[4] 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.
[8] Freeway liked the beat when he heard it, which made him: "want to go ham on it" and the rapper laid his verse down for the song before West and Mos recorded their parts.
[9] On February 27, 2014, Ace Hood released a freestyle titled "Lyrical Exercise" over the instrumental of "Two Words".
[10] Eric Tullis of SPIN described the track as being "the perfect playground for [the three rappers] to break character and address the American reality".
[13] 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.
[5] On March 22, 2005, The College Dropout Video Anthology was released, which features a bonus audio CD with a cinematic version of "Two Words" as a track on it.