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





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  1. P.... 6....

    The very first Nipsey track I heard, this was back in 09, I was 21 and stupid.

  2. M.... G....

    RIP nip the great blessed the good with your presence brodee rest in heaven

  3. w.... i....

    Still cnt believe that pussy took u frfr C.r.i.p

  4. P.... P....

    Still cant believe they took you. I always come back to this song whenever Im going through it. Ong you still had so much to teach us. LLNH 💯

  5. J.... A....

    💯💯💯💯💯💯

  6. E.... P....

    *R.i.p unc*

  7. B.... ....

    think this song is about eric holder

  8. P.... P....

    damn this nigga was in stone mountain w it! wtf

  9. T.... W....

    It's like when a nigga got it going on n ur haters always want to bring u down are have u 6 feet under and it can be ur nigga u hang out with everyday trust no one I listen to this song when I go though it cause it so 💯 that's crazy how u got hater that don't want u to down instead of being happy they want to hate on u

  10. D.... W....

    211 at the QT on Old National in Atlanta, Georgia...

  11. E.... H....

    I miss this MF .. a dam shame

  12. L.... G....

    Man nipseys story sad as hell 😞

  13. W.... B....

    The real ones always go too soon. The fakes seem to be around forever smh #RIP

  14. j.... l....

    So real nipsey ❤️❤️❤️ 🇪🇷

  15. Y.... M....

    Love yo life cuz rest in paradise I'ma listen to yo raps forever just like Dave East said

    Y.... M....

    u not gone be alive forever

    Y.... M....

    @BoDee6100 fucc u troll ass nigga

  16. F.... M....

    Fucking sick! This dude so young so blessed. So real.
    Daily doze of motivation.

  17. P.... S....

    NIPSEY I LOVE YOU FOREVER NO MATTER WHAT. PRECIOUS BABY BOY. SWEETHEART. NEVER FOLD TEN TOES DOWN ALWAYS. U KILT IT. FINE YOUNG KING👑🔥🔥🔥 I LOVE THIS TRACK. SO DOPE!!!!!!! IF I LISTEN TO NIP RAP A MILLION TIMES I WILL STILL HIT REPLAY ONE MORE TIME EVERYTIME.

  18. P.... S....

    DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!KILL it NIPSEY. RAPPER OF THE WORLD. KING. MASTER. MY SUGAR BABY . I LOVE NIPSEY TIL I D.I.E.

  19. K.... C....

    Damn Nipsey fucking miss you. LA isn’t the same but I know your spirt is around. Can’t wait till the day we all get United

  20. E.... M....

    Something up with Eric Holder I am praying he makes it to trial please oh Heavenly Father 🙏 let Nip get justice in Jesus name I pray Amen!

    E.... M....

    yo heavenly father not listening nigga

    E.... M....

    @BoDee6100 yo why you say it like that for

  21. M.... P....

    “I guess you never know a nigga, until you catch a case with em”

  22. M.... W....

    Love all his music rest up my fav gone but never slept on 😘😍💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💋💯🙏

  23. F.... W....

    I Swear We Weren't Supposed Too Go Too His Funeral

  24. E.... ....

    Man one of my favorite song had to deal with homies that turned on me

    E.... ....

    Sure lol

    E.... ....

    @BoDee6100 yeah I'm sure

  25. M.... L....

    This is Song equal
    2pac dont trust me
    I LOVE Nipsey hussle. forever in my heart R.I.P
    Brasil 🤟🏾🤟🏾

  26. M.... E....

    RIH KING NIPSENO

  27. N.... M....

    🏁💙

  28. A.... N....

    sounds like he talking to Big U

  29. A.... a....

    Favorite song I Felt This Shit Only Real Bitchs/Niggas Gone Feel It #TRAPPERLIFE💰

  30. e.... 1....

