N.E.R.D

Released: November 2, 2010

Songwriter: Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo

Producer: The Neptunes

[Congressman Patrick Kennedy]
If anybody wants to know where cynicism is, cynicism is that there's one, two, press people in this gallery. We're talking about Eric Massa 24/7 on the TV, we're talking about war and peace, three billion dollars, a thousand lives and no press?! No press?! You wanna know why the American public is fit, they're fit because they're not seeing their congress do the work that they're said to do. It's because the press, the press of the United States is not covering the most significant issue of national importance, and that's a laying of lives down in the nation, for the service of our country. It's despicable, the national press core right now

[Pharrell]
Mmm Dada, I'm sure you can tell
It's in the air, of our nation
It may shock ya, the maddest hallucination
But the dead people, they'll be dressed well (yeah)
They say

[Shay Haley]
What's yo' name? You the one starin
Oh my God, lemme shake yo' hand
Do it like this, do it like that
Can you switch it up? Send it right back
Frown to your back, smile to your face
Think I keep it real, but I keep it fake
Think I'm ahead, but I'm the ass
Man I'm really sick, I really need a mask
Woof!

[Hook]
And now it's in the air, spreading everywhere
So you should be prepared
(Ain't no pill or cough syrup)
(That can help so you better hurr'up)
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey
It's in the air
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey
It's in the air
Hey, hey, hey

[Pharrell]
To spread this thing, they don't need a tongue
Instead they use the precious lungs
But the scariest thing, they don't {?} kill ya
But they're still dead people dancin' like Thriller

[Shay Haley]
What's yo' name? You the one starin'
Oh my God, lemme shake yo' hand
Do it like this, do it like that
Can you switch it up? Send it right back
Frown to your back, smile to your face
Think I keep it real, but I keep it fake
Think I'm ahead, but I'm the ass
Man I'm really sick, I really need a mask
Woof!

[Hook]
And now it's in the air, spreading everywhere
So you should be prepared
(Ain't no pill or cough syrup)
(That can help so you better hurr'up)
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey
It's in the air
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey
It's in the air
Hey, hey, hey

[Pharrell]
They comin' in, they get me now
What a shitstorm of the situation
But a maid and I, guns to the biggest cloud
Stop big brother and there's invasion (yeah) come on

[Shay Haley]
What's yo' name? You the one starin'
Oh my God, lemme shake yo' hand
Do it like this, do it like that
Can you switch it up? Send it right back
Frown to your back, smile to your face
Think I keep it real, but I keep it fake
Think I'm the head, but I'm the ass
Man I'm really sick, I really need a mask
Woof!

[Hook]
And now it's in the air, spreading everywhere
So you should be prepared
(Ain't no pill or cough syrup)
(That can help so you better hurr'up)
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey
It's in the air
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey
It's in the air
Hey, hey, hey

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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