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"Do It" is a popsong by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado for her third album, Loose (2006). It was produced by Timbaland and Nate "Danja" Hills. It features a prominent influence of 1980s dance-pop music and sexually suggestive lyrics, in which the song's protagonist asks a lover to satisfy her physically.
Alongside a remix featuring rapper Missy Elliott, the song was released as the fifth single from Loose in North America in mid-2007, and Furtado co-directed the accompanying music video. "Do It" reached the top twenty in Canada and was a number-one club hit in the United States, where it became Furtado's lowest peaking single on the Billboard Hot 100; it reached higher positions on charts on mainland Europe.
In January 2007, it was revealed that Timbaland plagiarized the synth line in "Do It" from an earlier track by Finnish demoscener Janne Suni—for more information, see 2007 Timbaland plagiarism controversy.
Furtado has credited the influence of 1980s musicians such as Blondie, Madonna, The Police, Prince and Talking Heads on Loose, saying that the album's creative team "were picking up on some of the more surreal, theatrical elements of '80s music, the stuff that puts you in sort of a dream state. There's a mysterious, after-midnight vibe to this album that's extremely visceral. I want people to escape into the music and indulge their most animalistic impulses." Referring to the sexually suggestive lyrics in "Do It" and other songs on Loose, Furtado cited the influence of what she described as "the assertive female sexuality of '90s hip-hop, from Queen Latifah to MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, Salt-N-Pepa, TLC. They were sexy, smart and creative—strong women in control. That's what I like about the sexual content on Loose: It's very organic."
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Do it, do it
You do it, do it
You're doin' it well
Here's the thing
I was mindin' my own business, doin' what I do
I wasn't tryna look for anythin'
All of a sudden couldn't take my eyes off you
I didn't even know if you could tell
That you had me in a daze sayin' what the hell
Here's my name, number, baby, just hit my cell
Lovin' everything you do 'cause you do it well
Don't know what you got me thinkin'
You ain't even tryna play me, boy
'Cause you're so good and you're so fine
Got me sayin' crazy things, listen
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
Boy you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
Boy, you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well
Let me tell you how it's gonna go
You and me gonna need a little privacy
I don't wanna do the dance, no do-si-do
I need a one woman man seven days a week
Quit tryna play it cool, boy, make your move
I told you how it is, nothin' to lose
You been starin' over here all night for free
And I ain't takin' no cash or credit, just a guarantee
There ain't nobody else for me, boy
You ain't even tryna play me, boy
'Cause you're so good and you're so fine
Got me sayin' crazy things, listen
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
Boy, you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
Boy, you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well
Baby, no need for false pretenses
Think you just shocked me to my senses
Everything that you do feels right
Do it, do it, do it, do it all night
No need for false pretenses
Just shocked me to my senses
Everything that you do feels right
Do it, do it, do it, do it all night
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
'Cause you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
Boy, you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
Boy, you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well
I ain't ever met a man like that
I ain't ever fell so far, so fast
You can turn me on, throw me off track
Boy, you do it, do it, you do it, do it
You're doin' it well