    Damn this was me and my brother life crazy how thing change

  31. C.... C....

    99.999% no get down

  32. M.... D....

    Feel how all y'all feel😥😢🙏🏾🙌🏾 rest up bro u already know what's up love you forever and everything u helped a nigga get thru

  33. B.... G....

    Damn Nipsey every time I hear this song it brings tears to my eyes reason why this use to be my joint when I was back in school long live nipsey gone too soon TMC 💙💙🏁

  34. J.... D....

    felt like i lost a big brother...shit is crazy...

  35. M.... F....

    Miss u NIPSEY

  36. R.... T....

    Cali feel 4 real R.I.P.CRENSHAWNIP

  37. T.... F....

    Dope shit cuz

  38. M.... P....

    Happy C day

  39. K.... A....

    Damn ironic murder by a snitch with paperwork
    Smh Nip was ahead of his time and too real for the average.
    So sorry we loss a real one too soon

  40. D.... I....

    Remember when he first came out they giving mix tape for free

  41. C.... J....

    Lorddd it’s hard down here 😒 thanks for the sunshine

  42. E.... M....

    Not 211 miss you NIP

  43. g.... m....

    I never got to hear this I am so into him.. It's the stuff young Nipsey was on his path to success !! Rip baby
    💔💙🏁🙏✔💯

    g.... m....

    Nipsey was a very deep young black butterfly that soared across many different worlds he was really woke he is missed by all ages and Creed and color and will always remain a timeless fixture in black culture 😇😇😇😇😇

  44. S.... ....

    Been my favorite song since I found him thru his video "Strapped" bacc in the days I swear I introduced my nigga to everyone in Eastside long beach bacc in like 07

  45. A.... F....

    dear god give us back ermias joseph asghedom aka nipsey hussle and will give u jason !!!!

  46. D.... S....

    "You never know a nigga, until you catch a case with him"
    Thats as real as it gets right there.

  47. T.... S....

    Rip NIPTHEGREAT FOREVER LOVE 🏁🏁🏁🏁

  48. J.... Y....

    Eric holder or David gross

  49. C.... p....

    Mane RIP to hustle imma make sure my son know who u was u put real music in the game

  50. T.... E....

    Love you bro💯

  51. R.... P....

    Damn still cant believe u gone u did so much and had a lot more to do!! RIP KING NIP!!

  52. R.... N....

    ❤️💙

  53. g.... m....

    I never heard of you then to bad I would have rep you all the time young Nipsey love you goid grief no wonder you wonderful young man @

  54. V.... C....

    "at first I brushed it off and second guessed it, til the homie showed all that paperwork with your confession"

    That pisses me off bc the narrative we are getting from his "killer" is just that. Smh.

  55. K.... T....

    my bruddah love u miss u big bruh #TMC #LLNP FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @1TSTHAPRINCE WE GONE KEEP MY NIGGA LITT!!

  56. P.... S....

    Mann I miss you Nip. Always wondered who you was talking about at the end of this song too! I was gone ask you next time I met you Mann.

    P.... S....

    He just telling a relatable narrative this really does happen he saying watch your back it's always the one that's close to you

  57. E.... C....

    Rest Eternally Nip! On 3-31-19 (The World Lost A Real One) 🍷🍸

  58. T.... D....

    Happy belated father's day... I am lost of words life goes on love you nuff love from jamaica its sad to say your gone so i wont. Just be 👍

  59. T.... B....

    One love big uce 🙏🏽

  60. D.... N....

    CIP nip the great 🤴🏽🦁
    A real warrior we lost

  61. S.... n....

    No amount of time will stop the pain of losing Nip... 2020 Pac

  62. C.... S....

    Nip Hussle Tha Great , it's a risk being Real outchea . We love you cuz 🏁🔵

  63. Z.... B....

    Ride in peace locc on trays

  64. R.... R....

    True story NH

  65. S.... N....

    This is da shiznit To Criminal keep coming to us with your good Shiznit Stay Positive & Stay Focus REST & POWER To Nipsey Hussle Marathon Continues for show 1 Luv ❤️from your girl here

