Once upon a time, there was a little black girl In the Brewster Projects of Detroit, Michigan At fifteen, she was spotted by an Ebony Fashion Fair talent scout And her modeling career took off You better work You better work (Cover girl) Work it, girl (Give a twirl) Do your thing on the runway Work (Supermodel) You better work it girl (Of the world) Wet your lips and make love to the camera Work Turn to the left Work Now turn to the right Work Sashay, shantay Work Turn to the left Work Now turn to the right Work Sashay, shantay It don't matter what you wear It doesn't matter what you wear They're checking out your savior faire And it don't matter what you do 'Cause everything looks good on you Supermodel Work (Cover girl) Work it girl (Give a twirl) Do your thing on the runway Work (Supermodel) You better work it, girl (Of the world) Wet your lips and make love to the camera Work Turn to the left Work Now turn to the right Work Sashay, shantay Work Turn to the left Work Now turn to the right Work Sashay, shantay I see your picture everywhere I see your picture everywhere A million dollar derriere And when you walked into the room You had everybody's eyes on you, supermodel Linda (work mama) Naomi (she is fierce) Christy (foxy lady, out of sight) Cindy (I can feel it) Claudia (sell the garment) Niki (work the runway, sweetie) I have one thing to say, sashay, shantay Shantay, shantay, shantay, shantay, shantay I have one thing to say, sashay shantay Shantay, shantay, shantay, shantay, shantay It don't matter what you wear It doesn't matter what you wear They're checking out your savior faire And it don't matter what you do 'Cause everything looks good on you Supermodel Work (Cover girl) Work it girl (Give a twirl) Do your thing on the runway Work (Supermodel) You better work it, girl (Of the world) Wet your lips and make love to the camera Work Turn to the left Work Now turn to the right Work Sashay, shantay Work Turn to the left Work Now turn to the right Work Sashay, shantay You better work Work Work (Supermodel) You better work Work Work I have one thing to say: You better work