Monica
Closer
[Intro: LL Cool J, Monica]
(Ooh)
Just pull up on you playing this
(I'ma love you, boy, I won't stop)
Yeah, not caring how you feel about it
(Ooh, yeah)
Yeah, you probably don't even know what it is
Yeah (Ooh)

[Chorus: Monica, LL Cool J, Both]
Give it up, uh
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop
(You don't stop)
Oh, baby, bring me closer
Take it off, uh, uh
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop
(You don't stop)
Oh, we're getting closer and closer

[Verse 1: LL Cool J]
You was reminiscin' and wishin'
For L to deliver what the game's been missin'
Beats that knock, rhymes that lock with precision
Hot like when Pac first popped out of prison
Two schools of thought headed for a collision
Did it big for a minute then you lost your vision
Skinny jeans, a wedgy and a dance rendition
Tycoons wouldn't choose that mission
These cats is all hype, that's why I don't listen
Them suits ain't fittin' right, I see y'all slippin'
Ain't no hate, love, nah, I ain't trippin'
Still love jewelry and champagne sippin'
Bankroll healthy, ice is still sickenin'
Couldn't get fresh if you brought Doug and Slick in
We Diddy bop, y'all out here skippin'
Baby, just ignore these fools, they trippin'
[Chorus: Monica, LL Cool J, Both]
Give it up, uh
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop
(You don't stop)
Oh, baby, bring me closer
Take it off, uh, uh
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop
(You don't stop)
Oh, we're getting closer and closer
(Yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2: LL Cool J]
They went from Pee Wee Kirkland to Pee-wee Herman
Bishop Don Juan need to give 'em a sermon
How soon we forget when the chrome is turnin'
Models in the backseat, blunts is burnin'
But even if I wasn't LL Cool J
I had the same girl that I have today
And that's not something most of these cats could say
Your whole hands different you're payin' 'em to stay
Now some of y'all gonna feel some kind of way
That's your pride fuckin' wit' ya, you know how we play
Grown, run a bath, grinding all day
I know you got an itch, let me take that away, baby
The moment of truth in the jacuzz'
I don't like that new shit, play some rhythm and blues
Worry 'bout the water, baby, leave on your shoes
Toast to the GOAT, ma, I don't lose
[Chorus: Monica, LL Cool J, Both]
Give it up
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop
(You don't stop)
Oh, baby, bring me closer
Take it off, uh (Take it off)
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop
(You don't stop)
Oh, we're getting closer and closer
(Closer, closer and closer)

[Verse 3: LL Cool J]
LL, grown ass man
Couldn't give a damn if a young boy's my fan
Long as his mama two-step to my jam
While she cleanin' up her house, mop in her hand
Todd changed the game, now you understand?
I got that old money, weak rubber bands
Cats playin' themselves, gettin' out of hand
I don't do features to chase teenage fans
Lyte got it right, I cram to understand
I ain't trendy, shorty, L's a brand
Raised on hip-hop with grown ass fans
Hands in the air, rockin' in the stands
I've been made, ain't no making of the bands
Save the techno and glow sticks for Disneyland
Them same five features on every other jam
You like them? Listen to 'em, we don't give a damn
[Chorus: Monica, LL Cool J, Both]
Give it up
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop
(You don't stop)
Oh, baby, bring me closer
Take it off (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'ma love you, boy, I won't you stop (Ooh)
(You don't stop)
Oh, we're getting closer and closer

[Outro: LL Cool J, Monica]
Uh, uh-huh (Give it up), nah'mean?
So you can get your two-step on, you know?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
It's what we love, you nam'sayin'?
I'ma love you, boy, I won't stop
It's the music we love, you nah'mean? Haha
(I will, ooh, oh)
Haha, hahaha, you know? Ah shit, hahahaha