"We Ride" is a pop/R&B song written by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, and Makeba Riddick for Rihanna's second studio album A Girl like Me (2006). The song was confirmed as the album's third single by MTV and released in mid-2006 in the United states, where it failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100. Elsewhere, it reached the New Zealand Singles Chart top ten and UK Singles Chart top twenty. Because of its relative underperformance, the 2006 single "Break It Off" featuring Sean Paul began receiving airplay earlier than expected.
"We Ride (I See the Future)" is the first single (apart from the UK) released from Mary J. Blige's greatest hits album, Reflections - A Retrospective, Cohen, Jonathan. display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003346858" target="_blank">Article confirming release of Reflections. _Billboard. Published 01 November, 2006. and was released to U.S. radio in the first week of November.
"We Ride" was produced by Bryan Michael Cox and written by Cox and Johnta Austin. The premise of the song is a celebration of her new found happiness with husband and manager, Kendu Isaacs. The song contains the lyrics "from the day to the night we ride, I see the future, baby, you and I, better with time" and Cox stated "Mary's married, she's happy, in the best shape of her life, her voice is in the best shape of her life...people thought she was over, done, then she came through with The Breakthrough - "We Ride" celebrates all of that." Reid, Shaheem. blank">Article and interview with Bryan Michael Cox confirming new material. _MTV. Published 02 November, 2006.