This hard-hitting bruiser was released as the third single from Threat to Survival. It finds Brent Smith warning those who are reckless with their mouth that they will get what they deserve and have nobody to blame but themselves. Speaking to the WGRD radio station, lead singer and frontman Brent Smith talked about the song’s meaning:

“It’s pretty straightforward – be careful of the toes that you step on in life, because they may be the attached to the ass that you have to kiss later on. It just means be careful how you treat people, basically, and don’t be a jerk.”

Smith also went into detail from behind the scenes onces, saying the following.

“It’s a unique track on the record because it was the very first song that was written for what came to be Threat to Survival, and normally during the writing process, we’ll write a lot of songs before we go in to record what the album is going to be – anywhere from between forty and upwards of sixty songs sometimes. "Asking For It” just kind of held on through the all of the other sessions. It always felt like the opening song to the record, and it is the opening song to the album."

The guitarist, Zach Myers, had concerns about the song and who it relates to, as stated in the Asking For It Commentary video on the Shinedown YouTube channel. Myers states that a couple people had asked if the song was written about him due to his tendency to voice his opinions over social media. Smith replied with a shocked expression and said no.