Closer

Ha ha
We gettin' closer, gettin' closer, gettin' closer
Gettin' closer, gettin' closer, gettin' closer
Gettin' closer to the mic
It's the cycle of life
Yo, we on the world tour, gettin' closer to the clouds
Yo, yo

So come close and allow me to tell
This hunger inside, it won't allow me to fail
And that's the truth that I stay awake to
Heads noddin' in agreement 'cause this they relate to
Old ways of dumb moves and close shanks
Old rage I'm lettin' go, there's no place
Inner peace like I'm closer to the beach
Or meditating on the mountain close to the peak

And it's within arms length of me reachin'
All the goals I'm gettin' closer to achievin'
The student and the tutor grow closer through the teachin'
Closing the circle, gettin' closer to completion
As the process is repeatin'
Closer than the sound of my girl breathin' while she's sleepin'
Closer than footsteps creepin'
Close out your bredrin, you hook up on the weekend

Ayo, life on a rollercoaster, ever closer to the end
Never fear when I'm close to the pen
Inner peace within reach
And each tick of the clock's got me closer to the deep
Keepin' the family close
You know the sanity won't escape me
I've been stranded alone
Reachin' my hand to the open, bringin' happiness to me
Now I'm close to the place I've gotta be, truly

Ayo, closer than the rain and the wind, closer than twins
Close like a zoom lens focusin' in
As close as we could ever hope to have been
We out there, close to the fringe
Closer than dope and syringe
Close to a little unhinged and Phillies on a binge
And it's gettin' close to six
Still up in the booth, turn me up in the mix, 'cause

I'm not tryna shout, gettin' closer to the mic
Closer to death, that's the cycle of life
On the world tour, gettin' close to the clouds
Lookin' down at the earth like, "Wow"
Ain't tryna shout, gettin' closer to the mic
Closer to death, that's the cycle of life
On the world tour, gettin' closer to the clouds
Lookin' down at the earth like, like, like

In this game of Monopoly, am I gettin' closer to the wedge?
Probably I'm just closer to the edge
One step closer to a toaster to the head
Family gettin' closer, how they copin' with this death of a loved one?
Gettin' closer like Ian Curtis
A lost cause, a little closer to stayin' purpose
As the time draws closer, you can see he's nervous
Gettin' closer to the real me beneath the surface

See, when I first met the love of my life
I knew it there at the time
As if it all was designed, we got close
And there was fear at first
And many feelings were hurt
But now we're closer than ever and now I know

'Cause my son is nearly three
And my daughter's nearly walkin'
They're close to perfect as they can be

Layin' close to the ground, stretched out
Out from the clouds, man, I had to get down

I'm not tryna shout, gettin' closer to the mic
Closer to death, that's the cycle of life
On the world tour, gettin' close to the clouds
Lookin' down at the earth like, "Wow"
Ain't tryna shout, gettin' closer to the mic
Closer to death, that's the cycle of life
On the world tour, gettin' closer to the clouds
Lookin' down at the earth like, like, like

I'm not tryna shout, gettin' closer to the mic
Closer to death, that's the cycle of life

On the world tour, gettin' tired of... blah, blah, blah
With my homie by my...