Janelle Monáe - Lettin' Go
Janelle Monáe - Lettin' Go


Janelle Monáe - Lettin' Go Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Audition
Released: 2003

Lettin' Go Lyrics


Oooh! I got a call today, from my job up the block
It was my boss to say, you know we like you a lot
But we don't need you J, you daydream too much,
Well man I'm glad ya'll let me go!

'Cause with no 9 to 5, it's a brand new day!
My rents due but I'm a party any way!
I feel so alive, stress just faded away!
It's time to live my own life!

So, I'm a let it go!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
I'm a let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
I'm a lettin go! Oooh I'm lettin go!

That's right, left right
I'm losing it to music, cameras, bright lights!
I'm staying out all night
Don't shove don't fight!
Well make a million memories - all incredible!
Cause with no 9 to 5 it's a brand new day!
Got bills due, but I'm a party anyway
I feel so alive! Stress just faded away
It's time I live my own life!

So, I'm a let it go!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
I'm a let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
I'm a lettin go! Oooh I'm lettin go!

(Dance away your rainy days)
Oh! Come on and dance with me right now!
(Just for a little while!)
Hey! Just, for a, just for a little while!
(I know it's hot but we gon keep it cool!)
I know it's hot ya'll, aye, but wait a minute, we gon keep it cool!
(One last chance, come on and dance!)
Come on and dance with me!
I'm a let it go!

I'm a let it go!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
I'm a let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
I'm a lettin go!

Oh, yeah, alright everybody!
Now, I see ya'll jammin out there!
But I want ya'll to do one more thing for me, one more thing!
Now, when I say L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!
I want everybody to repeat after me
On the count of 1-2-3! Unh!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!)

Yeah! Come on we gotta let go!
Awww I see ya!
Now we gon break this down
Like this!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!)
Clap ya hands! Unh!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!)
If you wanna dance, I'm a make you dance
If you wanna groove, I'm a make you move

Congratulations to you,
You had to let it go
You finally let it go
I'm glad you let it go
Do do do do doo
Dance

Congratulations to you
You had to let it go
I'm glad you let it go
You finally let it go
Glad you let it go.

You keep dreamin,
Don't let your dreams die,
You know?
Life is not a rehearsal
You gotta live it out
You gotta do it baby
You gotta do what you're gonna do
Come on, somebodys gotta hear me

Writer/s: JANELLE MONAE ROBINSON, CHARLES JOSEPH, NATHANIEL IRVIN, TERRENCE WILLIAM SMITH
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Lettin' Go
  • This track from Janelle Monae's debut EP The Audition finds her recalling getting sacked from her job selling ink and erasers at Office Depot. The young singer had been caught using a computer to update her MySpace page and communicate with fans on her website.
  • Big Boi got to hear the song, setting off a chain of events that eventually led to an artistic friendship, which helped inspire Monáe's move from New York to Atlanta. The OutKast star was the co-executive producer of Monáe's The ArchAndroid album and also featured on her single, "Tightrope."
  • Monáe re-recorded the song for southern Hip-Hop supergroup, Purple Ribbon All-Stars' 2005 album Got Purp? Vol. 2.