On “way back,” Travis deals with the difficulties of rising fame while still trying to remember where he came from. This song features the first of two Birds in the Trap guest appearances by Travis’s lifelong idol Kid Cudi, who’s vocals would also appear on the album’s fourth track, “through the late night” The cut also includes a couple of ad-libs from Swizz Beatz and an interpolation of JAY-Z’s “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)…” with the usage of Kanye West’s small partials from its chorus.

The song was recorded with Steph Curry in the room. During the third episode of Scott’s Beats 1 show .WAV Radio, he said:

I was gonna put Steph Curry in “way back” but it’s Rockets for life.