This was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, a songwriting team that helped create the Philadelpia Soul sound of the '60s and '70s. The Intruders were the first band Gamble and Huff recorded on their own label, and the success of this helped them launch the Philadelphia International label, where they wrote and produced songs for Billy Paul, The O'Jays, and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes.
Gamble and Huff are constantly writing down ideas for songs, and often start with a title, which they did for this one. Huff explained in a 2008 interview with National Public Radio: "It's a story. Little kids grow up, and they're beating the girls up, pulling their hair - they don't treat them tender. Then all of the sudden they realize that girls are made for kissing. And the girls go from baby dolls to boys. We were trying to write lyrics that were different, take a different angle and be as clever as possible."
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