“My Friend” is about Royce’s genitals, told in a clever and personified way. This is the fourth track on his debut album Rock City, and is one of the tracks on the album to be produced by DJ Premier, the other being the single “Boom”—also seen on Rock City.

In an interview with Complex, Royce recalled originally coming up with this song:

That was one of the rare instances where I had a concept before I even had music. I got on the phone with Premier and told him about the concept. I told him I wanted the beat to be a little more quirky than his usual self. Nothing dark, just try to make something around this concept.

I told him what I wanted to rap about and he was like, ‘Man, you a fucking fool.’ Once I got to the studio and heard the beat, I wrote it relatively fast and laid it down up at D&D Studios.

I don’t know why [I love rapping about my dick]. I get so many jokes cracked on me by my friends—mainly Slaughterhouse—that I don’t even do it no more. I definitely went through a phase where I did a lot of rapping about my guns and my dick.