"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.
Get out my head and into the bed girl
Cause you done know, plottin' out the fantasy
Hey baby girl and it's you a the key yo me go so then
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
So back it up deh, so pack it up yeah
Cause I wanna be the man that's really gonna have it up
And mack it up andslap it up yeah
So what is up yeah you know you got the sinting I
Nna me pants a develop and a swell up and
Double up yeah so gimme the work yeah
Cause if you know gimme the work the blue a erupt yeah
So rev it up deh gal gwaan try you luck deh
Cause when you stir it up you know me haffi measure up yeah
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
Hey pretty girl, say me love fi see you walk,
You know habla ingles but just listen me when me a talk
This ya one yeah from me heart, woman you got me caught
You ever inna me thoughts and no left me inna the dark, inna the
First place gal that's where you belong,
So just let me flip the switch woman I can turn it on and
Gimme the passion from dusk till dawn, tell me if you want it fi gwan, my girl
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
So why can't you see, we ought to be, together girl don't front on me
I just wanna be near so don't have no fear
And lemme see you bring your body right over here
Because you should share it, girl I'll care it,
And I'm gonna give you love so clear
It gonna make you shine and once you are mine
We be rockin' it until the end of time
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
So back it up deh, so pack it up yeah
Cause I wanna be the man that's really gonna have it up
And mack it up andslap it up yeah
So what is up yeah you know you got the sinting I
Nna me pants a develop and a swell up and
Double up yeah so gimme the work yeah
Cause if you know gimme the work the blue a erupt yeah
So rev it up deh gal gwan try you luck deh
Cause when you stir it up you know me haffi measure up yeah
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
Cause you done know, plottin' out the fantasy
Hey baby girl and it's you a the key yo me go so then
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
So back it up deh, so pack it up yeah
Cause I wanna be the man that's really gonna have it up
And mack it up andslap it up yeah
So what is up yeah you know you got the sinting I
Nna me pants a develop and a swell up and
Double up yeah so gimme the work yeah
Cause if you know gimme the work the blue a erupt yeah
So rev it up deh gal gwaan try you luck deh
Cause when you stir it up you know me haffi measure up yeah
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
Hey pretty girl, say me love fi see you walk,
You know habla ingles but just listen me when me a talk
This ya one yeah from me heart, woman you got me caught
You ever inna me thoughts and no left me inna the dark, inna the
First place gal that's where you belong,
So just let me flip the switch woman I can turn it on and
Gimme the passion from dusk till dawn, tell me if you want it fi gwan, my girl
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
So why can't you see, we ought to be, together girl don't front on me
I just wanna be near so don't have no fear
And lemme see you bring your body right over here
Because you should share it, girl I'll care it,
And I'm gonna give you love so clear
It gonna make you shine and once you are mine
We be rockin' it until the end of time
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
So back it up deh, so pack it up yeah
Cause I wanna be the man that's really gonna have it up
And mack it up andslap it up yeah
So what is up yeah you know you got the sinting I
Nna me pants a develop and a swell up and
Double up yeah so gimme the work yeah
Cause if you know gimme the work the blue a erupt yeah
So rev it up deh gal gwan try you luck deh
Cause when you stir it up you know me haffi measure up yeah
From you look inna me eye gal I see she you want me
When you gonna give it up to me
Because you body enticing you makin' me horny
When you gonna give it up to me
Well if a no today girl then a must be tomorrow
When you fulfill my fantasy
Because you know I give you lovin' straight like an arrow
When you gonna give it up to me
Lyrics submitted by bornonanaugustday
Give It Up to Me Lyrics as written by Nigel Staff Donovan Bennett
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As you all can see I posted this song. It is just brilliant and so FUN to listen to!
Basically, this song is about a guy who's waiting patiently for the girl he loves to go to the next level with him.
I love it! It is so GOOD!
Well actually. Its more of a guy seeing a girl he knows likes her at first sight and he wants her in bed.
Haha. Either way this song rox!
gosh, this song is gross It doesn't at all sound like he's waiting patiently, he sounds pushy what an asshole all that matters to him is sex no wonder all of us teenagers are so messed up, look at who we're supposed to look up to and emulate: hormy assholes. Gosh!
Who cares if it sounds like he's being pushy? This is without a doubt, one of the few rap/hip hop songs where I like that it talks about sex. To me it sounds like he's waiting patiently. If he was being pushy the lyrics would be "Give it up to me now", but it's "WHEN you gonna give it up to me?. And then "If not today, must be tomorrow". He was saying that the day before, and it's still not today, so tomorrow, then it still won't be that day, and the day after that, it still won't be, until she willingly gives it up to him.
Either way, this song is amazing. Me and my girlfriend are both virgins and she doesn't want to have sex yet but we both consider this our song for the moment. I absolutely love this song.
By the way Nienna7, don't be afraid to say God.
sure... whatever, I still think it is gross, but it's an opinion, I really don't want to start a "internet fight"
yes, i agree tats exactly what it means bornonanaugustday ^^ I danced to this with my bf one time, its awsome!
I agree with Nienna7, this is just a song about a guy pestering a girl to sleep with him.
catchy tune..but the lyrics bring it wayy down in my book.
I can't believe that the word 'brilliant' was used to describe this song.
Look at those lyrics, half of those words...aren't even real words.
And watch what you are calling rap/hip hop, stuff like A Tribe Called Quest, the Roots, even Kanye West should NOT even be in the same room as this baboon.
SteveTaylor, that's one of the most insipidly intolerant things I've heard on this site. Would you dis a french song for not using "real" words? I presume not, because it's just a different language. Patois/Creole is the standard form of speech in Jamaica, with roots in post colonial rebellion, incidentally, but that's not really what's important.
As for the whole Hip Hop shit you're on there, a) Could you be more white? Reads like the "Suburban kids guide to being diverse" or something. And b) This isn't straight hip hop, I agree, but it has Hip Hop elements, like most Ragga/Dancehall music, and seeing as most of the lyrics are rapped, I think you'd have trouble saying this isn't rap. Idiot boy, learn about the roots before you criticise, because you come off as an ignorant buffoon.
This song is catchy but fucken hell sean paul doesn't deserve a dick, sexist prick!