According to Eric Seats "Static heard it through my headphones. I took a break and went to the rest room, and by the time I got back he had already written a hook." When discussing the fate of the song he then proceeded to say "I wouldn't say it was an accident, but we weren't vibing with it as much. It was one of those things like if he had came 10 minutes later, he probably would've never heard it." During the early stages of the song "it was very raw" and since Static Major showed strong interest in the song Seats continued to develop the song. Seats mentioned "Since he had an interest in it, I said, 'Let me go and continue building on it, let me embellish it, make something happen since you're feeling it.' We didn't know it was going to end up being "Rock The Boat." Seats "beefed" up the development process of the track by calling Dave Foreman and Rapture Stewart to add a guitar and strings to the songs instrumental.