 "Make the World Move" was written by Alexander Grant, Mike Del Rio, Candice Pillay, Jayson DeZuzio, Dwayne Abernathy and Armando Trovajoli, with production done by Grant credited with his professional name, Alex da Kid, Del Rio and DeZuzio Aguilera was involved with the song's vocal production, along with Pillay. Lucas Secon, co-writer and producer of another Lotus track "Red Hot Kinda Love", served as the programmer and arranger. The song was recorded by Josh Mosser while Aguilera and Green's vocals were recorded by Oscar Ramirez and edited by Del Rio. The song contains a portion of the composition "Let's Find Out", written by Armando Trovajoli. "Make the World Move", an up – tempo and "old school" inspirational song which consists of dance, R & B and soul genres, and lasts for a duration of 2: 59 (two minutes and 59 seconds). Demonstrating a sense of "sassiness" and "power" in her vocal performance, Aguilera sings the positive attitude lyrics, "The time is now / No time to wait / Turn up the love / Turn down the hate" over what Robert Copsey of Digital Spy called a "bonkers arrangement" which consists of "horn blasts" and "plinky synths." Instrumentation also consists of a "brassy, big-band arrangement."
