In her sophomore album, Woods puts herself “in dialogue with a long line of predecessors—from Betty Davis to Sonia Sanchez to Jean-Michel Basquiat.” Each song on the album is named after a musician, poet or artist. This 13 track album pays homage to many great artists. The New Yorker article entitled “Jamila Woods’s Celebration of Selfhood,” the author interview Jamila Woods, who explains the meanings and inspiration behind each song. It claims that “she fills her tracks with lessons, affirmations, and resolve; they seem to give a blueprint not just for survival but for well-being.” In “Giovanni,” Woods was inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s Ego Trippin. She states, “I wanted to think about what are those things for me, and what are the things that I have pride in… It’s that idea of my lineage also being a source of what makes me feel prideful and confident in myself.” In her album, Woods also pays homage to Eartha Kitt. In “Eartha,” One of Kitt’s quotes inspired Woods to sing the first line, “I used to be afraid of myself.” Woods became inspired to get in the place of self acceptance the Kitt was in. She says that the song is “all about self-criticism, as opposed to thinking about what I also deserve and can expect from another person.”