West and BoogzDaBeast produced "Water", with co-production from Angel Lopez, Federico Vindver and Timbaland. BoogzDaBeast is one of the more unknown producers who worked on Jesus Is King and he received credit on six of the tracks. West previously worked with him on the 2018 self-titled debut studio album by Kids See Ghosts, a hip hop duo composed of the former and Kid Cudi. Kano Computing CEO Alex Klein, credited as Alexander Nelson Klein, helped write the song. Klein first met West at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, which was followed by them continuing to work together throughout the year and the song was a bigger musical project than anything Klein had been involved with in the past. He recalled "a lot of typing, a lot of listening, and a lot of people throwing out different ideas" from being in the studio with West during a phone call with Complex, praising him as a group collaborator and leader.
