 The song also contains references to Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart" and Ralph Ellison’s novel "Invisible Man".The song contains an interpolation of "Get Nekkid" (2000), written by Johnny Burns (a.k.a.Mausberg), performed by Mausberg, and produced by DJ Quik; resung lyrics from "Smooth Criminal" (1987), written and performed by Michael Jackson; elements of the 1974 James Brown song "The Payback", written by Brown, Fred Wesley, and John Starks; and a sample from the 1994 song "We Want the Funk", written and performed by Ahmad Lewis.