''Yeezus''|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=June 17, 2013|access-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626214932/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172614-kanye-west-yeezus/|archive-date=June 26, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song also includes "Oh" vocals, as crafted by Tammy Infusino and [[Ken Lewis (musician)|Ken Lewis]].<ref name="linernotes"/> It features a [[Pulse (music)|pulse]] when the beat drops following the chorus, with a [[tempo]] of around 70 beats per minute.<ref name="Mic"/> West raps in a [[Melancholia|melancholy]] voice that is [[chopped and screwed]], being distorted to an aggressive tone.<ref name="Billboard"/><ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="Mic">{{cite web | url=https://mic.com/articles/49321/kanye-west-yeezus-review-song-i-m-in-it-unsurprisingly-vulgar-video | title=Kanye West 'Yeezus' Review: Song 'I'm In It' Unsurprisingly Vulgar (Video) | publisher=[[Mic (media company)|Mic]] | date=June 18, 2013 | access-date=September 20, 2018 | last=Brounstein | first=Sam | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515091315/http://mic.com/articles/49321/kanye-west-yeezus-review-song-i-m-in-it-unsurprisingly-vulgar-video | archive-date=May 15, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> A verse is contributed from Assassin,<ref name="Rob"/> who also delivers lines next to West's verses and [[Crooner|crooning]] is contributed from Vernon;<ref name="Paste"/><ref name="Pm">{{cite web|last=Amidon|first=David|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172739-kanye-west-yeezus/|title=Kanye West: ''Yeezus'' (take two)|website=PopMatters|date=June 28, 2013|access-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705003319/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172739-kanye-west-yeezus/|archive-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> he sings the [[Refrain|chorus]] with West.<ref name="Mic"/>

In the lyrics of "I'm in It", West details a sexual fantasy of a night with his then-wife [[Kim Kardashian]].<ref name="outline">{{cite web | url=https://theoutline.com/post/6160/kanye-west-i-love-it-too-horny?zd=1&zi=2daxmlpq | title=Kanye West is too horny for his own good | publisher=[[The Outline (website)|The Outline]] | date=September 10, 2018 | access-date=December 16, 2018 | author=Gordon, Jeremy | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163500/https://theoutline.com/post/6160/kanye-west-i-love-it-too-horny?zd=1&zi=2daxmlpq | archive-date=December 16, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lat">{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Randall|title=Review: Kanye West's wildly experimental, narcissistic 'Yeezus'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-review-kanye-wests-wildly-experimental-narcissistic-yeezus-20130617-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 7, 2024|date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=November 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103150300/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-review-kanye-wests-wildly-experimental-narcissistic-yeezus-20130617-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The highly explicit content was noted by numerous publications,<ref name="rreviews">{{cite web| url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2013_06F_yeezus.html| title=Feature for June 18, 2013 - Kanye West's 'Yeezus'| website=RapReviews| date=June 18, 2013| access-date=August 7, 2024| last=Padania| first=Jesal "Jay Soul"| archive-date=August 7, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807205632/https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2013_06F_yeezus.html| url-status=live}}</ref> with ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' seeing it as [[XXX rating|XXX-rated]].<ref name="Dombal"/><ref name="DT">{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=June 19, 2013|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10130246/Kanye-West-Yeezus-review.html|title=Kanye West, ''Yeezus'', review|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|___location=London|url-access=subscription|access-date=August 7, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309111712/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10130246/Kanye-West-Yeezus-review.html|archive-date=March 9, 2014}}</ref> West proclaims "Thank God almighty, free at last" in reference to Kardashian unveiling her breasts, alluding to [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s [[I Have a Dream|1963 speech]].<ref name="outline" /><ref name="Lat"/><ref name="av club">{{cite news |last1=Rytlewski |first1=Evan |title=Kanye West: ''Yeezus'' |url=https://musicwww.avclub.com/kanye-west-yeezus-1798177119 |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=June 16, 2019 |date=June 17, 2013 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210202718/https://music.avclub.com/kanye-west-yeezus-1798177119 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/57475/Kanye-West-Yeezus/| title=Review: Kanye West - ''Yeezus''| website=[[Sputnikmusic]]| date=June 18, 2013| access-date=August 8, 2024| last=Freeman| first=Channing| archive-date=August 12, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812212053/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/57475/Kanye-West-Yeezus/| url-status=live}}</ref> He demands [[sweet and sour]] sauce as he raps about oral sex with an Asian women and also quirks about making a girl scream "AAAAAAH-a-a-a-a-a!",<ref name="outline"/><ref name=Quietus>{{cite magazine |last1=Suarez |first1=Gary |title=Kanye West — ''Yeezus'' |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/kanye-west-yeezus-review/ |magazine=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=August 8, 2024 |date=June 18, 2013 |archive-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812212100/https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/kanye-west-yeezus-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> then repeatedly asserts "That's right, I'm in it"<ref name="Mic"/> as he is accompanied by Assassin every few lines.<ref name="Billboard"/> The deejay also mentions his "bad man ting", while Vernon calls out a "star fucker" during the bridge.<ref name="Vulture"/><ref name="sessions"/><ref name="Mic"/> In the final verse, West declares that he cannot abandon nightlife in spite of being married with children and admits to sleeping with his [[nightlight]] on,<ref name="Dombal"/><ref name="Pm"/><ref name="DT"/> concluding that he speaks "[[Swahili language|Swag-hili]]".<ref name="HipHopDx"/><ref name="rreviews"/>

==Release and reception==