The classic R&B track is full of sexual lyrics — but Williams joked on social media that she “heard nothin but the beat before”
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Serena Williams apparently just discovered the lyrics to an R&B classic — and her reaction is priceless.
The tennis legend revealed to fans on Saturday, May 4, that she finally stumbled upon the lyrics to Next’s 1998 smash hit “Too Close.”
“I’m listening to ’90s slow jams and ummmmm I just heard the lyrics to ‘Too Close’ by Next for the first time…,” Williams, 42, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) . “I guess I just heard nothin but the beat before lol. ????”
I’m listening to 90’s slow jams and ummmmm I just heard the lyrics to “Too Close” by Next for the first time….. I guess I just heard nothin but the beat before lol. ????
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) May 4, 2024
The song, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, tells the story of a man dancing with a woman at the club. While its beat and the group’s infectious melodies could potentially distract some unsuspecting listeners from what the R&B trio is singing about, the lyrics to “Too Close” couldn’t be more clear cut.
It’s intro begins with the line, “I wonder if she could tell I’m hard right now.”
“Baby, when we’re grindin’, I get so excited/Ooh how I like it, I try but I can’t fight it,” the group sings in the memorable chorus. “Oh, you’re dancin’ real close, ‘plus it’s real, real slow/You’re makin’ it hard for me.”
As singer Vee — who was uncredited on the release — sings from a woman’s perspective that she feels a “poke comin’ through,” the group indeed confirms, “I know you felt it.”
In a 2018 interview with Genius about the song’s development, group member Tweet revealed that the classic song was inspired by an outing at the Peppermint Lounge in New Jersey, when they danced with women who “purposefully [made] a guy get aroused on the dance floor to see what he’s working.”
Group member R.L. shared during the same interview that the song was successful because “every guy could relate and go, ‘You know what, that has happened to me.‘ ”
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