[00:00:00] Don't Let 'Em - Bootsy Collins/Rosie Gaines/Snoop Dogg/Till Bronner [00:00:00] Written by: Dana Bailey/Francis Jules/Rosie Gaines/Oliver Dommaschk/Marco Quast/Bootsy Collins/ Royal Garden for Peppermint Jam at the Peppermint Pavillion [00:00:09] Rosie G and Bootsy in the house [00:00:12] You got to do it [00:00:15] You got to do it ooooh yeah baby [00:00:20] Tell 'em what we talkin' bout Snoop [00:00:23] Pullin' and grabbin' you [00:00:24] Rattlesnakin' and stabbin' you [00:00:26] Things you wouldn't imagine [00:00:27] Simply because you like havin' people [00:00:29] Talkin about you but you can't pay no attention [00:00:31] They say that's how it is [00:00:33] Even when you be livin' presidential [00:00:34] They always funkin' with you [00:00:36] Especially when you go official [00:00:37] Take it from me a GC [00:00:39] People are so fictitial [00:00:40] Sticks and stones they break bones [00:00:42] And talk make the weak fall off [00:00:44] While the strong keep keepin' on [00:00:46] I take two steps forward [00:00:48] They try to knock me four steps back [00:00:52] Whenever I see color [00:00:54] They only see white or black [00:00:57] Whenever I speak my mind [00:01:00] They put words in my mouth [00:01:03] Do they really think that I'm lyin' [00:01:05] When I know what they're all about [00:01:09] Don't let them put you down [00:01:12] No don't let 'em [00:01:15] Don't let them put you down [00:01:18] Don't let 'em [00:01:20] Don't let them put you down [00:01:26] Don't let them put you down [00:01:30] Don't let 'em [00:01:32] When I'm in my sunshine [00:01:34] They bring their rain to fall [00:01:38] I'm lookin' at this picture [00:01:40] But they can't see it at all [00:01:43] I'm steppin' on the gas [00:01:46] And I wanna move ahead [00:01:49] They say I'll never make it [00:01:51] But that's what they always said [00:01:55] Don't let them put you down [00:01:58] Don't let 'em [00:02:00] Don't let them put you down [00:02:04] Don't let 'em [00:02:06] Don't let them put you down [00:02:10] Don't let 'em [00:02:12] Put ya feet on the gas step on fast [00:02:18] You say in God we trust [00:02:20] While you promote hate fear and lust [00:02:23] And love joy and pain [00:02:26] Is in a constant struggle for superior gain [00:02:48] Don't let them put you down don't just stand there [00:02:54] Don't let them put you down sound so funky to me yeah [00:02:59] Don't let them put you down oh don't let 'em [00:03:05] Don't let them put you down [00:03:10] Don't let 'em put you down [00:03:27] Don't let 'em [00:03:37] Oh yeah just another dog day afternoon [00:03:40] Have you ever been on a trip [00:03:42] And found out that you was from another time baby [00:03:45] Where unconditional love takes root [00:03:48] And our intelligence is absolutely color lind baby [00:03:55] Don't let 'em [00:03:57] Twinkle twinkle little star [00:04:00] You got your hands up in my cookie jar don't let'em [00:04:03] Don't doubt it don't doubt it [00:04:04] Don't talk about it about it [00:04:05] Don't doubt it don't doubt it [00:04:06] Don't talk about it about it [00:04:12] Don't let them put you down [00:04:18] Tell 'em what we talkin' about Snoop [00:04:19] See I was once told that [00:04:23] To be talked about was one of the greatest forms of flattery [00:04:29] And I'm flattered that you're talkin' about me [00:04:32] For you to talk about me [00:04:34] Is something fun to do baby [00:04:37] Yeah you keep doin' what you do [00:04:41] Cause I'm definitely gon' keep doin' what I do [00:04:44] Don't doubt it don't doubt it [00:04:45] I'm not gon' talk about it I'm gon' be about it [00:04:49] Can you dig it yeah I don't know nothin' but to do it baby