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Ladies up in here tonight Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

No fighting Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

We got the refugees up in here Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

No fighting Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Shakira, Shakira Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I never really knew that she could dance like this Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

She make a man want to speak Spanish Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

¿Cómo se llama?, bonita Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Mi casa, su casa Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Oh, baby, when you talk like that Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

You make a woman go mad Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

So be wiseand keep on Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Reading the signs of my body Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I'm on tonight, you know my hips don't lie Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And I'm starting to feel it's right Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

All the attraction, the tension Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Don't you see, baby? This is perfection Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Hey, girl, I can see your body moving Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And it's driving me crazy Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And I didn't have the slightest idea Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Until I saw you dancing Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And when you walk up on the dance floor Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And everything's so unexpected Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

The way you right and left it Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

So you can keep on shaking it Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I never really knew that she could dance like this Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

She make a man want to speak Spanish Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

¿Cómo se llama?, bonita Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Mi casa, su casa Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Oh, baby, when you talk like that Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

You make a woman go mad Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

So be wiseand keep on Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Reading the signs of my body Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I'm on tonight, you know my hips don't lie Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And I'm starting to feel you, boy Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Come on, let's go, real slow Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Don't you see, baby? Así es perfecto Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Baby, I know I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And I'm starting to feel it's right Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

All the attraction, the tension Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Don't you see, baby? This is perfection Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Oh, boy, I can see your body moving Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Half animal, half man Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I don't, don't really know what I'm doing Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

But you seem to have a plan Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

My will and self-restraint Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Have come to fail now, fail now Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

See, I'm doing what I can, but I can't, so you know Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

That's a bit too hard to explain Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Baila en la calle de noche Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Baila en la calle de día Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Baila en la calle de noche Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Baila en la calle de día Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I never really knew that she could dance like this Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

She make a man want to speak Spanish Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

¿Cómo se llama?, bonita Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Mi casa, su casa Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Oh, baby, when you talk like that Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

You know you got me hypnotized Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

So be wiseand keep on Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Reading the signs of my body Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Señorita, feel the conga Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Let me see you move like you come from Colombia Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Yeah, oh, yeah, ladies, sí! Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Mira, en Barranquilla se baila así, say it! Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

En Barranquilla se baila así Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Yeah, she's so sexy, every man's fantasy Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

A refugee like me back with the Fugees from a Third World country Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I go back like when Pac carried crates for Humpty Hump Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

We lead a whole club jazzy Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Why the CIA wanna watch us? Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Colombians and Haitians Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Boo-boop-so-boop, no more do we snatch ropes Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Refugees run the seas 'cause we own our own boats Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And I'm starting to feel you, boy Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Come on, let's go, real slow Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Baby, like this is perfecto Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Oh, you know I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

And I'm starting to feel it's right Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

The attraction, the tension Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

Baby, like this is perfection Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

No fighting Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

No fighting Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

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"Hips Don't Lie" is a song based in a salsa and cumbia performed by colombian singer Shakira and haitian rapper Wyclef Jean, released in 2005 as the second single from the Re-issue of Shakira's second english album (seventh overall) "Oral Fixation Vol Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation 2" Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation The song is a reworked version of Jean's 2004 song "Dance Like This" and takes some of its instrumentation from Jerry Rivera's "Amores Como El Nuestro" and lyrics from Dominican composer Luis Dias' "Carnaval (Baila en la Calle)" Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation In addition to co-producing the song, Shakira also wrote new material not present in Jean's original version Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation A spanish version of the track, entitled "Será, Será (Las Caderas No Mienten)", was also released, which was Added on Some Editions of the Album as a Bonus Track Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

"Hips Don't Lie" became a global success, reaching the number one spot on the charts in at least 25 countries, including the United States, where it broke the record for the most radio plays in a single week Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation It was Shakira's first number-one single in the US and the UK, as well as Jean's first number-one single in the US and his third in the UK Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation It won a People's Choice Award and an MTV Latin America Video Music Award, as well as an MTV Video Music Award for the music video's choreography Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation The song became one of the best-selling singles worldwide of all-time, selling 16 million copies, and it also became the novena song with the most paid downloads in history Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

After the moderate success of "Don't Bother" and of the parent album, her label Epic Records asked Wyclef Jean, in early 2006, to remake his song "Dance Like This" with Shakira, attempting to revive sales of the album Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation After that, "Hips Don't Lie" was released as the second single from the album (first from the reissue) Select your native language from the sidebar for translations, tap for pronunciation

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