"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.
{Hook- Ciara& BowWow}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things that you done showed me
In that special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
Thats what you told me and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you
[Bow Wow]
Now I done been with different kind of girls/ So I gotta seen them all
/But ain't none of them at all (like you)
And I done seen the best of the best
Baby, still I ain't impressed cuz
Ain't none of them at all (like you)
If you know how I feel when I chill
If I'm seen with a girl
Then she gotta be just (like you)
And baby thats the way I feel
And I ain't got no choice
But for me to keep it real
Cuz when we/ first got together
Starting hanging out you was/ skeptical at first
Had to figure out if
I was the kind of guy that
Would try to dog you out but
I ain't that kind of guy you try to make me out
You found out when you turned to my baby
I showed them other brothers
How to treat a lady
I let you drive when I ride that Mercedes
And I ain't trippin' or actin' shady
Cuz baby you know
{Chorus}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things
That you done showed me
In that special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
Thats what you told me and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you
(Ciara)
And everytime I think about you I smile
When you ride, when you call, when you come around
Your love is amazing to me
I can't wait till I see you (I wanna be with you again)
And everytime your out on the road (I'll make a trip)
And whenever I'm doing a show (Don't you forget)
That I'm your main chick
Who got that game chick
One in the same chick
The one you can hang with
{Chorus}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things
That you done showed me
In that special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
Thats what you told me and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you
[Bow Wow]
Ok we/ hit the mall, pop tags
Spend a few G's [Cheesin']
Hit the runway to a new season
It ain't nothing
Spoil the one I care for
Feel like I ain't doin' enough
That's when I share more
I give you this, give you that
What chu need love
You know I got it
Holla at me if you need love
And affection cuz I'll be your protection
Kind of hard job but I'll do till perfection
And you can tell that I ain't tryin' to let you go
I get with you when I can
So thats how I let you know
And you be trippin' cuz sometimes I gotta go
But chu the first one
I holla to right after my show
Hey now I was trippin' in a sense
I was tense but my body's loose around you
But I'ma do without you
I gotta get it together, say whateva
Cuz since I met you my life seems so better
{Chorus}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things
That you done showed me
In a special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
That is what you told and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you{2X}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things that you done showed me
In that special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
Thats what you told me and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you
[Bow Wow]
Now I done been with different kind of girls/ So I gotta seen them all
/But ain't none of them at all (like you)
And I done seen the best of the best
Baby, still I ain't impressed cuz
Ain't none of them at all (like you)
If you know how I feel when I chill
If I'm seen with a girl
Then she gotta be just (like you)
And baby thats the way I feel
And I ain't got no choice
But for me to keep it real
Cuz when we/ first got together
Starting hanging out you was/ skeptical at first
Had to figure out if
I was the kind of guy that
Would try to dog you out but
I ain't that kind of guy you try to make me out
You found out when you turned to my baby
I showed them other brothers
How to treat a lady
I let you drive when I ride that Mercedes
And I ain't trippin' or actin' shady
Cuz baby you know
{Chorus}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things
That you done showed me
In that special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
Thats what you told me and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you
(Ciara)
And everytime I think about you I smile
When you ride, when you call, when you come around
Your love is amazing to me
I can't wait till I see you (I wanna be with you again)
And everytime your out on the road (I'll make a trip)
And whenever I'm doing a show (Don't you forget)
That I'm your main chick
Who got that game chick
One in the same chick
The one you can hang with
{Chorus}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things
That you done showed me
In that special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
Thats what you told me and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you
[Bow Wow]
Ok we/ hit the mall, pop tags
Spend a few G's [Cheesin']
Hit the runway to a new season
It ain't nothing
Spoil the one I care for
Feel like I ain't doin' enough
That's when I share more
I give you this, give you that
What chu need love
You know I got it
Holla at me if you need love
And affection cuz I'll be your protection
Kind of hard job but I'll do till perfection
And you can tell that I ain't tryin' to let you go
I get with you when I can
So thats how I let you know
And you be trippin' cuz sometimes I gotta go
But chu the first one
I holla to right after my show
Hey now I was trippin' in a sense
I was tense but my body's loose around you
But I'ma do without you
I gotta get it together, say whateva
Cuz since I met you my life seems so better
{Chorus}
I ain't ever had nobody show me all the things
That you done showed me
In a special way I feel when you hold me
We gon' always be together baby
That is what you told and
I believe it cuz I ain't never had
Nobody do me like you{2X}
Lyrics submitted by xxlilmiss_thangxx
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