"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.
Just gimme the light (yeah yeah)
Just gimme the light (yo, yo)
Just gimme the light (Dutty, yeah), just gimme the light
Sean-A-Paul (yeah) yo, yo
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, ust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin hype and I gots to know
Could I be yuh protector, yuh buff in every sector
Every man around dem waan turn yuh inspector
But yuh no let dem sweat ya no grill yuh wid no lecture
'Bout dem power drill or dem fuel injector
Dem a infector, disease collector
Nuff a dem a gwaan like dem waan come wreck ya
Dun out di part weh yuh got in yuh center
Well yuh know yuh nah let dem guy deh affect ya, yo gal
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin hype and I gots to know
One, two, three, four, five of dem, situation gettin' really live again
Gal dem waan fi hang out wid di playas and di riders dem
Beside a dem, and dem seh dem tired of di liars dem
Friars and connivers dem will never get inside a dem
Dem clyder dem, especially di money hider dem
Watchy-watchy gal 'bout dem a time fi mek a bride a dem
Denied again, some a dem a move like a Spider-Man
Gal dem seh dem nah open wide again, yo
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know
Could I be yuh protector yuh buff in every sector
Every man around dem waan turn yuh inspector
But yuh no let dem sweat ya, no grill yuh wid no lecture
'Bout dem power drill or dem fuel injector
Dem a infector, disease collector
Nuff a dem a gwaan like dem waan come wreck ya
Dun out di part weh yuh got in yuh center
Well yuh know yuh nah let dem guy deh affect ya, yo gal
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know
One, two, three, four, five of dem, situation gettin' really live again
Gal dem waan fi hang out wid di playas and di riders dem
Beside a dem, and dem seh dem tired of di liars dem
Friars and connivers dem will never get inside a dem
Dem clyder dem, especially di money hider dem
Watchy-watchy gal 'bout dem a time fi mek a bride a dem
Denied again, some a dem a move like a Spider-Man
Gal dem seh dem nah open wide again, yo
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know (yo, yo, well)
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know (yo, mi guh so, den)
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know (yo, mi guh so, den)
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Just gimme the light (yo, yo)
Just gimme the light (Dutty, yeah), just gimme the light
Sean-A-Paul (yeah) yo, yo
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, ust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin hype and I gots to know
Could I be yuh protector, yuh buff in every sector
Every man around dem waan turn yuh inspector
But yuh no let dem sweat ya no grill yuh wid no lecture
'Bout dem power drill or dem fuel injector
Dem a infector, disease collector
Nuff a dem a gwaan like dem waan come wreck ya
Dun out di part weh yuh got in yuh center
Well yuh know yuh nah let dem guy deh affect ya, yo gal
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin hype and I gots to know
One, two, three, four, five of dem, situation gettin' really live again
Gal dem waan fi hang out wid di playas and di riders dem
Beside a dem, and dem seh dem tired of di liars dem
Friars and connivers dem will never get inside a dem
Dem clyder dem, especially di money hider dem
Watchy-watchy gal 'bout dem a time fi mek a bride a dem
Denied again, some a dem a move like a Spider-Man
Gal dem seh dem nah open wide again, yo
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know
Could I be yuh protector yuh buff in every sector
Every man around dem waan turn yuh inspector
But yuh no let dem sweat ya, no grill yuh wid no lecture
'Bout dem power drill or dem fuel injector
Dem a infector, disease collector
Nuff a dem a gwaan like dem waan come wreck ya
Dun out di part weh yuh got in yuh center
Well yuh know yuh nah let dem guy deh affect ya, yo gal
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know
One, two, three, four, five of dem, situation gettin' really live again
Gal dem waan fi hang out wid di playas and di riders dem
Beside a dem, and dem seh dem tired of di liars dem
Friars and connivers dem will never get inside a dem
Dem clyder dem, especially di money hider dem
Watchy-watchy gal 'bout dem a time fi mek a bride a dem
Denied again, some a dem a move like a Spider-Man
Gal dem seh dem nah open wide again, yo
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know (yo, yo, well)
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know (yo, mi guh so, den)
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Which one is gonna catch my flow
'Cause I'm inna di vibes and I got my dough, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem lookin' hype and I gots to know (yo, mi guh so, den)
Just gimme the light and pass the dro, bust anotha bottle of Moe'
Gal dem inna me sight and I gots to know
Lyrics submitted by Stardust29
Gimme the Light Lyrics as written by Sean Henriques Troy Rami
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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