"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.
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
I don't know them niggas
I don't know them niggas
I don't fuck with them niggas
I don't know them hoes
I don't fuck with them hoes
I know this sucka from the suburbs
Cool with this other motherfucker on the outskirts
Tried to get Project Pat caught up in this shizurb
Since you niggaz hate, then your plan didn't wizork
On that ATL tattle tale to my bizurbs
Say you saw me with anotha gal, now don't be scared
Man, you might as well throw in your towel, youse a fake thug
Face to face I shoot you in your mouth
'cause ain't no love say, you from the North Memphis ten
But I doubt that
Stick ya'lls noze in others folks affairs we ain't 'bout that
Weak motherfucker wanna stare when you see me
Couldn't wait to snitch punk, bitch you wanna be me
Gotta pay some dues but my shoes to big for ya
Don't be out here, trying to claim my hood, I don't know ya
Turn state niggas ask if you was a roller
Police ass nigga, watch your mouth I done told ya
Weak ass boy
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
I don't know them niggas
I don't know them niggas
I don't fuck with them niggas
I don't know them hoes
I don't fuck with them hoes
Still out to get paid down for lucha leray
Fuck all the bullshit and he say she say
Those who oppose me shall get no leway
Lying on real niggas end up in gun play
Punk mutherfucker, you gonna hear this and feel me
Smile in my face, really wanna kill me
That's if you had heart to pull the trigga
Catcha murda charge, I don't think so, my nigga
Weak ass hoes play games like they killas
Always runnin' mouth braggin' on they niggas
Cyper Gardens did and I did not have no dough
No fresh clothes 'cause a playa was real poor
I was locked up 2-0-1 wearing bo bo's
Playin' dominoes shooting dice big ol' Afro's
Now I'm on the town and I'm layin' the smack down
Nigga, I ain't you best to check my background
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
I don't know them niggas
I don't know them niggas
I don't fuck with them niggas
I don't know them hoes
I don't fuck with them hoes
Man, I'm tired of playing with cha boyz
Think its time I kill you boyz, wanna run and grab them toys
Fuckin' 'round with real McCoys, coward boys that bring the noise
Rollin' round in SUV's, DVD's, man fuck some 20's, I'm lo key
Lookin' for y'all cowards 'cause y'all talking out the side of your mouth
Knowin' that the Triple 6 is one of the hardest rappers out
DJ Paul and Juicy J, best producers in the town
I've been got the crown those that ain't down get run down
Man, if one of you bitches wanna step up to the juice
Talking 'bout that nigga wrong talkin' 'bout what cha gonna do
Man, it's on, if you rappers wanna bring it to the door
To you crosses in my click, I'm treat you like a hoe
I'm a tell you like this if you talkin' in my face
You gonna start a major war, be prepared to hit the floor
Every time you see me coming, you be speakin' like we cool
Ain't your motherfucking nigga and ain't no motherfucking fool
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
I don't know them niggas
I don't know them niggas
I don't fuck with them niggas
I don't know them hoes
I don't fuck with them hoes
I know this sucka from the suburbs
Cool with this other motherfucker on the outskirts
Tried to get Project Pat caught up in this shizurb
Since you niggaz hate, then your plan didn't wizork
On that ATL tattle tale to my bizurbs
Say you saw me with anotha gal, now don't be scared
Man, you might as well throw in your towel, youse a fake thug
Face to face I shoot you in your mouth
'cause ain't no love say, you from the North Memphis ten
But I doubt that
Stick ya'lls noze in others folks affairs we ain't 'bout that
Weak motherfucker wanna stare when you see me
Couldn't wait to snitch punk, bitch you wanna be me
Gotta pay some dues but my shoes to big for ya
Don't be out here, trying to claim my hood, I don't know ya
Turn state niggas ask if you was a roller
Police ass nigga, watch your mouth I done told ya
Weak ass boy
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
I don't know them niggas
I don't know them niggas
I don't fuck with them niggas
I don't know them hoes
I don't fuck with them hoes
Still out to get paid down for lucha leray
Fuck all the bullshit and he say she say
Those who oppose me shall get no leway
Lying on real niggas end up in gun play
Punk mutherfucker, you gonna hear this and feel me
Smile in my face, really wanna kill me
That's if you had heart to pull the trigga
Catcha murda charge, I don't think so, my nigga
Weak ass hoes play games like they killas
Always runnin' mouth braggin' on they niggas
Cyper Gardens did and I did not have no dough
No fresh clothes 'cause a playa was real poor
I was locked up 2-0-1 wearing bo bo's
Playin' dominoes shooting dice big ol' Afro's
Now I'm on the town and I'm layin' the smack down
Nigga, I ain't you best to check my background
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
If you ain't from my hood, you can get from 'round here
I don't know them niggas
I don't know them niggas
I don't fuck with them niggas
I don't know them hoes
I don't fuck with them hoes
Man, I'm tired of playing with cha boyz
Think its time I kill you boyz, wanna run and grab them toys
Fuckin' 'round with real McCoys, coward boys that bring the noise
Rollin' round in SUV's, DVD's, man fuck some 20's, I'm lo key
Lookin' for y'all cowards 'cause y'all talking out the side of your mouth
Knowin' that the Triple 6 is one of the hardest rappers out
DJ Paul and Juicy J, best producers in the town
I've been got the crown those that ain't down get run down
Man, if one of you bitches wanna step up to the juice
Talking 'bout that nigga wrong talkin' 'bout what cha gonna do
Man, it's on, if you rappers wanna bring it to the door
To you crosses in my click, I'm treat you like a hoe
I'm a tell you like this if you talkin' in my face
You gonna start a major war, be prepared to hit the floor
Every time you see me coming, you be speakin' like we cool
Ain't your motherfucking nigga and ain't no motherfucking fool
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"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 song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Just A Little Lovin'
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