Mick compares the sweetness of making money to the literal sweetness of crème brûlée, a dessert which is made by using a flame to caramelize the sugar on top.

On the following verse J. Cole raps about his summer vacation trips with Bas. The locations Barcelona, London and Miami are mentioned. Therefore, the name of the song arises because they traveled together to exotic locations for which you need a passport.

There is a negative connotation for “passport bros” which refers to men (typically from the U.S.) who travel to foreign countries where their money is worth more to find more success attracting and dating women. Cole assures the listener that they don’t need money to attract women.

After Little Brother reunited, they began working on their first album since 2010’s Leftback. Shortly after, they ran into issues. Pooh and Phonte elaborated on them in an interview on The Premium Pete Show:

[9th Wonder] didn’t want other producers on the album… Then it became a thing of ‘Well when we tour, what if I just do the festival dates and [DJ] Flash do the regular dates?’ I was just like, ‘Dude, no.’ If we’re gonna do this, either you’re all the way in or all the way out. And if there’s any reason why you can’t do that or won’t, let’s talk about it. But this is the exact same problem we ran into 10 years ago when we became a duo.

Actor and comedian Slink Johnson voices Jesus in the outro of this song. Slink is most notably known for his role as Black Jesus in the comedic TV series of the same name. He also voiced Lamar, a friend of one of the main characters in Grand Theft Auto V.

Chance encourages others to dance in the face of their doubters, likening dancing in their tears to Omarion’s character, David, dancing in the rain in the 2004 movie You Got Served. David and his crew were motivated to win the dance competition for Lil' Saint, a younger member of their crew who was killed in a drive-by shooting.

Tossing rice at the end of a wedding is meant to symbolize rain, which is said to be a sign of prosperity, fertility and good fortune.

JAY-Z’s “Big Pimpin'” music video was shot on a yacht, a lifestyle that The Cool Kids match.

The namesake of this song originates from a viral scene from a Noisey interview with Gucci Mane where he says:

See when I ain’t have no money, I still had sauce. See if you don’t got no sauce, then you lost. But you can also get lost in the sauce… A bitch gon' get lost in the sauce mane.

In Mick’s case, he’s using the phrase to describe how in love he is with his wife.