Don't Let 'Em

Rosie G. and Bootsy are in the house

You got to do it

You got to do it, ah yeah, baby

Tell 'em what we talkin' 'bout, Snoop

Pullin' and grabbin' you

Rattlesnakin' and stabbin' you

Things you wouldn't imagine

Simply because you like havin' people

Talkin' about you but you can't pay no attention

They say, that's how it is

Even when you be livin' presidential

They always funkin' with you

Especially when you go official

Take it from me, a GC

'Cause people are so fictitial

Sticks and stones do break bones

And talk make the weak fall off

While the strong keep keepin' on

I take two steps forward

They try to knock me four steps back

Whenever I see color

They only see white or black

Whenever I speak my mind

They put words in my mouth

Do they really think that I'm lyin'

When I know what they're all about?[Chorus: Background Singers &

Rosie Gaines

]

Don't let them put you down

No, don't let 'em

Don't let them put you down

Don't let 'em

Don't let them put you down

Don't let them put you down

Don't let 'em

When I'm in my sunshine

They bring their rain to fall

I'm lookin' at this picture

But they can't see it at all

I'm steppin' on the gas

And I wanna move ahead

They said I'll never make it

But that's what they always said

Don't let them put you down

Don't let 'em

Don't let them put you down

Don't let 'em

Don't let them put you down

Don't let 'em

Put ya foot on the gas, step on fast, oh[Bridge: Bootsy Collins]

You say "In God We Trust"

While you promote hate, fear and lust

And love, joy and pain

Is in a constant struggle for superior gain

Don't let them put you down

Don't just stand there

Don't let them put you down

Sound so funky to me, yeah

Don't let them put you down

Oh, don't let 'em

Don't let them put you down

Don't let 'em put you down

Down

Don't let 'em

Oh yeah, just another dog day afternoon, baby

Have you ever been on a trip

And found out that you was from another time, baby

Where unconditional love takes root

And our intelligence is absolutely color-blind, baby

(Don't you let 'em, don't let 'em)

Twinkle, twinkle little star

You got your hands up in my cookie jar (Don't let'em)

Don't doubt it, don't doubt it

Don't talk about it, be 'bout it

Don't doubt it, don't doubt it

Don't talk about it, be 'bout it

(Don't let them put you down)

Tell 'em what we talkin' bout, Snoop

See, I was once told that

To be talked about was one of the greatest forms of flattery

And I'm flattered that you're talkin' about me

(Yeah)

For you to talk about me

Is something fun to do, baby

Yeah you keep doin' what you do

'Cause I'm definitely gon' keep doin' what I do

Don't doubt it, don't doubt it

I'm not gon' talk about it, I'm gon' be about it

Can you dig it?

(Yeah)

I don't know nothin' but to do it

(Do it, baby)

Nothin' to it but to do it

And I'ma do it with the Do-It-Fluid, baby, can you dig it?

(I can dig it!)

It's dug (Uh, we outta here, baby)

The People's Choice there you have it

The most valuable players, baby

(Don't let 'em)

Finger funkin', just finger funkin', baby

(Don't let 'em)

Uh, let the fingers do the funkin'

(Don't let 'em)

(We out, baby...)