"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.
(satan): (growl) theres been damage to my kingdom.
what are we dealing with ??
who are they ??
see you dealin with a Born Again Believer, a King James reader
when it come to puttin in work i got more stripes than a zebra
see the demon murderer in progress
im grippin the falling star like his name was sirus,
then i put two up in where he digest
why stress, i jest, put it down on cise so why kess (??)
you cant deal with the real, let alone the steal,
let me get this off of my chest
why yes im just a spiritual cap peela, life killa, blood spilla
to make it blunt a straight demon killa
the other day i had a dream,
it seemed that i was crowned the king,
given the kingdom and the black queen
but i told the kingdom bye, and i kissed the queen goodbye
cuz i'd rather floss up in the ghetto and see demons die
see i dont have no love for demons and they dont love me
so i grabs my KJV and i puts it down constantly
takes authority over the strong man when im 459in him
he's always on my mind and
im going to sleep and im dreamin of bindin him
always a gaze of breakin darkness in a hundred ways
you check my fault like im on fast and pray a hundred days (??)
and in yo midst like a guerilla, pleadin the blood over your pillar
its the Sanctified, Bloodwashed, demon killa, killa
(demon) 4 holes, 3 nails
(killa) the Blood of Christ will prevail
yea though i walk thru the valley of the shadows of my neighborhood
i fears no evil
(demon) 4 holes, 3 nails
(killa) the Blood of Christ will prevail
yea though i walk thru the valley of the shadows of my neighborhood
i fears no evil
im posted outside the gates of Hell, shhh
i got the Blood of Christ so they cant prevail
i hear em talkin, they dont know im stalkin
the thrill to leave more dead, slugs in they forehead
NIV S T R A P P E D
in my H A N D, C R double E P with me
i kicks in the gate, now its too late
its no escape, i got the Shield of Faith,
and im shooting Scriptures like a tray 8 (??)
a wounded demon pleain, sayin it wasnt him that cursed me
but i pleads the Blood, "you gets no love", this devil dont get no mercy
i gave the wicked fools the blues with this Good News
so tell me what you would've done if you was in my shoes
i never sweat confrontation, loc, cuz im a kneela
so how you feel with the real, devil, this is demon killa
repeat chorus
young growing up i was never understandin, G
that it was the devil who broke up my happy family
had my mom on crack, my daddy on heroine
now my Bible's my gun, im shootin Scripture like teflon
see, all my life he had my bound to no good
till i met a G named Christ had totally put me on your hood
He said "step into the circle where the Annointing rains hot"
it made me close my eyes and grab my gut like i was shot
infillment of the Holy Ghost, loc it was so cool
aaaaah, time to go to war fool
its on from now on, im a Christian on a mission
till they kill me, could they kill me, you dont feel me
cuz if you did you would get with this, 187 on wickedness
yes the devils tripping and im stickin this
Sword of the Spirit down his esophagus
aint no stoppin us
demon killa
repeat chorus
what are we dealing with ??
who are they ??
see you dealin with a Born Again Believer, a King James reader
when it come to puttin in work i got more stripes than a zebra
see the demon murderer in progress
im grippin the falling star like his name was sirus,
then i put two up in where he digest
why stress, i jest, put it down on cise so why kess (??)
you cant deal with the real, let alone the steal,
let me get this off of my chest
why yes im just a spiritual cap peela, life killa, blood spilla
to make it blunt a straight demon killa
the other day i had a dream,
it seemed that i was crowned the king,
given the kingdom and the black queen
but i told the kingdom bye, and i kissed the queen goodbye
cuz i'd rather floss up in the ghetto and see demons die
see i dont have no love for demons and they dont love me
so i grabs my KJV and i puts it down constantly
takes authority over the strong man when im 459in him
he's always on my mind and
im going to sleep and im dreamin of bindin him
always a gaze of breakin darkness in a hundred ways
you check my fault like im on fast and pray a hundred days (??)
and in yo midst like a guerilla, pleadin the blood over your pillar
its the Sanctified, Bloodwashed, demon killa, killa
(demon) 4 holes, 3 nails
(killa) the Blood of Christ will prevail
yea though i walk thru the valley of the shadows of my neighborhood
i fears no evil
(demon) 4 holes, 3 nails
(killa) the Blood of Christ will prevail
yea though i walk thru the valley of the shadows of my neighborhood
i fears no evil
im posted outside the gates of Hell, shhh
i got the Blood of Christ so they cant prevail
i hear em talkin, they dont know im stalkin
the thrill to leave more dead, slugs in they forehead
NIV S T R A P P E D
in my H A N D, C R double E P with me
i kicks in the gate, now its too late
its no escape, i got the Shield of Faith,
and im shooting Scriptures like a tray 8 (??)
a wounded demon pleain, sayin it wasnt him that cursed me
but i pleads the Blood, "you gets no love", this devil dont get no mercy
i gave the wicked fools the blues with this Good News
so tell me what you would've done if you was in my shoes
i never sweat confrontation, loc, cuz im a kneela
so how you feel with the real, devil, this is demon killa
repeat chorus
young growing up i was never understandin, G
that it was the devil who broke up my happy family
had my mom on crack, my daddy on heroine
now my Bible's my gun, im shootin Scripture like teflon
see, all my life he had my bound to no good
till i met a G named Christ had totally put me on your hood
He said "step into the circle where the Annointing rains hot"
it made me close my eyes and grab my gut like i was shot
infillment of the Holy Ghost, loc it was so cool
aaaaah, time to go to war fool
its on from now on, im a Christian on a mission
till they kill me, could they kill me, you dont feel me
cuz if you did you would get with this, 187 on wickedness
yes the devils tripping and im stickin this
Sword of the Spirit down his esophagus
aint no stoppin us
demon killa
repeat chorus
Lyrics submitted by lilreader
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