"People in the World" is an anthemic song in the tradition of "We Are The World" and "People Got to Be Free" by The Rascals. As Michael Bacon says, "The idea came from when people would come up to me and give kudos to The Bacon Brothers. I'm never sure what to say, and my generic response was, 'We need more people in the world like you!' I started thinking about that and found that I genuinely believe this."