"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.
Teedra Moses (you won't find a better woman)
Jadakiss
Y'all ain't ready
Let's go
What?
Uh-huh
Yeah
Let's go
Oh, cat daddy
Tell me what you know about (know about)
Tell me what you know about (you and me together)
Loving, so sweet, no beef, just us two (yeah)
Tell me what you know about
Tell me what you know about (love through any weather)
Fuss, fight, put you out, take you back 'cause baby it's a
Ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair (what?)
Tell me what you know about your man huggin' blocks, all night
When he should be home huggin' you
Ooh
(Tell me if you know about a hustle can do)
To true love
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love (love)
Oh, cat daddy
(But when the money and the fame came)
Ooh, could it really ever change?
All you wanna do is grind
Why can't we spend some time?
(You're unfaithful with my lovin')
Ooh, and this money don't mean nothing
We keep going 'round and 'round and baby it's a
Ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair (yeah)
Tell me what you know about your man
Giving gifts to compensate for all his shit
Ooh (that's right)
Ooh (tell me if you what a hustle can do)
I'm telling you, oh, you'll never find
You'll never find a better woman (not no one)
Or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together (you had it all in me)
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love (baby)
You doing some mean frontin' (yeah)
When I give you a token of my appreciation, now it don't mean nothing (uh-uh)
Can't call it hateful, it's ungrateful
Ma, I put you on the map, molded and shaped you (ha)
You supposed to thug it out (uh-huh) instead you buggin' out
If that's what loves about I ain't with that (nah)
If I didn't wanna be with you I would've just hit that (yeah)
And never call back
That's my word, don't forget that
I had big plans for better places, better times
But you keep telling me, what I'll never find
You know what, never mind (never mind)
And it's always your fault, it's never mine (never mine)
Pick a better line
'Cause I don't know nothin' 'bout us breakin' up, gettin' back together again
Boo, never again (never)
Maybe I shouldn't say never
But in due time, I may find something better (what, what?)
You'll never find (you'll never find, no)
A better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together
('Cause boy, you had my love)
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool (all my, all my love)
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love
Oh, said
You'll never find (you will never find)
A better woman (you will never find)
Or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love
Jadakiss
Y'all ain't ready
Let's go
What?
Uh-huh
Yeah
Let's go
Oh, cat daddy
Tell me what you know about (know about)
Tell me what you know about (you and me together)
Loving, so sweet, no beef, just us two (yeah)
Tell me what you know about
Tell me what you know about (love through any weather)
Fuss, fight, put you out, take you back 'cause baby it's a
Ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair (what?)
Tell me what you know about your man huggin' blocks, all night
When he should be home huggin' you
Ooh
(Tell me if you know about a hustle can do)
To true love
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love (love)
Oh, cat daddy
(But when the money and the fame came)
Ooh, could it really ever change?
All you wanna do is grind
Why can't we spend some time?
(You're unfaithful with my lovin')
Ooh, and this money don't mean nothing
We keep going 'round and 'round and baby it's a
Ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair, ghetto love affair (yeah)
Tell me what you know about your man
Giving gifts to compensate for all his shit
Ooh (that's right)
Ooh (tell me if you what a hustle can do)
I'm telling you, oh, you'll never find
You'll never find a better woman (not no one)
Or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together (you had it all in me)
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love (baby)
You doing some mean frontin' (yeah)
When I give you a token of my appreciation, now it don't mean nothing (uh-uh)
Can't call it hateful, it's ungrateful
Ma, I put you on the map, molded and shaped you (ha)
You supposed to thug it out (uh-huh) instead you buggin' out
If that's what loves about I ain't with that (nah)
If I didn't wanna be with you I would've just hit that (yeah)
And never call back
That's my word, don't forget that
I had big plans for better places, better times
But you keep telling me, what I'll never find
You know what, never mind (never mind)
And it's always your fault, it's never mine (never mine)
Pick a better line
'Cause I don't know nothin' 'bout us breakin' up, gettin' back together again
Boo, never again (never)
Maybe I shouldn't say never
But in due time, I may find something better (what, what?)
You'll never find (you'll never find, no)
A better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together
('Cause boy, you had my love)
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool (all my, all my love)
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love
Oh, said
You'll never find (you will never find)
A better woman (you will never find)
Or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about breaking up and getting back together
You'll never find a better woman or a bigger fool
Tell me what you know about, what you know about love
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