This song about female empowerment and failed relationships features Lil Kim and Missy Elliott; the latter also produced the track. Cole explained to MTV News that all it needed was one phone call to Missy Elliott to get her on board: "I wanted her to be one of the producers on the album, so I just called her and she came through."
This song was originally intended for Fantasia's debut album but after Missy Elliott played it to Cole she decided she wanted it. Elliott explained to Vibe magazine: "I tried to hurry up past it cause I felt Keyshia wouldn't want it. She said she wanted to work with me and I really didn't know what kind of direction she wanted to go in. But as soon as the chords came on she was like, 'Wait-wait-wait stop! Stop!' She was like all, who record is that? I was like, well [Fantasia] had too many records on her album so I couldn't take it. And she wanted it." Cole added: "Fantasia did this track before I did it. It didn't go on her album but I thought it was real hot. So when we were all in New York, I recorded it."
This features a sample of the 1983 #1 R&B hit "Juicy Fruit" by the funk/soul group Mtume. Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 debut solo single "Juicy" borrowed from the same track. Cole told MTV News: "We hooked it up. As soon as I heard ['Let It Go'], I was like, 'That one, I want that one right there.' And it's hot. It's Biggie's remake to ['Juicy'], so I had to do it."
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