High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Way I Are" is a song performed by American producer, songwriter and rapper Timbaland, released as the second single from his second studio album Shock Value (2007). The song features vocals by American singer and songwriter Keri Hilson as well as uncredited vocals by American rapper D.O.E.. Mosley and Hilson co-wrote the song together with Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, John Maultsby, and Nate Hills, who along with Mosley produced the song under his stage name Danja. Mosley Music Group, in association with Blackground Records and Interscope Records, serviced the song to contemporary hit and rhythmic radios in the United States on June 15, 2007. "The Way I Are" is an electropop and disco song with influences of R&B and dance music that help create its futuristic sound. Its lyrics are based on the theme of role reversal and sensuous desires.