"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.
Santana, aye
It's Dipset, bitch
There it go
Baby, don't stop now
There it go
Baby, don't stop now
There it go
Damn, shorty look good and I'm thinkin' 'bout gettin' at her
Okay, time to whistle at her
Ayy, girl
You make
My whistle blow
There it go
Bring it here, baby
There it go
Bring it here, baby
Top down and I'm at it again
It's hot now and I'm at it to win, you heard me?
Who want it with me? Nobody want it with me
Oh, I'm so fly, oh, mami come and get me
Sit it down, back up, bring it on back up
Move it 'til you feel somethin' hard on your back, huh
There it go
If you want it, come get it
I ain't kiddin' I'm with it
Here it go, go
So girl
Let me
See you get low
There it go
Yeah, just like that
Move the thang like a boomerang and come right back
There it go
I don't need to ask I proceed to grab her
Chicks love my G'd up swagger
There it go
There it go
Damn, shorty look good and I'm thinkin' 'bout gettin' at her
Okay, time to whistle at her
Ayy, girl
You make
My whistle blow
There it go
Bring it here, baby
Come on
There it go
Bring it here baby
Come on
Ayy, girl
Let me
See you get low
There it go
Set it down, baby
There it go
Set it down, baby (oh)
There it go
It's Dipset (oh)
There it go
Aye, aye, aye
There it go
It's Dipset (oh)
There it go
Aye, aye
I got to get it, I'm so hot terrific
So not fair to the other guys that's in it
I know not a limit, just know sky's the limit
'Til then I'm doin' my, doin' my, doin' my thing
So baby keep movin' your, movin' your, movin' your thing
And that'll keep you in the, you in the, you in the ring (or maybe not)
Ayy, girl
You make me
Want to know
You do it like a pro, lil' lady
If so bring it here, let it show, lil' lady
There it go
Let's go, lil' lady
To the crib, to the telly, you know, lil' lady
Um, yes girl
Um, yes we can have a cum-fest, girl
'Til the sun sets girl (girl)
But first I gotta get you undressed, girl
So take off them clothes and get undressed, girl
Damn, shorty look good and I'm thinkin' 'bout gettin' at her
Okay, time to whistle at her
Ayy, girl
You make
My whistle blow
There it go
Bring it here, baby
Come on
There it go
Bring it here baby
Come on
Ayy, girl
Let me
See you get low
There it go
Set it down, baby (go 'head)
There it go
Set it down, baby
It's Dipset, bitch
There it go
Baby, don't stop now
There it go
Baby, don't stop now
There it go
Damn, shorty look good and I'm thinkin' 'bout gettin' at her
Okay, time to whistle at her
Ayy, girl
You make
My whistle blow
There it go
Bring it here, baby
There it go
Bring it here, baby
Top down and I'm at it again
It's hot now and I'm at it to win, you heard me?
Who want it with me? Nobody want it with me
Oh, I'm so fly, oh, mami come and get me
Sit it down, back up, bring it on back up
Move it 'til you feel somethin' hard on your back, huh
There it go
If you want it, come get it
I ain't kiddin' I'm with it
Here it go, go
So girl
Let me
See you get low
There it go
Yeah, just like that
Move the thang like a boomerang and come right back
There it go
I don't need to ask I proceed to grab her
Chicks love my G'd up swagger
There it go
There it go
Damn, shorty look good and I'm thinkin' 'bout gettin' at her
Okay, time to whistle at her
Ayy, girl
You make
My whistle blow
There it go
Bring it here, baby
Come on
There it go
Bring it here baby
Come on
Ayy, girl
Let me
See you get low
There it go
Set it down, baby
There it go
Set it down, baby (oh)
There it go
It's Dipset (oh)
There it go
Aye, aye, aye
There it go
It's Dipset (oh)
There it go
Aye, aye
I got to get it, I'm so hot terrific
So not fair to the other guys that's in it
I know not a limit, just know sky's the limit
'Til then I'm doin' my, doin' my, doin' my thing
So baby keep movin' your, movin' your, movin' your thing
And that'll keep you in the, you in the, you in the ring (or maybe not)
Ayy, girl
You make me
Want to know
You do it like a pro, lil' lady
If so bring it here, let it show, lil' lady
There it go
Let's go, lil' lady
To the crib, to the telly, you know, lil' lady
Um, yes girl
Um, yes we can have a cum-fest, girl
'Til the sun sets girl (girl)
But first I gotta get you undressed, girl
So take off them clothes and get undressed, girl
Damn, shorty look good and I'm thinkin' 'bout gettin' at her
Okay, time to whistle at her
Ayy, girl
You make
My whistle blow
There it go
Bring it here, baby
Come on
There it go
Bring it here baby
Come on
Ayy, girl
Let me
See you get low
There it go
Set it down, baby (go 'head)
There it go
Set it down, baby
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I agree 100 percent yosareann. I'm not into this type of music either. I enjoy music with meaning and such. HOWEVER, I am a sucker for bass, and this song is nothing but brutal bass. The meaning of the song...none. It's just his way of "spitting" at a girl. But damn, if that beat isn't catchy.