With the album's opening track "Want", Givony compared the verse sections to the words of Allen Ginsberg: "the overflowing confession of a bibliophile with too much to say". Schwarzenbach said "Seethruskin" was about the "far reaching  racism that is an outgrowth of apathy and classist divisions in schools and neighborhoods". "Imaginary War" incorporates a sample of a scream taken from the film The Warriors (1979).
The album's opening track "Want" prompted Givony to compare the verse sections to Allen Ginsberg's words: "the abundant expression of a book lover with too much to say". Schwarzenbach explained that "Seethruskin" was about the "extensive prejudice stemming from apathy and class-based disparities in schools and neighborhoods". "Imaginary War" incorporates a sample of a scream taken from the 1979 film The Warriors.