"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.
It's a major move right here, baby
You gotta get with it or getlose, you understand
Yeah (woo), it's Young Lloyd, reporting live from Atlanta, Georgia
(Yeah, Weezy F. Baby)
Decatur, where it's greater
And uh, I want all my sexy ladies to report to the dance floor immediately
We gon' Golden Glide this one y'all, speak Weezy
Yeah, right off the back, ma, the boy got dollars
So women come frequent like flight mileage
It ain't no secret I-I might holla
But I ain't gon' sweat ya, baby
I'm a let ya
Catch up wit' ya game
Run faster
But don't let 'em lose ya
'Cause I ain't gon' bless ya
Unless ya
Feel a lil' desperate
Send a nigga a text message, girl
Stop
Wait a minute
The way you move that, girl
You done got my heart all in it
And I just wanna be with you tonight
Girl, please
I'm a playa, yeah, it's true
But I change the game for you
I wanna see what it do
Can I be for real?
This is how I feel
I'm in need of love
So let's dip up out of here
Ooh, you're just my type
Everything's so right
And I just wanna chill
So let's dip up out of here
(Let's dip up out of here)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
I'll admit it
This just ain't no game, these just ain't words
(That I'm spittin')
If you could see the thoughts that's in my head (that's in my head)
I'm trippin'
I'm a playa, yeah, it's true
But I change the game for you
I wanna see what it do (do)
Can I be for real?
This is how I feel
I'm in need of love
So let's dip up out of here
Ooh, you're just my type
Everything's so right (so right)
And I just wanna chill
So let's dip up out of here
(Let's dip up out of here)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
Yeah, Weezy F. Baby, the key to the ladies
Keys to the 'cedes, but please say, "the Baby"
Weed and Patron, even in the A.M.
We should be alone, we can get a day in
You like what I'm sayin'?
Then come around the way and
We can go inside and stay in
Tell the homeboy ya stayin'
You've been taken
Gone
Turn me on, and I'm a turn him, yeah
You know I love you like cooked food
You know you fuckin' wit' a good dude
You know you give good brain
Like you graduated from a good school
You know I'm a good move
You should do, me
So, hey, shawty, what it is?
The Carter, who it is
Now, shawty, do it big
A party at my crib
That's a party in the hills
You call it what you want
But she gon' call it when she feels (ow)
Can I be for real?
This is how I feel
I'm in need of love
So let's dip up out of here
Ooh, you're just my type
Everything's so right (so right)
And I just wanna chill
So let's dip up out of here
(Let's dip up out of here)
I ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
I ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
It ain't nothin' but a nonviolent nigga, you know what I mean?
Street love, big love, c'mon
Me and lil' Lloyd, baby
Long hair, don't care
Yo, what up, Ryan? I see you baby, yeah
It's major moves right here, baby
I ain't talkin' fast, it's just, you listenin' slow, you know what I mean?
You ain't tryna hear me, then don't heard me, I'm up outta here
I ain't being mean, but you so mean in them jeans, you know what I mean?
So, what you want me to do? You
You gotta get with it or getlose, you understand
Yeah (woo), it's Young Lloyd, reporting live from Atlanta, Georgia
(Yeah, Weezy F. Baby)
Decatur, where it's greater
And uh, I want all my sexy ladies to report to the dance floor immediately
We gon' Golden Glide this one y'all, speak Weezy
Yeah, right off the back, ma, the boy got dollars
So women come frequent like flight mileage
It ain't no secret I-I might holla
But I ain't gon' sweat ya, baby
I'm a let ya
Catch up wit' ya game
Run faster
But don't let 'em lose ya
'Cause I ain't gon' bless ya
Unless ya
Feel a lil' desperate
Send a nigga a text message, girl
Stop
Wait a minute
The way you move that, girl
You done got my heart all in it
And I just wanna be with you tonight
Girl, please
I'm a playa, yeah, it's true
But I change the game for you
I wanna see what it do
Can I be for real?
This is how I feel
I'm in need of love
So let's dip up out of here
Ooh, you're just my type
Everything's so right
And I just wanna chill
So let's dip up out of here
(Let's dip up out of here)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
I'll admit it
This just ain't no game, these just ain't words
(That I'm spittin')
If you could see the thoughts that's in my head (that's in my head)
I'm trippin'
I'm a playa, yeah, it's true
But I change the game for you
I wanna see what it do (do)
Can I be for real?
This is how I feel
I'm in need of love
So let's dip up out of here
Ooh, you're just my type
Everything's so right (so right)
And I just wanna chill
So let's dip up out of here
(Let's dip up out of here)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
Yeah, Weezy F. Baby, the key to the ladies
Keys to the 'cedes, but please say, "the Baby"
Weed and Patron, even in the A.M.
We should be alone, we can get a day in
You like what I'm sayin'?
Then come around the way and
We can go inside and stay in
Tell the homeboy ya stayin'
You've been taken
Gone
Turn me on, and I'm a turn him, yeah
You know I love you like cooked food
You know you fuckin' wit' a good dude
You know you give good brain
Like you graduated from a good school
You know I'm a good move
You should do, me
So, hey, shawty, what it is?
The Carter, who it is
Now, shawty, do it big
A party at my crib
That's a party in the hills
You call it what you want
But she gon' call it when she feels (ow)
Can I be for real?
This is how I feel
I'm in need of love
So let's dip up out of here
Ooh, you're just my type
Everything's so right (so right)
And I just wanna chill
So let's dip up out of here
(Let's dip up out of here)
I ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
I ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
(She's fine too, but I want you)
It ain't nothin' but a nonviolent nigga, you know what I mean?
Street love, big love, c'mon
Me and lil' Lloyd, baby
Long hair, don't care
Yo, what up, Ryan? I see you baby, yeah
It's major moves right here, baby
I ain't talkin' fast, it's just, you listenin' slow, you know what I mean?
You ain't tryna hear me, then don't heard me, I'm up outta here
I ain't being mean, but you so mean in them jeans, you know what I mean?
So, what you want me to do? You
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