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.
When you realize she REALLY FLIPS IT AND REVERSE IT!!! pic.twitter.com/8NMozRsYmU
— AAMIA (@Mia143__) March 22, 2017
@Mia143__ it should’ve never took us 15 years to realize that , I need a moment to grasp onto this pic.twitter.com/ir3kJRSDy1
— a dub 🈲 (@_lesbinastyy) March 23, 2017
Missy Elliot is a damn genius…. had everyone out here mumbling for years
— Yolanda(: (@yolandaestrello) March 22, 2017
EPIPHANY: THE GIBBERISH MISSY ELLIOT SPEWS IN WORK IT IS ACTUALLY “put my thing down flip it and reverse it” BACKWARDS pic.twitter.com/CI1fr83g7B
— Sydney Finchum (@sydneyfinchum) March 24, 2017
@Mia143__ pic.twitter.com/iYfXocmDXq
— Melissa Steel (@MelissaSteel) March 23, 2017
@Milkoffline @witnessbykaty @Mia143__ we thought she as saying HIP FLOM FLOM HIFA NIFA YETHEM
— Jazzzzzz (@NotWthoutPearls) March 24, 2017
@Mia143__ @ejw__ pic.twitter.com/AooGJDNr19
— $MOOVE (@Hetoosmoove) March 23, 2017
@Mia143__ WAIT!!!!!!!!!! Fhkjhcsegjkk pic.twitter.com/90QBo7wdYY
— Juzza Maurice 👸🏾 (@CJINMYVA_GINA) March 23, 2017
When you finally realized Missy really put her thing down flipped it and reversed it pic.twitter.com/jhIAWZh4ku
— Keshon Milian 🤙🏼 (@Kee_hendrixxx) March 23, 2017