 Music critics had varying opinions on the song's genre; Rashod D. Ollison of "The Baltimore Sun" writing that it contains influences from club music, and other commentators identified it as a hip hop composition.Doreen St. Félix of MTV News described the composition as "a skeletal beat" and its lyrics as "more sexually literal" than Kelis' 2003 single "Milkshake".Clover Hope of "Billboard" wrote that the instrumental consisted of "thumping drums and tick-tock percussion" and compared Kelis' vocals to "squealing, panting and pleading", summarizing the song as a "half-rapping/half-singing affair".