"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.
Ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, here we go
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it, g-got it
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it
Honey, lookin' good from her head to her toe
Beauty overload, body outta control
She 24, she could be a model
So beautiful, all so natural
Mama lookin' good from her head to her feet
She 44, but she still lookin' sweet
And you could tell her daughter ain't even at a peak
Cause her mama lookin' so hot, packin' that heat
So be a good girl and thank yo mama
She made ya steamin' like a sauna
Look out, look out here she come now
Look out, look out here she come
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it, g-got it
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it
Girl, yo beauty is a sensation
You sittin' in the temptation
I never knew a girl could shine like the sun
You betta thank ya mama, cause girl you the one
We should have a date of celebration
Celebratin' God's best creation
Girl, you got a beautiful vibration
Everyday should be ya birthday, hon'
You make the guys all dumb
Maybe cause your blessed with the beautiful buns
Maybe cause your beauty keep the dudes unsprung
Wonderin' just where you got that from, from, f-from...
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it, g-got it
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
All that fish right here, I got all this from my mama
All this stuff right here, I got all this from my mama
Ladies, l-l-ladies, Ladies, l-l-ladies, Ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, here we go
If the girl real fine, 9 times outta 10 she fine just like her mama
And if the girl real pretty, 9 times outta 10 she pretty like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama
And if the girl real sexy, 9 times outta 10 she sexy like her mama
And if the girl real hot, 9 times outta 10 she hot just like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama (like her mama)
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
All that fish right here, I got all this from my mama
All this stuff right here, I got all this from my mama
If you pretty make some noi...
If you pretty make some noi...
If you pretty make some noi, make some noi, make some noi...
L-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies...
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it, g-got it
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it
Honey, lookin' good from her head to her toe
Beauty overload, body outta control
She 24, she could be a model
So beautiful, all so natural
Mama lookin' good from her head to her feet
She 44, but she still lookin' sweet
And you could tell her daughter ain't even at a peak
Cause her mama lookin' so hot, packin' that heat
So be a good girl and thank yo mama
She made ya steamin' like a sauna
Look out, look out here she come now
Look out, look out here she come
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it, g-got it
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it
Girl, yo beauty is a sensation
You sittin' in the temptation
I never knew a girl could shine like the sun
You betta thank ya mama, cause girl you the one
We should have a date of celebration
Celebratin' God's best creation
Girl, you got a beautiful vibration
Everyday should be ya birthday, hon'
You make the guys all dumb
Maybe cause your blessed with the beautiful buns
Maybe cause your beauty keep the dudes unsprung
Wonderin' just where you got that from, from, f-from...
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it from my mama
I got it, got it, g-got it
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
All that fish right here, I got all this from my mama
All this stuff right here, I got all this from my mama
Ladies, l-l-ladies, Ladies, l-l-ladies, Ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, here we go
If the girl real fine, 9 times outta 10 she fine just like her mama
And if the girl real pretty, 9 times outta 10 she pretty like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama
And if the girl real sexy, 9 times outta 10 she sexy like her mama
And if the girl real hot, 9 times outta 10 she hot just like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama
And if the mama real ugly, I guarantee she g'on be ugly like her mama (like her mama)
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
Baby, where'd you get yo body from?
Tell me where'd you get yo body from
All that fish right here, I got all this from my mama
All this stuff right here, I got all this from my mama
If you pretty make some noi...
If you pretty make some noi...
If you pretty make some noi, make some noi, make some noi...
L-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies, l-l-ladies...
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To the person above- I actually have mixed feelings on this song. On one hand, it's really nice to hear this, because it's kind of...idk...respectful to the mom to say that this girl's good looks are in her family, not from makeup or whatever. But then again I really hate the lines "and if the mama real ugly i guarantee she be ugly like her mama". Number one, that's really mean. Number 2, it's not always true. I know these beautiful girls that have moms that aren't ugly, but plain. It's like, they could be pretty if they tried, but they don't. Or sometimes they are just flat out ugly.