American actress and singer Niki Haris provides the song's spoken lyrics.

A new jack swing and funk-pop song, it is the opening track on Natural Selection's self-titled, only studio album.

[3] Released as a single in 1991, "Do Anything" became a hit in the United States, where it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

[2][4] Jeff Giles of pop culture website Popdose wrote that the song is "deeply, deeply silly," commenting on its "horrible" lyrics, "dated" production, and "painfully bad" rap, but he noted that the song is difficult to hate overall.

[5] AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson called the track "likeable" and appreciated that it was original compared to other urban contemporary songs released during the early 1990s.