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==Composition==

The song contains very sexually explicit lyrics, in which West describes a sexual night with his wife [[Kim Kardashian]] and reflects on living a life of constant [[sexual arousal]].<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 | website=[[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> He discusses using [[sweet and sour]] sauce when he's with an Asian woman, putting his pistolfist in a black woman "like a civil rights sign," and referencing [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s speech "thank God almighty, we are free at last" speech while referring to unclothing a pair of [[breast]]s.<ref name="outline" />

The track includes a chopped and screwed sample of "Lately" by [[Kenny Lattimore]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/@alexggreen/some-facts-about-yeezus-by-kanye-west-7c50fa3b02e3 | title=How Kanye West Made the Most Polarizing Album of His Career | website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] | date=May 13, 2016 | access-date=January 12, 2019 | author=Green, Alexander | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223323/https://medium.com/@alexggreen/some-facts-about-yeezus-by-kanye-west-7c50fa3b02e3 | archive-date=March 29, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Anthony Kilhoffer]] revealed that during the recording sessions for ''Yeezus'', the song started out with a different sample and melody.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/ | title=The Yeezus Sessions | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=June 24, 2013 | access-date=December 9, 2018 | author=Dombal, Ryan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106144327/https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/ | archive-date=November 6, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> After West removed the sample, producer [[Rick Rubin]] edited the track down from a six-minute arrangement.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/| title=The ''Yeezus'' Sessions| website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]| publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc.| date=June 24, 2013| access-date=June 26, 2013| author=Dombal, Ryan| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626203159/http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/| archive-date=June 26, 2013| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The song includes additional vocals from [[Justin Vernon]] of [[Bon Iver]] and Jamaican DJ [[Assassin (deejay)|Assassin]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.popdust.com/kanye-wests-yeezus-reviewed-im-in-it-1889716125.html | title=Kanye West's "Yeezus" Reviewed: "I'm In It" | website=Popdust | date=June 17, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113246/https://www.popdust.com/kanye-wests-yeezus-reviewed-im-in-it-1889716125.html | archive-date=June 23, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> The type of lyrical absurdity shown by West in "I'm In It" was later displayed by him in the 2018 singles "[[XTCY]]" and "[[I Love It (Kanye West and Lil Pump song)|I Love It]]" (with [[Lil Pump]]).<ref name="outline" />