It’s taken people 15 years to realise what Missy Elliott is saying in Work It

Revelations in the Twitterverse. Minds blown.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should already be familiar with Missy Elliott’s club banger Work It.

But have you ever wondered what the lyrics are after the line ‘I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it’?

Have you ever just fumbled your way through it and muttered something incoherent in a weak voice, smiling awkwardly at others and hoping they didn’t catch you not knowing the lyrics?

Well, you wouldn’t be alone.

After 15 years, people are just realising that the line ‘Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup I’ is ‘I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it’ in reverse. Just let that sink in.

See the Twitter revelations below.