Timbaland - Give it to me
Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake is it going is it going is it going is it going? I don't know what you're looking for Well the first things we can hear is someone asking is it going. What ever...
Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
is it going is it going is it going is it going?
I don't know what you're looking for
Well the first things we can hear is someone asking is it going. What ever ‘it’ isn’t really specified meaning that ‘it’ could be a lot of thing. Maybe Timberland’s car is playing up and he needs ‘JT’ and Nelly to help him push start it. Or maybe ‘it’ could be something more sinister such as a chainsaw (assuming of course Timberland has finally lost the plot and decided to listen to the voices in his head.) The rather confrontational line ‘I don’t know what you are looking for’ kind of adds to this feel. Needless to say I would probably look away if I saw a half crazed man with a chainsaw and chanting ‘is it going? Is it going? Is it going?’
[Nelly]
I'm the type of girl that'll look you dead in the eye (eye)
I'm real as they come if you don't know why im fly-y-y-y-y
seen ya try to switch it up but girl you ain't got to
I'm the wonderwoman let me go get my ropes
Ms Furtado talks about being looked dead in the eye (notice she repeats the word eye to make sure listeners realize she is in fact referring to her optic senses in case anyone confused her before, when or why that would happen is a bit dubious and to be fair if she’s in a club she should be more worried about men staring at other parts of her body) and makes the point that she’s as real as they come. Well to be fair she wouldn’t be singing if she wasn’t real would she. She then begins to arrogantly label herself as ‘fly’ which I’m sure we all know means cool or hip (whatever term I use in this scenario is going to look outmoded or lame to be honest). Nelly then has forgotten the first law of cool which is you cannot label yourself as such as that’s just arrogant and no one will generally pay attention to that label unless delegated by someone else. Then again she is a rather large celebrity so she probably gets away with it. Nelly then claims to be wonder woman which to fair is another shocking revelation (on top of the one of being a supermodel) about a singer I scarcely listen to or really care about, I think she might be telling a few ‘porkies’ in this case as to claim to be wonder woman and therefore be ‘princess of the Amazonians’ is a bit of a tall order. Then again there are a lot of gullible people out there.
I'm a supermodel and mummy, si mummy
amnesty international got bankrupt (im on top, on lock)
you love my ass and my abs and the video called promiscuous
my style is miticulous-s-s-s-s
Nelly now starts listing her titles such as being a supermodel and a mother. Fair enough for the latter as she has a daughter but as for the former I personally wasn’t aware that she was or is a model and maybe this is just her bragging. She then for some reason starts talking about rather more dark matters such as amnesty international going bankrupt which sounds like a lie to me as this could spell disaster not to mention setting off Bob Geldof on one perhaps. She then starts to brag about her ass and her abs and name drops her previous single (as if she couldn’t get more arrogant) and starts to hiss at the end of the verse for some unknown reason (maybe it’s the crowd booing her).
[chorus]
if you see us in the club we'll be acting real nice
if you see us on the floor you'll be watchin all night
we ain't here to hurt nobody
Well at least now I know what to do if I happen to see Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and Timberland in a club (judging by the clubs I generally go to such as Tiger Tiger or Liquid in Cardiff or The Black Sheep Bar or Reflex in Croydon I don’t really expect to find A list celebrities hanging out after a busy day recording), still at least I’ll know what to expect. To be fair though is it any surprise people would be looking at them after all they are three of the most well known artists in the western world. Also I can be reassured that they aren’t here to hurt anybody who means that it is probably ok to spill their pint without painful repercussions. Then again judging by the level of their fame they probably won’t need to actually hurt anyone as they can probably afford and rely on bouncers to do their bidding.
so give it to me give it to me give it to me
wanna see you work your body
so give it to me give it to me give it to me
We are then asked to give ‘it’ to them. Whether the ‘It’ here is related to the ‘it’ they were trying to start earlier is unclear. In fact it comes to mind whether it is animal mineral or vegetable. Either way the idea of any of those objects brings to mind a strange outcome in this context:
In the case of animal: Maybe it is like an unusual creature (much like in the three children and IT) which is of some value or perhaps a dog (Dog’s as an accessory just speaks volumes on the idiotic nature of Hollywood vanity gone awry) being stolen from one of the artists.
