Lemon di N.E.R.D. feat. Rihanna è il nuovo singolo del trio americano che per il ritorno si è voluto fregiare di una collaborazione d’eccezione. Il singolo ci dà quindi conto delle intenzioni del gruppo, dopo che tanti segnali erano stati lanciati nel corso degli ultimi giorni.
Si tratta del primo inedito da Squeeze me, che hanno rilasciato nel 2015. Nel disco era anche contenuta la colonna sonora di Sponge Out of Water, con protagonista proprio SpongeBob. Già previste alcune versioni del singolo, nell’ormai immancabile vinile e senza la collaborazione di Rihanna. Noti anche coloro che hanno girato il video, Todd Tourso e Scott Cudmore.
Nel singolo, sono inseriti anche dei chiari riferimenti politici, alcuni dei quali potrebbero essere rivolti a Donald Trump. Non è comunque certo che il gruppo si riferisca al Presidente degli Stati Uniti d’America, ma non è neanche un’eventualità da scartare vista la naturale tendenza della musica a dire la sua sulle gesta di The Donald.
Ed è proprio il titolo che fa pensare a qualcosa che si riferisce al Presidente. Il limone è infatti una metafora per indicare qualcosa di inutile, che sia l’acquisto di un’automobile o qualsiasi altro riferimento alla figura politica più potente del mondo. Qui di seguito, il video tutorial di Lemon con il suo testo.
N.e.r.d & Rihanna – Lemon, TESTO
[Intro: Pharrell Williams]
The truth will set you free
But first, it’ll piss you off
[Verse 1: Pharrell Williams]
Hate! Bad bitches wanna be my bae
Hate! Hunt me down like the C.I.A
Hate! Side of my car, tryna see my face
Hate! Want me to beat it like the T.I. case
Oh (hate!) and if it’s heated I’ma feed my face
Hate! And best believe, it’s gon’ be outrageous
Hate! Hatin’ niggas can’t believe my race
Hate! Niggas hit you with the Eli face, oh[Refrain: Pharrell Williams]
Bouncin’ around, bouncin’ around, bouncin’
Bouncin’ around, bouncin’ around, bouncin’
Scrunchin’ their eyes with your name in their mouth and
Bouncin’ around, bouncin’ around, bouncin’
[Verse 2: Pharrell Williams]
Hate! You keep askin’ me where I’m from
Hate! About the borders and, “Did I run?”
Hate! Keep askin’ how I feel ‘bout guns
Hate! There’s a light and dark army, which side you choose? Oh
Hate! If not now then when?
Hate! And if not me then who?
Hate! Don’t drink the Kool-Aid, my friends
Hate! I tried to tell y’all about this dude[Refrain: Pharrell Williams]
Bouncin’ around, bouncin’ around, bouncin’
Bouncin’ around, bouncin’ around, bouncin’
Hate supplements are found right in their couches
Bouncin’ around, bouncin’ around, bouncin’[Interlude2]
Wait, wait a minute
Shout out to them people, people
Wait, wait a minute
P-p-p-people, people
Wait, wait a minute
Mad ethnic right now[Chorus: Rihanna]
I get it how I live it
I live it how I get
Count the mothafuckin’ digits
I pull up with a lemon
Not ‘cause she ain’t livin’
It’s just your eyes get acidic
And this here ain’t a scrimmage
Mothafucka, we ain’t finished
I told you we won’t stop
A nigga ‘bouta business
Like yours, but you rent it
Wave hello to the top
Nigga the Veyron glide
Tell the paparazzi get the lens right
Got the window down, top, blowin’ la
Got the hazards on, only doin’ five
You can catch me, Rih, in the new La Ferrar’[Verse 3: Rihanna]
And the truck behind me got arms
Yeah, longer than LeBron
Just waitin’ for my thumb like The Fonz
Woo! This beat tastes like lunch
But it’s runnin’ from veneers and it’s runnin’ from the fronts
But everyday, hey, wasn’t lemonade
I was afraid, once a nigga graduate
Would I be okay?
So I prayed and I played
It’s Rihanna, nigga
My constellation in space
Warp speed, Doctor Spock couldn’t chase, nigga[Bridge: Pharrell Williams]
Nigga, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face
Bath, bath salt, bitin’ speakers in the face[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]
I get it how I live it
I live it how I get
Count the mothafuckin’ digits
I pull up with a lemon
Not ‘cause she ain’t livin’
It’s just your eyes get acidic
And this here ain’t a scrimmage
Mothafucka, we ain’t finished
I told you we won’t stop
A nigga ‘bouta business
Like yours, but you rent it
Wave hello to the top
Nigga the Veyron glide
Tell the paparazzi get the lens right
Got the window down, top, blowin’ la
Got the hazards on, only doin’ five
You can catch me…[Refrain: Pharrell Williams]
Bouncin’ around, bouncin’ around, bouncin’
[Outro: Pharrell Williams]
You can catch me
Wait, wait a minute
Wait, wait a minute
Wait, wait a minute
Wait, wait a minute
Wait, wait a minute
Wait, wait a minute
Wait, wait a minute
Wait, wait a minute