Too Close Lyrics

[Bridge: Next and Vee]
I love when you shake it like that
(I see that you like it like that)
I love when you shake it like that
(I see that you like it like that)
Baby, I like it


[Chorus]
Baby, when we're grindin', I get so excited
Ooh how I like it, I try but I can't fight it
Oh, you're dancin' real close, 'plus it's real, real slow
You're makin' it hard for me


[Outro]
I like the way you move
(Baby, when we're grindin' I get so excited)
You're making me want you oh the way you move
('Plus it's real, real slow)
I like those things you do cause you're a little too close, yeah
I get so excited, ooh, how I like it, I try but I can't fight it
Oh, you're dancin' real close, 'plus it's real, real slow
You're makin' it hard for me

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About

Genius Annotation

“Too Close” is a sexy R&B song about a man who gets aroused by a young woman while they’re dancing at a club. (“I feel a little poke coming through,” as well as “Now girl, I know you felt it […] You know what I wanna do,” and “You’re making it hard for me.”)

The track by Next features uncredited vocals from Vee of Koffee Brown. It was the second single released from the group’s debut album, Rated Next.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What inspired this song?
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Raphael "Tweet" Brown
Genius Answer

The inspiration for the song came from we were recording the album in Jersey and we went out to the club called The Peppermint. We were hanging out with some friends that we had met, and we were dancing with the females. You know, situations took place, and we get back to the house, and this was back when we had the house phone where you could have more than once person on the phone at a time.

So R.L. and I are on the phone with the females, and we were asking them, “Yo so have you ever felt a guy get aroused on the dance floor when you’re dancing?” And they were like, “Yeah.” And we were like, “No. How does that feel?” And they were like “We do it on purpose.” And we didn’t expect that answer. We were like, “What?” And they were like, “Yeah, we do it on purpose.” So then we were like, “Is that a deal breaker?” They were like, “Yeah, if it ain’t…”

So Kay Gee had the beat on downstairs, we went downstairs, wrote the song in like 15 minutes.

What was it like working with Kay Gee?
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Raphael "Tweet" Brown
Genius Answer

Working with Kay Gee was a treat. Kay Gee is a genius mind. He is one of the most underrated producers in the game, of all time, because he doesn’t just do rap. He doesn’t just do certain genres. He does pretty much everything. He doesn’t play keys, so he’ll have a guy that plays the keys, and then he pretty much puts everything else together. So working with him wasn’t pressure, it was fun because we wanted to work with everybody that was doing it, because we felt like we could deliver. And so we had a good chemistry with him too.

Are the guys from Next still in touch with the girls who inspired this song?
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Raphael "Tweet" Brown
Genius Answer

Yeah we still know the females that were part of the song. We’re still just friends. We’re all still cool. But at the end of the day it’s like they’re part of history, you know? And they were cool about it. You know how some people would try to get credit or somethin for that. But their credit is they were a part of it. They were a part of the subject that birthed somethin that’s gonna be here for the rest of our lives.

What was Kay Gee's process like in the studio?
Were the guys worried about releasing this song?
How did the idea come about to add the female perspective?
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