 Since she had not seen the musical since she was a child, Stefani went to Broadway to better understand the theme that "even if you 're poor and you have love, you're rich." The idea which became the final version came to Stefani while brainstorming on her treadmill. She commented that the troubles in writing the song came because "Dre was really pushing me to write in a new way", but when she presented him with the song, "he just totally tricked the track out."
