"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.
[Verse - Violent J]
ALL NIGHT - find me, robbin' your jewels
Settin' fires, damagin' and breakin' into schools
IN THE DARKNESS - it's much easier to be heartless
Break the window out the Lincoln, and screwdriver-start this
Muggin' people, droppin' on 'em from street lights
Stab 'em with garden tools or beat 'em with pipes
So don't come out, stay inside cozy and tucked
And if I'm breakin' in, your old lady's gettin..FUCKED!
[Verse - Shaggy 2 Dope]
ALL DAY - car jacks, get out the van
As soon as they step out I pop 'em anyway, BLAAM!
I rob liqour stores with a little 22 hold
I know it's nothing but it's something when it's bustin' at your nose
SUNNY DAYS - I hit up the beach with cleats on
And stomp bitches in they ass tryin' to tan in they thongs
ALL DAY - see me fuckin' hookers at truck stops
And then I kill em, 'cause that's where my buck stops
[Verse - Violent J]
ALL NIGHT - I'm wicked and I got the power
Blood sheds on the wall during the witching hour
IN THE DARKNESS - see me ride by in an Impala
Draggin' some fuck ass by the foot and hear him holla
IN THE NIGHT TIME - I'll take what's rightfully mine
I'll run through emergency rooms and sever life-lines
Fuck the limelight, I'm the one I need to impress
With a double dip swingin' ax chop to your chest!
[Verse - Shaggy 2 Dope]
ALL DAY - I'm sellin' coke laced joints to little kids
I'm a clown in a milk truck handlin' biz
IN THE SUNSHINE - I been known to take shots at the po
I'm in the bushes with the camoflouge on and rifle scope
ALL DAY - I'm wicked, I keep it horrifying
Axe murdered some kid and his dad kite-flying
I knocked the fuckin' mailman out on the grass
And burned holes in his face with the magnifying glass
[Verse - Violent J]
ALL NIGHT - I fly like a vampire bat
Murder people tellin' stories where the campfire's at
BLAME IT ON THE MOONLIGHT OR BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE
I shot the motherfuckin' sheriff and his deputy rookie
WHEN IT'S DARK OUT - I hit the streets in the shadows and grab yo's
And boogie the woogie and stab hoes
Don't even gimme a pound when you see this clown
You gettin' cut the FUCK up and chopped the FUCK down!
[Verse - Shaggy 2 Dope]
ALL DAY - catch me picknickin' with bitches in the park
Right before I icepick 'em in the heart
24-7, if it ain't us, it's somebody gettin' bloody
Wicked clowns ain't the only ones nutty buddy
CATCH ME..TONGUE KISSING - a severed head
Catch me burying another bitch dead behind the shed
It doesn't matter, night or day, all around the clock
Violent J and Shaggy CHOP! CHOP!! CHOP!!! CHOP!!!!
YOU'RE GONNA DIE!
ALL NIGHT - find me, robbin' your jewels
Settin' fires, damagin' and breakin' into schools
IN THE DARKNESS - it's much easier to be heartless
Break the window out the Lincoln, and screwdriver-start this
Muggin' people, droppin' on 'em from street lights
Stab 'em with garden tools or beat 'em with pipes
So don't come out, stay inside cozy and tucked
And if I'm breakin' in, your old lady's gettin..FUCKED!
[Verse - Shaggy 2 Dope]
ALL DAY - car jacks, get out the van
As soon as they step out I pop 'em anyway, BLAAM!
I rob liqour stores with a little 22 hold
I know it's nothing but it's something when it's bustin' at your nose
SUNNY DAYS - I hit up the beach with cleats on
And stomp bitches in they ass tryin' to tan in they thongs
ALL DAY - see me fuckin' hookers at truck stops
And then I kill em, 'cause that's where my buck stops
[Verse - Violent J]
ALL NIGHT - I'm wicked and I got the power
Blood sheds on the wall during the witching hour
IN THE DARKNESS - see me ride by in an Impala
Draggin' some fuck ass by the foot and hear him holla
IN THE NIGHT TIME - I'll take what's rightfully mine
I'll run through emergency rooms and sever life-lines
Fuck the limelight, I'm the one I need to impress
With a double dip swingin' ax chop to your chest!
[Verse - Shaggy 2 Dope]
ALL DAY - I'm sellin' coke laced joints to little kids
I'm a clown in a milk truck handlin' biz
IN THE SUNSHINE - I been known to take shots at the po
I'm in the bushes with the camoflouge on and rifle scope
ALL DAY - I'm wicked, I keep it horrifying
Axe murdered some kid and his dad kite-flying
I knocked the fuckin' mailman out on the grass
And burned holes in his face with the magnifying glass
[Verse - Violent J]
ALL NIGHT - I fly like a vampire bat
Murder people tellin' stories where the campfire's at
BLAME IT ON THE MOONLIGHT OR BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE
I shot the motherfuckin' sheriff and his deputy rookie
WHEN IT'S DARK OUT - I hit the streets in the shadows and grab yo's
And boogie the woogie and stab hoes
Don't even gimme a pound when you see this clown
You gettin' cut the FUCK up and chopped the FUCK down!
[Verse - Shaggy 2 Dope]
ALL DAY - catch me picknickin' with bitches in the park
Right before I icepick 'em in the heart
24-7, if it ain't us, it's somebody gettin' bloody
Wicked clowns ain't the only ones nutty buddy
CATCH ME..TONGUE KISSING - a severed head
Catch me burying another bitch dead behind the shed
It doesn't matter, night or day, all around the clock
Violent J and Shaggy CHOP! CHOP!! CHOP!!! CHOP!!!!
YOU'RE GONNA DIE!
Lyrics submitted by FruitOnTheVine
24 Lyrics as written by Frank Myers Bernie Nelson
Lyrics © ZELLS MUSIC COMPANY, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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