Nipsey Hussle - Closer Than Close lyrics

You know a nigga like me tend to
Keep 'em at arms distance length
("Closer than most")
I'll give you that, you got
A little bit closer, but, you know
("I just see so much in you") yeah
("And I want a better view")
Finna take you back around, like, '98, '99
You know
("I want to look deeper into you, yeah")
Slauson boy

Yeah, let's take it back then
When it was crackin'
We probably took your 10-speed and
Jacked your mags then
One on the handlebars and one on the pegs
Obituary pictures, I miss 'em
Them niggas dead now we used to fail tests
We used to steal chirps
We used to smoke stress, we used to sell work
Nigga, you're too cool for school
You ain't no fuckin' fool
You ain't gon' stay broke for
Long like them suckas do
That's when my moms trip
She told me "kick rocks"
My granny told me I could stay
That's when the shit popped
Rarely I came home, mostly I'm in the streets
Livin' with bitches I'm fuckin'
Bouncin' between the sheets
I hit a house lick, I got a little change
I bought a gold chain, a little cocaine
Focused my mind now, got on the grind now
I bought a bucket, a Cutlass, fuck it
It's mine now

("Let's get closer")
That muthafucka rolled though, on hood
You know, nigga ain't have no license
("Closer than closer") nigga be like four
Five deep in that muthafucka
("Let's get closer than close")
("Let's get closer")
Shit, you know, nigga was just livin' fast
You know i got my first taste of money
And I was turned out ("Closer than close")
I was on the grind after that, you heard me
Look

That's when the cash came
Life in the fast lane
Goodbye 211, hello champagne
Goodbye hoodrat bitches, hello dime pieces
They say money and women is
Known to divide people
I couldn't see it, but now I see it's true
Your bitch was feelin' me
My bitch was feelin' you
We both was gettin' money
You know how these bitches do
Show no emotions to these hoes
Don't let it get to you now when we meet
I'm seein' jealousy behind your face
Like crooked looks on top of
Phony smiles and fake shakes
You used to front me quarters
You used to have the bricks
You let me try your shit
How did it come to this?
Your young homie done growed up on his own
Same nigga you taught to cook and
How to blow up a zone
Same nigga you sent the pounds to
When I went out of town
Same nigga when I was down you
Let me sleep in your house what's happenin'?

("Let's get closer")
You know, them times when a
Nigga got, you know
Sick of just being in the
Hood every goddamn day
("Closer than closer")
I got me a little ticket on JetBlue, got
Me a few pounds and I shook, you know
("Let's get closer")
I was in ATL tryin' to do it
Big, my nigga, Stone Mountain, westside
Decatur ("Closer than close")
Peachtree, all that, tryin' to get my
Money out in the zone, you feel me

I guess you never know a nigga
'til you catch a case with him
And it hurt me in my heart when
They told me that you was snitchin'
If I wasn't up outta town
I'da been right wit'cha
Takin' that bank down with you would
You have still turned witness?
And I remember them other niggas
They had you cornered
You chirped me early morning
I hit that corner with burners
No license in my Regal
On my lap was the heat
I'm taking risks within this 'cause you
Would do it for me
Wasn't that the code? Stay
Down and never fold? Through 25 to life or
Through the casket close
And now I put some space between
Us 'cause the path you chose
You got another nigga life for
That little cash you stole
And mama told you this a long time ago
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time
And oh at first I brushed it off
And second guessed it
'Til the homie showed me all
That paperwork with your confessions