Phoenix

This song finds Rocky spitting philosophical lyrics about fallen music legends, such as Michael Jackson and Kurt Cobain, who were driven mad by the pressures of fame. It also finds the New York rapper admitting to his own dark thoughts. "Those are natural feelings that we all get sometimes. You hurt so bad and you're going through so much pain to the point where sometimes you don't even wanna live anymore," he told MTV News. "That's how a lot of people think, whether we'd like to admit it or not and that's all I was showcasing. It was that emotion... suicidal kinda emotions."

Rocky added that translating those lows into rhymes can sometimes be therapeutic. "I'm not glorifying it at all," he said. "I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep."

Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton provided the song's haunting beat. Danger Mouse is best known for being one half of Gnarls Barkley along with Cee-Lo Green.

Working with Danger Mouse was a dream of Rocky's in his teenage years when he was dealing drugs. He told The Sun: "I used to listen to Gnarls Barkley's The Odd Couple when I was doing the drug thing. Danger Mouse was my dream producer and he heard and welcomed me with open arms."