"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.
Hey ladies, can you tell me where the hotties at?
I like to hear y'all scream from front to back,
I like to see y'all workin' like that
Pardon me,
Girl i'm really shy, I hope you understand
Please don't dust me off, or I will try again
I know it might sound crazy, as if i'm stalking you
Because I love everything about you
You're a hottie, i'm sorry
I can't help it but i'm lovin' your body (oh yeah)
Can I chill wit' you? (yeah yeah) i'll be here for you
Let's go drivin' in my red Ferrari
(You're all) You're all I want, you're all I dream
Please don't hesitate to call me (hm)
Pardon me, i'm just askin'
What must I do just to make you my hottie
Pardon me,
If I get choked up and, can I breathe?
Every time you're smilin' blinkin' eyes at me
Girl you're sexy wrist has got a hold on me
But no words just can not explain
You're a hottie (yeah), i'm sorry
I can't help it but i'm lovin' your body (hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah)
Can I chill wit' you? i'll be here for you
(Let's go drivin' in my red Ferrari, yeah)
You're all I want, you're (all I dream)
Please don't (hesitate to call me)
Pardon me, i'm just askin'
(what must I do just to make you my hottie, yeah)
[Repeat: x2]
Where's my ladies? my sexy ladies
If you're a hottie then, let me see you go crazy
Will I call you, or will you call me?
'Cause i'm lookin' for, a fly girl that's a hottie
You're a hottie, i'm sorry
I can't help it but i'm lovin' your body
Can I chill wit' you? i'll be here for you
Let's go drivin' in my red Ferrari
You're all I want, you're all I dream
Please don't hesitate to call me
Pardon me, i'm just askin'
what must I do just to make you my hottie
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Ugh, ugh
1-2
Take 5, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, mo-mo-E
We out
I like to hear y'all scream from front to back,
I like to see y'all workin' like that
Pardon me,
Girl i'm really shy, I hope you understand
Please don't dust me off, or I will try again
I know it might sound crazy, as if i'm stalking you
Because I love everything about you
You're a hottie, i'm sorry
I can't help it but i'm lovin' your body (oh yeah)
Can I chill wit' you? (yeah yeah) i'll be here for you
Let's go drivin' in my red Ferrari
(You're all) You're all I want, you're all I dream
Please don't hesitate to call me (hm)
Pardon me, i'm just askin'
What must I do just to make you my hottie
Pardon me,
If I get choked up and, can I breathe?
Every time you're smilin' blinkin' eyes at me
Girl you're sexy wrist has got a hold on me
But no words just can not explain
You're a hottie (yeah), i'm sorry
I can't help it but i'm lovin' your body (hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah)
Can I chill wit' you? i'll be here for you
(Let's go drivin' in my red Ferrari, yeah)
You're all I want, you're (all I dream)
Please don't (hesitate to call me)
Pardon me, i'm just askin'
(what must I do just to make you my hottie, yeah)
[Repeat: x2]
Where's my ladies? my sexy ladies
If you're a hottie then, let me see you go crazy
Will I call you, or will you call me?
'Cause i'm lookin' for, a fly girl that's a hottie
You're a hottie, i'm sorry
I can't help it but i'm lovin' your body
Can I chill wit' you? i'll be here for you
Let's go drivin' in my red Ferrari
You're all I want, you're all I dream
Please don't hesitate to call me
Pardon me, i'm just askin'
what must I do just to make you my hottie
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Let it ride,
Ugh, ugh
1-2
Take 5, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, mo-mo-E
We out
Lyrics submitted by manprettys_panties
Hottie Lyrics as written by Missy Elliott Timothy Mosley
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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