Anything But Words, the album’s title track show cases both artists skill even though they come from different musical backgrounds. In an interview with Pitchfork, Banks and RZA would express the way they thought of the track.

“RZA: The foundation of the lyrics was inspired by the energy of Malibu, and combined with the idea of myself, and the idea of man himself. I was inspired to write the second verse as if a man is reflecting upon his life. And that’s why I imagined myself—we all pray for old age, you know—and I kind of took myself as if I could be one day on a porch with a stogie, thinking about my life. But I think the line that really resonated is when I said that we give man the wisdom to be a carpenter, a gardener, a mother, a daughter, a father—

Banks: Priest, king, or warrior.

RZA: —a priest, king, or warrior. The point being made is that beyond the gender of it, man is a mother, man is a father, man is a warrior, man is a scholar. Here goes a good reference: If you look at the Indian god, Shiva with the multiple arms, to me, that invoked the idea in my head. It’s like, I don’t think you’re ever going to meet anybody with that many arms, but the ability of a person to choose any path he wants to labor is in him."