Don't Shoot by the Game feat. Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Fabolous, Wale, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz, Yo Gotti, Currensy, Problem, King Pharaoh and TGT (2014)
Dont’s Shoot is a single released on August 27, 2014 in the United States by American rapper The Game featuring All all-star teams of hip-hop artists; Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Fabolous, Wale, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz, Yo Gotti, Curren$y, Problem, King Pharoah and recording group TGT performing the chorus. The song is dedicated to Michael Brown. After its release, a number of songs came out over the shooting of Michael Brown and for the similar incident, this song mentions other black men killed: Emmett Till, Ezell Ford, Trayvon Martin, and Sean Bell. [1]
The single was written by Problem, Yo Gotti, DJ Khaled, King Pharaoh, Ginuwine, Tyrese, Tank, Wale, Curren$y, 2 Chainz, Swizz Beatz, The Game, Rick Ross, Diddy & Fabolous. [2]
Black Empowerment
Here is the protest in the song's lyrics from the Game's Don't Shoot:
Yo, come on we gotta stick together, we all we got
Police taking shots and I ain't talkin' 'bout Ciroc
I'm talking 'bout Emmett Till, I'm talking bout Ezell Ford
I'm talking 'bout Sean Bell, they never go to jail for Trayvon over Skittles, Mike Brown Cigarillos
History keeps repeating itself, like a Biggie instrumental
America's a glass house and my revenge is mental
Rather use my brain than throw a cocktail through a window. [3]
