Smith approached the song with the right combination of restraint and warmth. He opened with a smooth, easy lead that immediately settled the room, his phrasing relaxed and rhythmically aware. As the song unfolded, Beckett and Omila entered behind him with backup vocals that framed the lead without crowding it — Omila's baritone color adding harmonic depth underneath, Beckett rounding out the texture with a third voice that completed the song's signature soul-trio feel.