Mineral: Not as unusual as it could mean drugs, money or any object of value. Perhaps to make the scene more unusual we could assume that they are asking for a metaphysical item like the Ark of the Covenant or Pandora’s Box. In any case what would be the incentive to give these items to these folks who to be fair have made enough money as it is (not to mention the royalties they will make off this song alone.) The trio now demands to see us ‘work’ our bodies. Now I know this is pedantic but to be fair the body by the very fact that it is alive is working, what with the amount of involuntary actions going on in the body such as those found in the digestive system. In any case this probably is a reference to the street slang term for ‘dancing’ though in any case it still sounds a bit silly.
[Timbaland]
when timbo is in the party everbody put up their hands
I get a half a mill for my beats you get a couple grand-d-d-d-d
never gonna see the day that I ain't got the upper hand
I'm respected from californ.i.a. way down to japan
Well it would appear that now ‘Timbo’ as people often call him is leading the party now or has just entered the party with a semi-automatic weapon. Either way everyone is putting their hands up on his arrival. The next thing he goes on to point out is that he earns significantly more for his work than anyone else on the production team. A bit cocky, but cockier still he boasts that no one will get the upper hand on him (well he attempts to suggest this by using a double negative anyway and manages to pull it off unlike some people who claim they ‘ain’t done nothing wrong’ and generally look like a tit for their trouble) and further to this is respected across most of the globe. Now to be fair here I think he might be getting a bit above his station as no one can rule the charts for ever but more to the point in his boast of global respect, would a Japanese person know who Timberland is? I expect many would either say no or ask if you were referring to the shoe company Timberland (which probably is respected from Californ.i.a to Japan as they do make some good durable walking boots). Then again does Timbo use the popularity of the shoe company to spread his name (albeit not his but sharing the same name has got to have some advantages here.) All I know is I’m now wondering if Timberland actually wears Timberlands?
I'm a real producer and you just the piano man
your song gonna top the charts, I heard em, I'm not a fan-n-n-n-n
(like said before...you know what they say here)....
talkin greasy im the one that gave them they chance
somebody need to tell em they can't do it like I can
Anyway boots aside, Timberland continues to boast about his position in the industry, claiming he is the real producer and to add insult to injury he claims the ‘piano man’s’ music isn’t quite up to scratch by his standards (a bit dubious no doubt) and basically claims no one can do it like him. Either way he’s not someone I would like holding a grudge against me, if he’s going to keep going on about how great he is in the music business. Why does he have such a big thing against pianos anyway? Maybe he had an unfortunate experience involving pianos; perhaps an embarrassing piano recital or maybe he had his foot accidentally hurt by stubbing it against a piano. In any case I’m never going to invite him to any piano recitals as he would probably only make a scene and claim his music is better. That being said, I’d like to see how his music matches up to classical geniuses such as Mozart or Beethoven. They were just piano men and I would expect they are respected from Californ.i.a to Japan and maybe beyond.
[JT]
Could you speak up and stop the mumbling
I don't think you're getting clear.
Sitting on the top it's hard to hear you from way up here.
I saw you tryin to act cute on tv just let me clear the air.
We missed you on the charts last week
‘JT’ asks someone (possibly ‘Timbo’) to stop mumbling and speak up and starts attacking people acting cute on TV during music videos. Now that strikes me as hypocritical, I mean just look at N’Sync now if that’s not acting cutesy I don’t know what is. Then again he does seem to have moved on from that so he could be excused. To add insult to injury (having claimed the un-named target of his abuse mumbles and acts cute on TV) he then says he (possibly on purpose) missed the singer in question’s song on the charts, which seems more vindictive than anything.
Damn that's right, you wasn't there.
If sexy never left, then why's everybody on my shi it it?
Don't hate on me just because you didn't come up with it.
So if you see us in the club go on and walk the other way
Cuz our run will never be over; not at least until we say
Oh dear it would appear that ‘JT’ was just making a sarcastic jibe at the songs lack of success. He then subtly name drops his previous hit ‘sexy back’ and orders people to stay away from him and his showbiz chums in the club. Now, going back to what I said earlier, I think JT might be forgetting that if the club happens to be somewhere like Tiger Tiger or Liquid then people probably wouldn’t hesitate to badger him for an autograph. Further to this JT declares that his and his friend’s run in the charts won’t end until they say so. Now just to throw this idea into the ring, what would JT do if everyone stopped buying his records, he wouldn’t have a say in that and his run would end. Or more to the point what if Timbo flips and ends the run with his semi-automatic or a chainsaw (I mean as we saw earlier the guy is unstable, considering he tried to hold up a club).
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