Too Close
by Next

Album: Rated Next (1997)
Charted: 24 1
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  • I wonder if she could tell I'm hard right now, hm
    Yeah, come on, dance for me, baby, ha ha, yeah
    Uh-oh, you feel that, alright
    Come on, don't stop now
    You done did it, come on, uh, yeah, alright, hold on

    Baby, when we're grinding (that's right)
    I get so excited (mmh)
    Ooh, how I like it (ooh)
    I try but I can't fight it (yeah)
    Oh, your dancing real close (uh-huh)
    Plus it's real, real slow
    (You know what you're doing, don't you?)
    You're making it hard for me (uh)

    Oh, the slow song's on you requested
    You're dancing like you're naked
    Ooh, it's almost like we're sexing (oh yeah)
    Yeah, boo, I like it
    No, I can't deny it
    But I know you can tell
    I'm excited, oh, girl

    Step back, you're dancing kinda close (mmh)
    I feel a little poke coming through
    On you

    Now, girl, I know you felt it
    Boo, you know I can't help it
    You know what I want to do

    Baby, when we're grinding (oh yeah)
    I get so excited (feels so good)
    Ooh, how I like it (so real)
    I try but I can't fight it (you)
    Oh, your dancing real close (and it's real)
    Plus it's real, real slow (you know)
    You're making it hard for me

    Baby, us dancing so close
    Ain't a good idea
    'Cause I'ma want you now and here
    The way that you shake it on me
    Makes me want you so bad sexually
    Oh, girl

    Step back, you're dancing kinda close (ohh)
    I feel a little poke coming through
    On you

    Now, girl, I know you felt it
    Boo, you know I can't help it
    You know what I want to do, oh, yes

    Baby, when we're grinding
    I get so excited (ooh-wee)
    Ooh, how I like it
    I try but I can't fight it (baby, it feels so right)
    Oh, your dancing real close (real, real)
    Plus it's real, real slow (you know)
    You're making it hard for me (baby, it don't stop)

    Baby, when we're grinding
    I get so excited
    Ooh, how I like it
    I try but I can't fight it (no)
    Oh, your dancing real close (and it's real)
    Plus it's real real slow (mmh, yeah)
    You're making it hard for me

    I love when you shake it like that, ah, ah, ah (come on)
    I see that you like it like that, oh, oh, oh
    I love when you shake it like that, ah, ah, ah
    I see that you like it like that, oh, oh, oh (that's right)

    (Well, baby, I like)
    Baby, when we're grinding
    (The way that you grind)
    I get so excited
    Ooh, how I like it (on me)
    I try but I can't fight it (oh yeah)
    (I can't fight it)
    Oh, your dancing real close (real close)
    Plus it's real, real slow (oh yeah)
    You're making it hard for me

    Baby, when we're grinding (I like the way you move)
    I get so excited
    Ooh, how I like it (you're making me want you)
    I try but I can't fight it
    Oh, your dancing real close (oh, the way you groove)
    Plus it's real, real slow
    (I like those things you do)
    You're making it hard for me
    (But you're a little too close)

    Baby, when we're grinding (yeah)
    I get so excited
    Ooh, how I like it
    I try but I can't fight it
    Oh, your dancing real close
    Plus it's real, real slow
    You're making it hard for me Writer/s: Denzil Miller, James B Moore, Keir Lamont Gist, Kurt Walker, Lawrence Smith, Raphael Shawan Brown, Robert A Ford, Robert Huggar
    Publisher: MUSIC MANAGEMENT, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Diane King from New YorkThe beginning of this song samples " Another One Bites The Dust"
  • Jerome from Seattle, WaTo Delly,New York,NY
    This song samples the 1980 song "Christmas Rapping" by Kurtis Blow. This is his first single and was released in the early days of Rap music.
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesIn 2001, British boyband Blue took a cover version of this song to No.2 in the UK
  • Delly from New York, NyOkay...which song was sampled?
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