"Rock the Boat" came into fruition almost by accident, because producer Eric Seats almost deleted the song's file. The song's file almost got deleted because Seats didn't like what he heard right away. Seats explained "I almost deleted "Rock The Boat" because I'm the kind of guy that once I start producing a track and I don't feel it right away sometimes, I would delete it and just start something over fresh". The song was saved when songwriter Static Major heard the instrumental of the song through headphones and quickly wrote the hook for the song.