"All Eyez on Me" is an R&B/dance song written by American singer-songwriter Monica, and LaShawn Daniels for Monica's original third studio album, All Eyez on Me (2002). It was produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, and contains excerpts from Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", written by Quincy Jones, and James Ingram. The song was released as the album's lead single in September 2002 and peaked within the top 40 in Australia, and New Zealand. In the United States, the song peaked at a moderately successful peak position of number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.