"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself cause raggae is another thing
Lively up yourself and don't say no
Lively up yourself cause I said so
You rock so, you rock so like you never did before
You did so, you did so through my door, right through my door
You can so, you can so oh yeah
You did so, you did so
Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself cause raggae is another thing
Lively up yourself and don't say no
Lively up yourself cause I said so
What you got that I don't know?
I'm trying to wonder, wonder why you, wonder
Wonder why you, wonder why you act so, cause I'm wondering myself
Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself cause raggae is another thing
Lively up yourself and don't say no
Lively up yourself cause I said so
What you got behind your back hanging there?
What you say you got? I don't believe you
Cause you rock so, you rock so like you never did before, hey
You did so, you did so through my door, right through my door
You can so, you can so oh yeah
You can so, you can so
And don't be no drag
Lively up you self your woman in the morning time
People of the upper world move you when the evening comes
comes to take you, take you, take you away
I'll lively up myself
And do be no drag
Lively up yourself cause raggae is another thing
Lively up yourself and don't say no
Lively up yourself cause I said so
You rock so, you rock so like you never did before
You did so, you did so through my door, right through my door
You can so, you can so oh yeah
You did so, you did so
Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself cause raggae is another thing
Lively up yourself and don't say no
Lively up yourself cause I said so
What you got that I don't know?
I'm trying to wonder, wonder why you, wonder
Wonder why you, wonder why you act so, cause I'm wondering myself
Lively up yourself and don't be no drag
Lively up yourself cause raggae is another thing
Lively up yourself and don't say no
Lively up yourself cause I said so
What you got behind your back hanging there?
What you say you got? I don't believe you
Cause you rock so, you rock so like you never did before, hey
You did so, you did so through my door, right through my door
You can so, you can so oh yeah
You can so, you can so
And don't be no drag
Lively up you self your woman in the morning time
People of the upper world move you when the evening comes
comes to take you, take you, take you away
I'll lively up myself
And do be no drag
Lyrics submitted by stylee311
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
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"I had all and then most of you"
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"Some and now none of you"
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This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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stylee, do you go to the 311 bb?? this is a great cover..althought it is a littel tough to find, it is worth the search..i like the drums a lot
I used to, but I haven't in awhile.
is there only a live version of this song
They covered this song?!?!
This is one of my favorite Bob Marley songs, and to know that 311 covered just makes it so much better. Off to search for it, haha.