《Say It Right》是加拿大流行女歌手Nelly Furtado与Timbaland合作的一首歌曲,词曲由Nelly Furtado、Timbaland、Danja合作编写,音乐由Timbaland、Danja、Jim Beanz制作。这首歌收录在她的第三张录音室专辑《Loose》中,并作为推广专辑的的第四张单曲,被发布于2006年9月19日。
Nelly Furtado出生于英属哥伦比亚维多利亚的一个葡萄牙移民家庭,她四岁时在教堂的葡萄牙日上首次与妈妈共同献唱。9岁起逐渐开始接触伸缩喇叭、四弦琴,几年后也开始学习吉他与钢琴。12岁起,她开始写歌,且开始在葡萄牙游行乐队中演奏。
在创作歌曲的过程中,美国音乐制作人Timbaland和徒弟Danja共同编写这首歌曲的歌词,后者负责键盘乐器以及辅助Timbaland制作音乐,凯文·鲁道夫负责弹奏吉他,Jim Beanz担任背景歌手。同时,为了找出能够适应Nelly歌声音域的曲子,Timbaland和Danja对这首歌的谱曲做了许多修改和试验。
这首歌主要体现出其如同空气一般的柔和氛围,被视为其所属专辑中最深奥的歌曲。在主歌部分,妮莉·费塔朵的歌声由于受环绕音影响变得异常刺耳。而到了副歌部分,妮莉·费塔朵的歌声却变得温柔、迷人富有深度。
歌词:
In the day
In the night
Say it right
Say it all
You either got it
Or you don't
You either stand or you fall
When your will is broken
When it slips from your hand
When there's no time for joking
There's a hole in the plan
Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me
No you don't mean nothing at all to me
But you got what it takes to set me free
Oh you could mean everything to me
I can't say that, I'm not lost and at fault
I can't say that, I don't love the light and the dark
I can't say that, I don't know that I am alive
And all of what I feel I could show
You tonight you tonight
From my hands, I could give you
Something that I made
From my mouth, I could sing you another brick that I laid
From my body, I could show you a place God knows
You should know the space is holy
Do you really want to go?