"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.
Drop it now
Can you drop it now and watch the crowds go wow
Step up to the mike and rock it real tight
Don't waste full cream but never skim mike
Mr Der, slave to the lick
Once you get to know I'm a real fuckin prick
Keep it to the lest
Heartless chest
Stand real tall in my bullet proof vest
Bum it from the pole
Give it to the mish
Mama's in the side with the microphone bitch
I said, I ain't well hung but I'm good with my tongue
I sling slang and get it far flung
If you ain't here for the fling then why'd the hell you come
Show your fuckin face and you can listen to the drum
Bam bam bam make it blam blam blam
To the alpha male cause he's the main man
Why've I got the mike when I don't know what to do
Maybe I can pass it on to you and you can kill me
Thank you all for coming to get absolutely fucked
Apologies to anyone who's sober in the club
I ain't high and it sounds pretty bad
Hope it sounds better on the drugs you had
Rockin it is kinda like a wharf-on-exhaust (?)
Things will happen quicker if you circumvent the lowest
Put your hands in the air, step away from the mike
First I'll take your vibe then your life motherfuckers
Everybody rock and everybody roll
I ain't gonna stop
I'm very very old
You may think that sucks
It could be justified
Wish I gave a fuck
But I cannot tell a lie
Can you drop it now and watch the crowds go wow
Step up to the mike and rock it real tight
Don't waste full cream but never skim mike
Mr Der, slave to the lick
Once you get to know I'm a real fuckin prick
Keep it to the lest
Heartless chest
Stand real tall in my bullet proof vest
Bum it from the pole
Give it to the mish
Mama's in the side with the microphone bitch
I said, I ain't well hung but I'm good with my tongue
I sling slang and get it far flung
If you ain't here for the fling then why'd the hell you come
Show your fuckin face and you can listen to the drum
Bam bam bam make it blam blam blam
To the alpha male cause he's the main man
Why've I got the mike when I don't know what to do
Maybe I can pass it on to you and you can kill me
Thank you all for coming to get absolutely fucked
Apologies to anyone who's sober in the club
I ain't high and it sounds pretty bad
Hope it sounds better on the drugs you had
Rockin it is kinda like a wharf-on-exhaust (?)
Things will happen quicker if you circumvent the lowest
Put your hands in the air, step away from the mike
First I'll take your vibe then your life motherfuckers
Everybody rock and everybody roll
I ain't gonna stop
I'm very very old
You may think that sucks
It could be justified
Wish I gave a fuck
But I cannot tell a lie
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
these lyrics aren't quite right. see below.
step up to the mike, rock it real tight always full cream, never skim lite [something in french] ........... capitalist heartless chest standing real tall in my bulletproof vest popping from the poor and giving to the rich rhyme and genocide with the microphone bitch ....... i ain't well hung but i'm good with my tongue i sling slang from here to far flung if you didn't come to sling then why the hell'd you come shut your fucking face you can listen to the drum blam blam blam biggie blam blam blam kill the alpha male 'cause he's the main man ............. rockin it is kind of like a war for resource things'll happen quicker if you circumvent the laws put your hands in the air step away from the mike first i'll take your pride then your life motherfucker ............. everybody rock everybody roll i ain't gonna stop till i'm very old you may think that sucks... ............