(mtv) Erykah Badu's "Window Seat" video almost didn't end with the singer getting shot on the grassy knoll where JFK was assassinated. Several endings were tossed around, including one where a naked Badu turned the camera away from herself and onto her camera crew, who were also going to be nude. The fatal ending was a group effort between Badu and the video's directors, Coodie and Chike of Creative Control. "She's evolving," Coodie said. "So it's almost like you have to kill off the other person to do that." "It was also to tie [the JFK assassination] in," Chike added. "He was assassinated there for what reason? There were reasons for his assassination that dealt with him doing things that went against the norm for positive reasons. People try to assassinate your character when you try to step against the grain. That's where the gunshot in the video came. Also, she was inspired by the Matt and Kim video [for 'Lessons Learned'], where they did something shocking in the end."

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