Tootsee Roll Lyrics

[Intro]
The butterfly? Uh-uh, that's old, let me see the Tootsee Roll
Yeah, 1990-Quad
69 Boyz backed up by the Quad City DJ's, one time

[Chorus]
Cotton candy, Sweetie Gold, let me see the Tootsee Roll
C'mon, c'mon (Tootsee Roll), just make that Tootsee Roll
Here we go, here we go (Tootsee Roll), just make that Tootsee Roll
Yeah, c'mon (Tootsee Roll), lemme see that Tootsee Roll
Get up and roll (Tootsee Roll) and make that Tootsee Roll

[Post-Chorus]
To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right
To the front, to the front, to the back, to the back
Now slide, slide, baby, slide, just slide, baby
Slide, just slide, baby, slide, c'mon, c'mon (Slide)
To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right
To the front, to the front, to the back, to the back
Now dip, baby, dip, c'mon, let's dip, baby, dip, baby
Dip, baby, dip (Just dip, baby), dip, baby, dip (Just dip, baby)
Cotton candy, Sweetie Gold, let me see the Tootsee Roll

[Verse 1]
I don't know what you've been told
It ain't the butterfly, it's the Tootsee Roll
A brand new dance, so
Grab a partner and get on the dance floor
And work them hips a lil' bit
Then do that dip a lil' bit
Oh yeah, you got it
No ifs, ands or no buts about it
And you over there, with the long hair
Keep rollin' that derriere
'Cause it ain't hard
Just a brand new dance for the 1990-Quad
69 in the place to be
Hey yo, 'Ski, what we came to see?
[Chorus]
Cotton candy, Sweetie Gold, let me see the Tootsee Roll
Here we go, c'mon (Tootsee Roll), c'mon, c'mon (Tootsee Roll)
Lemme see your Tootsee Roll, c'mon, c'mon (Tootsee Roll)
Just get that on the floor (Tootsee Roll) and Tootsee Roll
Here we go, here we go (Tootsee Roll) just—

[Bridge]
I feel a whoop comin' on, a whoop comin' on (Say what?)
I feel a whoop comin' on, a whoop comin' on
Whoop (Come on), whoop (Come on), whoop (Yeah, c'mon, c'mon and) whoop
Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop (Yeah, baby)

[Chorus]
Cotton candy, Sweetie Gold, let me see that Tootsee Roll
C'mon, c'mon (Tootsee Roll), just make that Tootsee Roll
Yeah, c'mon (Tootsee Roll), and make your Tootsee Roll
Here we go, here we go (Tootsee Roll), just make that Tootsee Roll
I wanna see your Tootsee Roll, just make your Tootsee Roll

[Post-Chorus]
To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right
To the front, to the front, to the back, to the back
Now slide, slide, slide, slide
Now slide, slide, slide, slide, uh-oh
I feel a whoop comin' on, a whoop comin' on
A whoop comin' on, a whoop comin' on (Five, four, three, two, one, c'mon now)
Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop (C'mon now)
Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop
Cotton candy, Sweetie Gold, let me see that Tootsee Roll
[Verse 2]
I don't know what you've been told
It ain't the butterfly, it's the Tootsee Roll
A brand new dance, so
Grab a partner and get on the dance floor
69 in the place to be
Hey yo, 'Ski, what we came to see?

[Chorus]
The butterfly? Uh-uh, that's old, let me see the Tootsee Roll
Here we go, c'mon (Tootsee Roll), c'mon, c'mon (Tootsee Roll)
Lemme see your Tootsee Roll, c'mon, c'mon (Tootsee Roll)
Just get that on the floor (Tootsee Roll) and Tootsee Roll
Here we go, here we go (Tootsee Roll) just— check it out

[Post-Chorus]
To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right
To the front, to the front, to the back, to the back
Now slide, slide, slide, slide
Now slide, slide, slide, slide (C'mon, c'mon)
To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right
To the front, to the front, to the back, to the back
Now dip, baby, dip, c'mon, let's dip, baby, dip, baby
Dip, baby, dip (Just dip, baby), dip, baby, dip (Just dip, baby)
I feel a whoop comin' on, a whoop comin' on
I feel a whoop comin' on, a whoop comin' on (Oh, here it come)
Now whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop (C'mon, let's)
Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop (Oh, baby, baby)
[Outro]
Just roll, just roll (C'mon), just roll, just roll
Just roll, just roll, just roll, just roll (Yeah, c'mon and)
Just roll, just roll, just roll, just roll (C'mon, c'mon)
Just roll, just roll, just roll, just roll (Just let that booty roll)

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About

Genius Annotation

The Tootsee Roll!

This song (and titular dance) absolutely demolished dance floors in the mid 90’s. It serves an excellent example of “3rd wave” Miami (or Booty) Bass. Comprable tracks include “Whomp! There it is!” by 95 South and “Come on ride the train!” by the Quad City DJs (who provided production for this song).

Miami Bass as a genre started slow in the 80’s with seminal producers MC ADE, and perhaps most importantly Megatron, who set the template for the measured delivery and necessary praise of the low-end prevalent in the genre.

2 Live Crew picked up the reins from here, marrying the stripped-down production style with lyrics so raunchy they were slapped with an obscenity charge (which was appealed, and ultimately overturned in the Supreme Court! Further Reading).

After 2 Live crew’s explosion in popularity, other groups began using the Miami Bass production style for more pop-oriented dancey material, which is where this song comes from.

Although in the 2000’s and beyond, production techniques hailing from Miami Bass have been absorbed into Hip Hop in general, there is still a Bass scene in South Floria, having been cross-polinated with IDM and Breakcore. These days it’s gravitating toward (and moving quite clearly beyond) the space-aged throwback weirdness of original Bass artists like Megatron. See: Otto Von Schirach.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

  1. 4.
    Loose Booty* (Missing Lyrics)
  2. 10.
    Hump N’ Ya Back* (Missing Lyrics)
  3. 12.
    Tootsee Roll
  4. 15.
    Teenie Weenie* (Missing Lyrics)
  5. 19.
    All Men R Dawgs (Missing Lyrics)
  6. 20.
    Buddy-Buddy* (Missing Lyrics)
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