Hips Don't Lie - Lyrics

Lyrics

• The lyrics "En Barranquilla se baila así" ("In Barranquilla we dance like this") are a reference to the city of Barranquilla, Colombia, which is Shakira's hometown. The skirts used in the video to dance this part resemble the cumbia skirts, which are typical Colombian folk dress.
• The lyrics "Baila en la calle de noche, baila en la calle de día" ("Dance in the street at night, dance in the street by day") are a reference to "Carnaval (Baila en la Calle)", a merengue song written by Dominican musician Luis "Terror" Díaz and the unofficial theme song of the Dominican Republic's Carnival, but frequently used in Barranquilla too. (Dominican merengue star Fernando Villalona's version is the song's best known version, it was a hit in the early 1980s).
• In the video, the masks and costumes in the background are "marimondas", which are mythological creatures represented in the Barranquilla Carnival.