  66. U.... S....

    OUT NOW💹 #VENGEANCE🎼🎬 RIGHT BACK,AINT CHEATING🎼 KEEP RESTING #RIPKEV I GOT UHM💯 PRESS🔛 COMMENT & SHARE... #TJDISS🔍
    https://youtu.be/rfoVVZTVhVo

  67. A.... H....

    One of his best to me

  68. E.... E....

    3rd verse is about the lame that killed em

  69. T.... B....

    Why they was showing GAME when he gassed the last verse...that's fishy to me 👀👀👀👀👀

  70. Z.... R....

    Rip nipsey !!

  71. D.... R....

    “I bought a bucket
    A Cutlass,
    Fuck it
    It’s mine now...”

    I remember when I first heard this song I had just bought an old beat up Cadillac and even though it was a piece of junk it was my piece of junk that I earned on my own so when I heard that bar from Nip it made me proud to drive around in that beat up Cadillac. It feels great to make something happen on your own and that’s what Nip will always embody.

    RIP King Nip

    THE MARATHON CONTINUES

  72. D.... T....

    On Pueblo Bishop Bl52D Gang R.i.P Bl52D I Always Fucked With Yo Musik 👌🏽💪🏽❤️🔴

  73. M.... R....

    This shit is hard as fuck

  74. L.... b....

    Forever 💙

  75. r.... m....

    like j.cole said “they real ones is dying the fake ones is lit”

  76. R.... H....

    Suck that plastic dick you got

  77. b.... c....

    Hussle The Great!!❤️❤️❤️

  78. J.... A....

    REST N GOD KING . CLASSIC SONG CLASSIC BROTHER

  79. S.... R....

    Damn.... this shit ain't right, you'll always be loved Nipsey, you made a great impact on the world 😔😔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  80. D.... A....

    used to play video games to this back in the day:(

  81. B.... D....

    I PLAY DIS EVERYDAY

  82. E.... V....

    Closer and close to your music, I can relate to.:
    PACOIMA CRAZY BOYZ GANG MR DOPEY vPCB13
    PAC-TOWN California 818
    WeSS uP to Can't get right from w/s RSC Homie 💯

    E.... V....

    ESSJ $K::

    E.... V....

    £°S VARRIO PACOIMA CRAZY BOYZ X3GANG
    FucK BuSterS nK XiVK nortenoK :.

  83. R.... F....

    Guess who this song was about...

  84. M.... &....

    They slept on Nispey A1

  85. D.... N....

    The goat SIP Hussle the great

  86. y.... ....

    fuck snitches rip Nipsey 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁💙

  87. B.... P....

    Listen close to the last verse

  88. m.... b....

    you was like my big brother why the great ones go early r.i,p neighborhood

  89. J.... F....

    Miss u bro..

  90. J.... H....

    So slept on, so underrated, so underappreciated & missed. Rest easy, love. You brought joy to more people than u EVER would have realized. 💔💙🤘💔😪

  91. S.... G....

    Nipsy rip real people

  92. J.... L....

    Broooooo 😭😭 i never shed a tear listening to this song til now rip king👑👑🙏

  93. N.... C....

    Legend.

  94. A.... l....

    RIP NIPTHAGREAT GOAT

  95. D.... Y....

    Nigga sound like the west coast Bump J

  96. C.... S....

    Dam Bro Smh Shit Crazy Cuz N.I.P. Much Love💙💙💙 Crip!!!!

  97. M.... ....

    Damn man I know u was evolving but I wish you would have kept the Burner on you like yo younger days

    M.... ....

    Fr I would rather hear nip caught a case having it on him than this

    M.... ....

    @Burr 1 "cause would you rather be the victim or the suspect?" - Bo$$ NIP

    M.... ....

    Mr5anyika that’s what I’m sayinggggggggg 😩😩😩 I don’t understand why no one had a peice on them?