I was going through a lot at the time. Family problems—and my mom had actually gave me a call. I answered it. Usually, that doesn’t happen, with me being on the road constantly. But, she actually called me, and I answered. The first thing she told me was, “You haven’t spoke to me in two months.” And I realized, like, everything is moving so fast I lost track of time. And I looked back, and I was like, “Damn. I ain’t spoke to my own mom in like two months.” It was just crazy to me. So, at that moment, I knew I needed to step back and slow down. That’s when the song clicked with me.

It’s a funny story. I came across a friend of mine. This producer, Ian Ewing. He had this song called “Slow Down,” and it was actually the same beat, and it only had a singer on it, so it only had female vocals on it, and I had actually heard that prior. So, I kind of connected the dots. I said, “Yo. I could use this. I feel this.” And the actual record inspired me. So I talked to the producer, and we kind of just linked up from there and made it happen from there.

The hook wasn’t the same. I took the inspiration from the original song. The original song is out there, but I did my own thing with it.