CLOUDS(song)

## **Song**

**ARTIST:NF**

**RELEASED:** February 18, 2021

**GENERE:**Hiphop

**LENGTH:**4:03(orginal),3:49(edit)

**LABEL:**Caroline Records & NF Real Music

**WRITER:**NF

**PRODUCER**:Tommee Profitt

**Release Order**

**Previous:** Chasing\_(Demo) ft. Mikayla Sippel

**Current:CLOUDS(song)**

**CLOUDS-** is the first track of NF's CLOUDS (THE MIXTAPE). The song was released as the single on February 18, 2021. [1]

## **Background**

On February one of the NF's fans via Twitter asked him about the hint of the title of his new song.NF responed and a gave a first letters of his new song.One month later NF changed his profile picture on every platform.At the same time he confrimed the title of this song-CLOUDS.[2]

## **Theme**

On the track, NF recounts success and shares how he doesn’t fit the classic rapper mold. The classic cinematic production resembles the opening track of his 2019 album The Search (Album) both handled by NF’s main producer Tommee Profitt.[3]

## **Lyrics**

Calmly, feel myself evolving

Appalling, so much I'm not divulging

Been stalling, I think I hear applauding, they're calling

Mixtapes aren't my thing, but it's been awfully exhausting

Hanging onto songs this long is daunting (yeah)

Which caused me to have to make a call I thought was ballsy

Resulting in what you see today, proceed indulging

As always, the one trick pony's here, so quit your sulking

Born efficient, got ambition, sorta vicious, yup, that's me (woo)

Not artistic, unrealistic, chauvinistic, not those things

Go the distance, so prolific, posts are cryptic, move swiftly

Unsubmissive, the king of mischief

The golden ticket, rare sight to see

I stay committed, embrace the rigid

I'm playful with it, yeah, basically

Too great to mimic, you hate, you're bitter

No favoritism, that's fine with me

Create the riddles, portrayed uncivil

Unsafe a little, oh yes, indeed

It's plain and simple, I'm far from brittle

Unbreakable, you following?

I'm Bruce Willis in a train wreck

I'm like trading in your car for a new jet

I'm like having a boss getting upset

'Cause you asked him for less on your paycheck

I'm like doing headstands with a broke neck

I'm like watching your kid take his first steps

I'm like sayin' Bill Gates couldn't pay rent

'Cause he's too broke- where am I goin' with this?

Unbelievable, yes, yes, inconceivable

See myself as fairly reasonable

But at times I can be stubborn, so

If I have to, I will rock the boat

I don't tend to take the easy road

That's just not the way I like to roll

What you think's probably unfeasible

I've done already a hundredfold, a hundredfold

It's probable that I might press the envelope

Ideas so astronomical

Sometimes I find them comical

Yeah, incomparable

Replay value phenomenal

Beat selection remarkable

Slowing me down, impossible

I don't rock no Rollie's

I don't hang around no phonies (nope)

I don't really got no trophies

I don't know why God chose me (I don't know)

Got something in the cup, ain't codeine (never)

Change my style, they told me

Now they come around like, "Homie"

Man, y'all better back up slowly, back up slowly

Woo, who are you kidding?

How could you doubt me? I've always delivered

Ripping the teeth out of the back of my mouth's

The closest you get to my wisdom

See my initial thought was to wait

But what can I say? I had to come visit

Check on you guys, you doin' alright?

Your year really sucked? Yeah, that's what I figured

They cover they heads up whenever I drop

Shake the whole industry, put 'em in shock

Come out the clouds like a meteor rock

Then land on the Earth like, "Ready or not?"

Ain't no one like me, the cream of the crop

Don't even front, better give me some props

I pick up your body and throw it a block

Okay, I admit it, that's over the top, not

Deer in the headlights looks every time I step my foot on the ground

I get mistook for a lame with no weight to his name

Ground just shook, let's not beat around the bush

Even my B-sides throw 'em off like, "How's he do it?"

Some say I'm a great influence

I don't know about that, but I did do the best I could

"Hollywood, Hollywood

Hope Nate doesn't go Hollywood"

You think that you don't know me good

You think that you don't know me good

"Hollywood, Hollywood

Hope Nate doesn't go Hollywood"

You think that you don't know me good

You think that you don't know me

I-I-I always advance, say how I feel, you know where I stand

Raisin' the bar, I gotta expand

Top of the charts, I'm setting up camp

Pound in my stakes, I put up my tent

Shoot for the stars, they fall in my hand

Stick to my guns, I don't even flinch

Can push all you want, ain't movin' an inch

I rarely miss, you know I'm relentless

Ain't got a choice, no way to prevent it

Just who I am, and I don't regret it

See what I want and then I go get it

Followed my gut, I'm happy I did it

Beat all the odds, I ain't got no limits

Cannot be stopped, you payin' attention?

I ain't gotta say it, they know where my head is

They know where my head is (head is)[4]

## **Video**

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Official Video

## **Edit Version**

The edit of CLOUDS which cuts the instrumental intro for radio play. [5]

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Official audio

## **Trivia**

1. On Instagram live NF said that this song and STORY was the hardest to make.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rDtfQkFA2XU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
2. It's third NF's song which got an edit.First was ,,The Search" and second was ,,Time".[6]
3. CLOUDS was promted by Amazon Music and Spotify on Time Square.[7]
4. CLOUDS was also on their playlist -HOT SINGLES PLAYLIST and New Music Friday.[8]