N.E.R.D

Released: August 6, 2001

Featuring: No Malice

Songwriter: Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo No Malice

Producer: The Neptunes

[Intro]
La la la la
Listen
La la la
Hey

[Verse 1]
Didn't you know I can help or hurt you
So there's no reason to lie
I bet you let those other niggas jerk you
Convince you that they are fly
I never said I was an angel
Said but I ain't like those other guys
Listen
You're convinced that our experience rearranged you
Well maybe you should re-examine how you tried
Or...

[Hook]
Am I high
Hey am I high, yeah or no
Am I high
Ooh high, yeah or no

[Verse 2]
I think I've loved you since our high school
But you only wanted friends of mine
So when they replied
Her she's cool
Only then you gave our friendship time
You won't say it but you think I'm changing
Is it because the whole world calls me drugs
Didn't I say I can help or hurt you
You should be paranoid without me
And with me feel a buzz
Is that cocky?
Or...

[Hook]
Am I high
Hey am I high, yeah or no
Am I high
Ooh high, yeah or no

[Verse 3: Malice]
It's the kinda high that got me leaning
120 speeding in the rain
Meaning of a hydroplane
Play both sides of the field
See I know 'caine
Keep 'em high like Kurt Cobain
Listen
I'm known for speaking my mind
Known for fleeing from the scene of a crime
Eyes redder than the beam of my nine
Eyes redder than the scene of that crime
All for the love of the lime
I'm so high

[Verse 4]
Insinuating you're not that way
I see how you look and use your eyes
But when I ask you can I jump in
Then you start again with the lies
But if I dare you you'd blow a kiss to another
Though my friends have no idea who you could be
Don't worry I would never tell another
But I ate your pussy as you laid there beside her yes she was asleep

[Hook]
Am I high
Hey am I high, yeah or no
Am I high
Ooh high, yeah or no

[Outro]
Why am I sitting here
Peering the sky
Is there something inside of me, or am I high?
From when we talk on the phone, 'til when we fuck
This sounds like deep lust to me
But I get high on your love
Am I high?

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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