The song was produced by Tboy Daflame, who previously produced Madjozi's 2018 songs, which include "If I Die" and the single, "Idhom", all from her debut album Limpopo Champions League. COLORS and Madjozi uploaded the performance on the next day. On 14 August 2019, COLORS announced Sho Madjozi would be the next artist to be featured on the platform.
"John Cena" was written independently by Sho Madjozi. The song was written by Sho Madjozi and produced by Tboy Daflame. It was released as a single through Flourish & Multiply Records on 27 September 2019, after being performed on the global music platform, COLORS, uploaded on 15 August 2019. It was made about the WWE professional wrestler John Cena. " John Cena" is a song by South African rapper Sho Madjozi.