The Nature Lyrics

[Hook: Justin Timberlake] + (Talib ad libs)
We gotta get back to what really matters
We gotta search our soul to find out, what we're after
The more I find my voice the more they try to make it harder
Mom and dad don't forget, to warn your sons and daughters
About the-na-ture-of-the-world-to-day, the nature of the world today
The-na-ture-of-the-world-to-day, the nature of the world today

[Talib Kweli]
Word~! Don't nobody talk no more they all text message
Drivin and typin, not payin attention, missin they next exit
Dependin on navigation they ever know where they goin
They stayin stuck in one spot they not growin

I'm so over cryin, waitin and hopin playin the blame game
The game changed me into +A Different World+ like Dwayne Wayne

I'm gettin high just to maintain (yeah)
Take my music like a drug and drop the needle in the same vein
I get a rush like I'm tweekin off blow
Except it ain't via the nose it's from deep in my soul
The street slang I be speakin in code
Kick in the do's, freakin the flow 'til the speakers explode
We in control, the people know I speak the truth
The power of my roots is thicker than sour sop
And they so strong they bustin out the flower pot
Family tradition is to tell 'em you love 'em
While your family livin from granny in the kitchen the little man in prison

[Hook]

[Interlude]

[Justin Timberlake]
I'm just tryin to get back, to what really matters
I'm tryin to search my soul to find out, what I'm after
But the more I find my voice the more they try to make it harder
So mom and dad don't forget to warn your sons and daughters
About the-na-ture-of, the world today, the nature of the world today
The-na-ture-of, the world today, the nature of the world today

[Talib Kweli]
Yeah, it's all natural baby
It's how we put it there
Yeah, Brooklyn to Tennessee
You goin up with me
Yeah, yeah, break it down

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“The Nature” is is the twentieth and final track from Talib Kweli’s third studio album Eardrum. Eardrum would debut at number 2 on the US Billboard 200.

“The Nature” was an unexpected collaberation between Kweli and Justin Timberlake, with Timberlake providing a soulful sound with his signature falsetto while Kweli provided commentary through rhyme.

The song provides a critique on society and modern gang culture as Timberlake and Kweli take on the roles of figurative fathers explaining how the world works today.

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Fender Rhodes
Release Date
August 21, 2007
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