"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.
YO! It's the green machine
Gonna rock the town without being seen
Have you ever seen a turtle Get Down?
Slammin and Jammin to the new swing sound
Yeah, everybody let's move
Vanilla is here with the New Jack Groove
Gonna rock, And roll this place
With the power of the ninja turtle bass
Iceman, ya know I'm not playin
Devastate the show while the turtles are sayin
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Lyrics, fill in the gap
Drop that bass and get the NINJA RAP
Feel it, if you know what I mean
Give it up, for those heroes in green
Just flowin, smooth with the power
Kickin' it up, Hour after hour
Cause in this life there's only one winner
You better aim straight so you can hit the center
In it to win it, With a team of four
Ninja Turtles that you gotta adore it's the
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Villains you better run and hide
Because one day you might not slide
So choose, your weapon don't slip
Vanilla's in control with the flex of the mic grip
Rockin' the crowd the way it should be rocked
With the Miami drop that you like a lot
You know it's hittin, Like a ninja turtle
When the bass kicks in, You better check your level
The power of the ninja is strong
Fightin the crooks 'til they're all gone
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Gonna rock the town without being seen
Have you ever seen a turtle Get Down?
Slammin and Jammin to the new swing sound
Yeah, everybody let's move
Vanilla is here with the New Jack Groove
Gonna rock, And roll this place
With the power of the ninja turtle bass
Iceman, ya know I'm not playin
Devastate the show while the turtles are sayin
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Lyrics, fill in the gap
Drop that bass and get the NINJA RAP
Feel it, if you know what I mean
Give it up, for those heroes in green
Just flowin, smooth with the power
Kickin' it up, Hour after hour
Cause in this life there's only one winner
You better aim straight so you can hit the center
In it to win it, With a team of four
Ninja Turtles that you gotta adore it's the
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Villains you better run and hide
Because one day you might not slide
So choose, your weapon don't slip
Vanilla's in control with the flex of the mic grip
Rockin' the crowd the way it should be rocked
With the Miami drop that you like a lot
You know it's hittin, Like a ninja turtle
When the bass kicks in, You better check your level
The power of the ninja is strong
Fightin the crooks 'til they're all gone
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP! GO GO GO GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO: Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO!
Lyrics submitted by Jeff122185
Ninja Rap Lyrics as written by Robert Van Winkle Floyd Brown
Lyrics © Anthem Entertainment
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As if the white race didn't have enough to answer for.
Vanilla Ice is my argument to anyone preaching white supremacy...
Best comment ever!
i could've sworn that the "power of the ninja turtle bass" was actually "power of the ninja turtle face".
i'm kinda disappointed. =(
good lord i loved this song when i was a kid. TMNT II was my favorite movie from, like, pre-kindergarten up to second grade and even now i get all nostalgic over how incredibly terrible everything in that movie is. i used to think everything about it was so hardcore. HELL YEAH NINJAS DOIN' SCIENCE!
"Lyrics, fill in the gap." BEST PART OF THE SONG.
He did a remake of this song called Ninja Rap 2. Its worst, if you can believe that. Can't find the lyrics, but here's a link to the song...<br /> imeem.com/adamjanis/music/bbL6e0Nd/vanilla_ice_ninja_rap_2/<br /> <br />
I'll d/l this song now just so I can laugh my ass off.
NINJA TURTLES!!!! WOOOO!! orders pizza and whoops ninja foot dude ass
Shredder.
Ice shoudl've done a nu metal version of this...but that's okay..I did one
ummmm...yea, the TMNT I songs were much better..."T.U.R.T.L.E. POWER" and "9.95"
<3 ninja turtles. i have to rap this song if i lose a bet that i made with my friend.<3
Why, Why, Why????? Why does this have to exist?? I guess when I was cool and 10 it was a little better.
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go! Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go! Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go! Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go!
Friekin hilarious