The song was co-written by Kingston, Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Rock City, and Eric Bluebaum.

The song is about Kingston taking his girlfriend on a date to the West Indies, particularly his native Jamaica.

As he told noted UK urban writer Pete Lewis of Blues & Soul in June 2007: "In 'Take You There' I'm basically telling a girl Kirby Griffin 'Let me take you to where I'm from - to Jamaica, to the paradise and to the slums!'.

[3] The video (directed Gil Green) was shot in Miami, and features cameos by Rick Ross, J. R. Rotem, DJ Khaled and Gunplay.

In the music video version, "sip piña coladas" is censored because of the reference to alcohol, while left intact on radio stations.