the album's track listing was confirmed by hmv. 30 second snippets of "what a girl", "bad as you are" and "x" appeared on peter's soundcloud account prior to the album's release. "fly away" was originally set to feature a verse from rapper talib kweli, however, it was later revealed that kweli's verse was taken without consent by andre's producers, from one of kweli's mixtape recordings, without andre knowing. a solo version of the track was instead included on the album. "lift the sky" is listed on the album cover as a dedication to andre's two children, junior and princess, and his stepson, harvey.