"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.
(Yeah) I know that boy he not fucking with kid
I had to give up my sins
I got enemies, got tired of them Said that he hating on me
I see the jealousy Fuck niggas keep biting away like they aint
(Scared of me)
My just hit a lil boy with the yea yea They like , "Melly you not on my planet"
No satellite, not straight, yeah
(Woah, what)
Pop my shit out nigga yeah yeah My shit with different types, don't care the failure
Which way we going? I just fell in love with emotion
I can't stop right now, just gotta keep going
Me and my welly gonna save that day for the lil kid
Empty this damn bottle, I cant even feel it
I know that this nigga done heard of me So much damn pain
Fill it with ecstasy, that boy scared of me Don't even wanna play for the team
I just been running the bands, running the bands now they all on me
Bitch, I ain't wanna save it You throw the racks, you can't pay it
Bitch, I'm really 18 now, they on my dick, nigga, they can't face it
You got love, girl, you can't face it
Put a hundred racks on payment Picture frames, arrangement
I know you where you at ion need the location
(Woo, what)
Put the racks to the blue Put the racks to the room
How the fuck I'm a hoe if your Twitter account ain't new
And y'all niggas ain't hot, y'all ain't be on the block Smoke him out like a Juul
My niggas really was looking for you Wanna put all the racks, you can't fit to the blues
(Yeah) I know that boy he not fucking with kid
I had to give up my sins
I got enemies, got tired of them Said that he hating on me
I see the jealousy Fuck niggas keep biting away like they aint
(Scared of me)
My just hit a lil boy with the yea yea They like , "Melly you not on my planet"
No satellite, not straight, yeah
(Woah, what)
Pop my shit out nigga yeah yeah My shit with different types
Don't care the failure
Which way we going? I just fell in love with emotion
I can't stop right now, just gotta keep going
Me and my welly gonna save that day for the lil kid
Empty this damn bottle, I cant even feel it
I know that this nigga done heard of me So much damn pain
Fill it with ecstasy, that boy scared of me Don't even wanna play for the team
I just been running the bands, running the bands now they all on me
I had to give up my sins
I got enemies, got tired of them Said that he hating on me
I see the jealousy Fuck niggas keep biting away like they aint
(Scared of me)
My just hit a lil boy with the yea yea They like , "Melly you not on my planet"
No satellite, not straight, yeah
(Woah, what)
Pop my shit out nigga yeah yeah My shit with different types, don't care the failure
Which way we going? I just fell in love with emotion
I can't stop right now, just gotta keep going
Me and my welly gonna save that day for the lil kid
Empty this damn bottle, I cant even feel it
I know that this nigga done heard of me So much damn pain
Fill it with ecstasy, that boy scared of me Don't even wanna play for the team
I just been running the bands, running the bands now they all on me
Bitch, I ain't wanna save it You throw the racks, you can't pay it
Bitch, I'm really 18 now, they on my dick, nigga, they can't face it
You got love, girl, you can't face it
Put a hundred racks on payment Picture frames, arrangement
I know you where you at ion need the location
(Woo, what)
Put the racks to the blue Put the racks to the room
How the fuck I'm a hoe if your Twitter account ain't new
And y'all niggas ain't hot, y'all ain't be on the block Smoke him out like a Juul
My niggas really was looking for you Wanna put all the racks, you can't fit to the blues
(Yeah) I know that boy he not fucking with kid
I had to give up my sins
I got enemies, got tired of them Said that he hating on me
I see the jealousy Fuck niggas keep biting away like they aint
(Scared of me)
My just hit a lil boy with the yea yea They like , "Melly you not on my planet"
No satellite, not straight, yeah
(Woah, what)
Pop my shit out nigga yeah yeah My shit with different types
Don't care the failure
Which way we going? I just fell in love with emotion
I can't stop right now, just gotta keep going
Me and my welly gonna save that day for the lil kid
Empty this damn bottle, I cant even feel it
I know that this nigga done heard of me So much damn pain
Fill it with ecstasy, that boy scared of me Don't even wanna play for the team
I just been running the bands, running the bands now they all on me
Lyrics submitted by walkintothec
Gemini szn Lyrics as written by Rhamell Boyd
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