N.E.R.D

Released: March 23, 2004

Songwriter: Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo

Producer: The Neptunes

[Verse 1: Pharrell]
It just happened, so what?
But they're all laughing, what's up?
Why the tears? have no fear
We are here for you
But I know how you feel
I know how you feel when no one cares

[Bridge: Pharrell & (Shae)]
If you feel just like I feel (push people)
Everythings plastic, nothings real (push people)
Fuck your lover face, not steal (push people)
We're just dancing, no big deal (push people)
Hey just let the bullshit pass (push people)
Or we'll skateboard your ass (push people)
Got more bombs, more wheels (push people)
We're just dancing, no big deal (push people)

[Hook: Pharrell & (Shae)]
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout
(Push people) break awayyyyy (push people)

[Verse 2: Pharrell Williams]
All you can be is just you
Cause you're real, not the plastic type
But reality sets in this dark and this plastic life
Why the tears? we're all here for you
But I know how you feel
I know how you feel and I do care

[Bridge: Pharrell & (Shae)]
If you feel just like I feel (push people)
Everythings plastic, nothings real (push people)
Fuck your lover face, not steal (push people)
We're just dancing, no big deal (push people)
Hey just let the bullshit pass (push people)
Or we'll skateboard your ass (push people)
Got more bombs, more wheels (push people)
We're just dancing, no big deal (push people)

[Hook: Pharrell & (Shae)]
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout
Breakout (push people) breakout

[Bridge: Pharrell]
Hey (shit happens) hey (just blow it off) (WOOOOO!!!!)
Man, well don't it make ya feel RAGE yeah, RAGE yeah
(WOOOOO!!!!) Hey! (shit happens) uh huh (just blow it off) (WOOOOO!!!!)
Yeah, well don't it make ya feel RAGE yeah, RAGE yeah
(WOOOOO!!!!)

[Outro: Pharrell]
Just as long as we got the same thing in our veins
You and I, we are both the same
I'll bail you out, show you what you should see
One love, N.E.R.D, peace

N.E.R.D. (officially stylized as NER*D, as seen on their covers) is a backronym that stands for No-One Ever Really Dies.

N.E.R.D. is a hip-hop and rock band whose members include Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, also known as The Neptunes, and Shae Haley. The band was formed as a side project by the Neptunes in 1999. Williams and Hugo had known each other since 1985 when they were 12, and they met Shae Haley a few years later in high school. Hugo and Williams signed a deal when they graduated high school in 1992 and eventually, Hailey joined them when N.E.R.D. was formed.

In September 2001 the band released their first album, In Search Of in Europe. They used digital production for the project but when they prepared for the worldwide release a year later they opted to re-record the album with a live funk rock band known as Spymob. Two years later in March of 2004, they released their second album, Fly or Die. Unfortunately, the two albums didn’t have nearly as much success as The Neptunes production work—collectively the two albums barely broke a million copies sold. In 2005 the group supposedly disbanded because of a dispute with Virgin Records, but Pharrell contradicted this claim in an April 2008

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