<P> During the chorus, the lyric "I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it" is simply played backwards, a part many mistakenly assumed to be gibberish . In the middle of the song, after the lyric "Listen up close while I take you backwards", the lyric "Watch the way Missy like to take it backwards" is also played in reverse . This vocal reversing trend made it to several of her productions during the following years . </P> <P> In the song's chorus, an elephant trumpeting is heard to hide a sexual reference ("If you got a big (elephant trumpet), let me search it"). There is no version of the song that replaces the elephant sound with a word it is meant to hide; there is no word to hide, as it is meant to be left to the listener's imagination . In both the explicit and edited versions, the song uses onomatopoeia such as "ra - ta - ta - ta" and "buboomp buboomp boomp" to refer to sexual bodily moves . </P> <P> The music video to "Work It" was directed by Dave Meyers . Timbaland, Eve, Tweet and Halle Berry make cameos in the video . Alyson Stoner stars as Lead Kid Dancer . The video pays tribute to Aaliyah (1979--2001) and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971--2002), who at the time had both recently died, are commemorated in the music video with their images airbrushed on a car's hood . It also features an appearance by dancer and graffiti writer Mr. Wiggles from Rock Steady Crew . There is another music video that features 50 Cent rapping the first verse on the remix . </P> <P> In shooting the video, director Myers shot the opening scene with live honey bees; only one crew member was stung . Additionally, he forgot to replace a glass of wine with a glass of water when filming the restaurant scene, so Elliott was heavily drunk after production . </P>

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