Come Close Remix
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It's just a fly love song, what

Are we living in a dream world?
Are your eyes still green girl?
I know your sick and tired of arguing
But you can't keep it bottled in
Jealousy, we got to swallow it
Your heart and mind baby follow it
Smile, happiness you could model it
And when you feel opposite
I just want you to know
Your whole being is beautiful
I'm going to do the best I can do
Cause I'm the best when I'm with you

Come close to me baby
Let your love hold you
I know this world is crazy
What's it without you

Put down your bags love
I know in the past love
Has been sort of hard in you
But I see the God in you
I just want to nurture it
Though this love may hurt a bit
We dealing wit this water love
You even give my daughter love
I want to build a tribe wit you
Protect and provide for you
Truth is I can't hide from you
The pimp in me
May have to die with you

Come close to me baby
Let your love hold you
I know this world is crazy
What's it without you

I know what you're thinking, you're on my mind
You're right, you're right, you're right
You promise so fast you just might take flight
Hope your not tired, tonight, tonight

You help me to discovery me
I just want you to put trust in me
I kind of laugh when you cuss at me
The aftermath is you touching me
It's destiny to we connected girl
You and I we can affect the world
I'm tired of the fast lane
I want you to have my last name

Come close to me baby
Let your love hold you
I know this world is crazy
What's it without you

I know what you're thinking, you're on my mind
You're right, you're right, you're right




You promise so fast you just might take flight
Hope your not tired, tonight, tonight

Overall Meaning

The song "Closer" by Common feat. J Dilla is an ode to love and the desire to be close to someone. The lyrics are a combination of verses from Common, Pharell, Erykah Badu, and Q-Tip. Common opens the song with his verse where he talks about his love for a woman and how she has changed his life. He mentions how he would go to the extreme to please her and how she completes him. He also talks about how they go through the normal ups and downs in a relationship but still come out strong. Pharell comes in next and talks about how he has changed his ways for the woman he loves. He acknowledges that she used to watch him wearing designer clothes but now he has gone back to his roots as a skateboarder. He also mentions how much he loves and desires her. Erykah Badu, in her smooth voice, talks about how she can't stop thinking about the person that she loves and how she wants to spend more time with them. Q-Tip comes in on the last verse and talks about the differences between him and his love interest but how they still manage to make it work. He expresses his love for her and how he couldn't care less about what others think.


The chorus is simple and catchy with a repetitive "Come close to me" that emphasizes the desire to be close to the person they love. The phrase "fly love" is also repeated throughout the song, which can be interpreted as a love that transcends the physical and is ethereal.


Overall, "Closer" is a beautiful song that celebrates the complexities of love and the desire to be close to someone.


Line by Line Meaning

I don't stress it baby
I don't worry about it, my love


They say you got me dressing crazy
People say you have a big influence on me and the way I dress


Eating veggies when serve sex the medium
I'm willing to do unconventional things with you, like being a vegetarian, even though I enjoy meat, because we have an amazing sexual connection


And if we break up Imam eat meat again
If we were to break up, I'll go back to my old ways


I feel complete with you
You bring me a sense of wholeness and fulfillment


Shit, I held up size up the street for you
I waited patiently for you even though it was difficult


In the street people ask about me and you
People are curious about our relationship


I tell them we go through what most people do
I reassure them that our relationship is like any other and has its ups and downs


Yes, let go of fear love
We should not be afraid to love each other


We can grow as long as my beard does
Our relationship can continue to flourish as long as we both continue to grow and develop as individuals


You push me way in the way you supposed to
You challenge and motivate me to be the best version of myself


Queen you're the one I come close to
You are my queen and the one I am closest to


Come close to me
Please come closer to me


Come close baby
Baby, come closer to me


Come close ma'
Darling, come closer to me


Baby baby
My sweet baby


Let me hold you love
Allow me to hold you, my love


I know this world gets
I understand that the world can be


It gets crazy baby
It can be overwhelming, my love


It gets crazy girl
It can be hectic, my darling


But what's it with out you you you you
It's meaningless without you in my life


I know you used to watch me
I am aware that you used to follow my fashion sense


Rock Gucci and Versace
Wear high-end designer clothes


But now I'm back to my skater roots
I have returned to my original style of dressing, like when I was into skateboarding


Still got friends in them gator boots
I still have friends who wear fancy alligator skin boots


What's up with them hater dudes?
What's the deal with the people who don't like us together?


Ma' hating is OK with you?
Are you okay with people hating on our relationship?


Why, cause they drive in them fancy cars
Is it because they are wealthy and have expensive cars?


Look, I could ride you on my handle bars
I would love to ride you on the handlebars of my bicycle


Of my BMX baby
My BMX (bicycle) is what I'm referring to


I'm creative with turrets baby
I get very imaginitive when I think about you


My testicles filled with ecstasy
I feel extreme pleasure when I think about our relationship


When I think of you naked please
I imagine you without any clothes and it excites me


I know your thinking
I understand that you must be thinking


You're on my mind
I can't stop thinking about you


Your right, your right, your right
You are correct


You promise so fast you just might take flight
You make promises so quickly and with such conviction that it seems like you could take off like an airplane


Open up time
Let's create some space


Tonight, Tonight
Let's do it tonight


You and I are from different worlds
We come from different backgrounds and cultures


You from underneath the underground
You come from the hip-hop underground scene


Where I understood my hip hop
I have a different understanding of hip hop


One two this disposition
I have this perspective on things


I don't stress it sweetie
I'm not worried about it, honey


You write in cursive I write in graffiti
We have different writing styles


Opposite not really we just customized through our turfs
Although we have different backgrounds, we still have a connection and have adapted to each other's cultures


Hey I'm expecting you listen
I want you to pay attention to what I'm about to say


I'm saying a rat's ass I couldn't give
I don't care at all


Even thought you far away in my heart you live
Even though you are physically distant, you still hold a special place in my heart


So bring your sweet face closer to me
Come nearer to me, my darling


And look into my eyes and tell me what you see
Gaze into my eyes and tell me about your feelings


Fly love
Love that's soaring high


Say what
What are you thinking about?




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Chad Hugo, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Pharrell L. Williams

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Comments from YouTube:

@BIGCATHFTALGO

2024 whos still here?

@KAs619

Who else feels like this should have been the version on the "Electric Circus" album?

@Geneiveve

Kasino Marxs

Noooo
We need Pharrell and Mary.

@Marcos_1983

Nah. I love dillas work. But the Neptune's version, with Mary was fire bro. This version is a close second though.

@ylariraaijmakers8911

💯

@meyou5789

Nope, because I would have been REALLY madd at that album lol
Imagine that?! The only dope hip hop like beat? U woulda been pissed when the rest of the album didn't Come Close lol.
At.least Neptune version was weird enough to blend un with all that other Really weird shit

@snappy_.

I’ll pay good money to put this on my Spotify playlists

@seeowins

Fuck yeah bruh

@sunshinesoul6004

Tell em again!!

@ksy4747

Even the original one isn't on Spotify 😢

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