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“Don’t Don’t Do It!” was the third single from NO ONE EVER REALLY DIES. As Pharrell stated at ComplexCon 2017, the song was inspired by the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in North Carolina. Scott was a 43-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot by Brentley Vinson, an African-American city...
[Intro: Pharrell Williams]
It makes no difference in this life
Up and ups just fine
Gonna up and up this life
Til' we're down on our luck
It makes no difference in this life
Up and ups just fine
Gonna up and up this life
Til' the lift gets stuck
Lifting up, lifting up
Lifting up
Coming down, coming down
Coming down
Wake them up, wake them up
To the sound
[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]
They tell you pull over, tell you get out the car
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
They wanna see your hands, tell you hold up your arms (Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
[Verse 1: Pharrell Williams]
We were going home
Waiting for the kids
School bus to arrive
Oh, but you know, they're gonna do it anyway
Reaching for your keys
Wait, is that your phone?
Got a TBI
Wait, is that police?
Get out for what?
I'm not your guy
(But you know, they're gonna do it anyway)
Wife behind the trees
Tryna to tell you don't
They're about to fire
(They're gonna do it anyway)
[Refrain: Pharrell Williams]
They're gonna do it anyway
They're gonna do it anyway
They're gonna do it anyway
They're gonna do it anyway
[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]
They tell you pull over, tell you get out the car
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
They wanna see your hands, tell you hold up you arms
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
(Something says)
Don't do it, don't don't do it
[Verse 2: Pharrell Williams]
Whoa Ferguson, oh Baltimore
Raleigh, North Carolina
But you know, they're gonna do it anyway
Wisconsin, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Cleveland, Ohio
Montgomery, Baton Rouge, Cincinnati car
Dayton, Ohio
But you know, they're gonna do it anyway
New York, New Jersey, Phoenix, Minnesota
South Carolina
They gonna do it anyway
[Refrain: Pharrell Williams]
They are gonna do it anyway
They are gonna do it anyway
They are gonna do it anyway
They are gonna do it anyway
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
You better duck, run fast from the mania
Don't stare, don't laugh at the media
Brake free, press gas when it enter ya'
Don't let it go bad when he ante up
Highway, get out the way
Black man do your great escape
Pac-man wanna prosecute you
Raise your hand up, and they'll shoot ya'
Face off, face off Adolf Hitler
Grandkids slayed off
Niggas, same rules, same chalk
Different decade, same law
Keep focus, you wanna get caught with your eyes open
You wanna stay clear of the prognosis
Pride provoked him, watch demotion
Watch em' close enough
Don't let the holster break or roast ya'
Rollercoaster ride that bitch
Soon or later sides gon' switch
You know Johnny got that itch
How many more of us gotta see the coroner?
Slain by the same badge, stop, wait, brake, fast!
[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]
Don't do it, don't don't do it
Don't do it, don't don't do it
Don't do it, don't don't do it
Don't do it, don't don't do it
Don’t Don’t Do It! was written by Frank Ocean & Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams.
Don’t Don’t Do It! was produced by Pharrell Williams.
N.E.R.D & Kendrick Lamar released Don’t Don’t Do It! on Wed Dec 13 2017.
In a live 2017 ComplexCon concert, Pharell explained the inspiration behind this song:
I was watching the news last year and in Raleigh, North Carolina, it was a gentleman by the name of Keith Scott that was waiting in his minivan for his child to get off the schoolbus and the authorities were on t...
Yes they have, many times!
Pharrell produced and provided the hooks of Kendrick Lamar’s songs “Alright” and “good kid”, the latter Chad Hugo also provided additional vocals for.
Skateboard P also produced the Kendrick-featured songs “It’s On Again”, “Staircases”, and “I’m Ya Dogg”.
He’s credited as a writer of this song.
“Frank Ocean is incredible. To me, he’s a singer-songwriter. We met at Coachella and I told him, ‘Man, I like what you do,‘ and we wound up working together. He’s super talented. To me, he’s the black James Taylor. He’s lyrical, got a great perspective and super sick melodies. I haven’t seen anybody...
Pharrell revealed that Frank Ocean wrote the song’s intro: “He is the arch of no compromise, no concession and very colorful with it you know? And that’s what I feel is very interesting about his journey. Because if you understand him then you know anything that everything he’s done is just what he’...
Overall, yes. Pharrell Williams was very open on many tracks about his feelings on President Donald Trump. In “Don’t Do It!,” there are many lyrics that talk about police brutality instances, as well as listing the many places where police brutality has occurred, and Kendrick even mentions the NFL p...
This track has the same political undertones that appear all across the rollout of the no one ever really dies record.