"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.
Oh
Posted in the front seat of my Maybach
No where to go
Ready to do whatever's clever
Put on a show
Don't really matter, we can chop, chop, chop it up
We can get it poppin' even thump in the parkin' lot
Whatever you like, I'm on the same side
We can go the distance, homey
'Cause I'm always neutral
Give me the green light
Be there in no time
Play the right position
Baby, you can have it all
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
Baby boy, right here I got the power
So what's the show
It'll keep you goin' after hours
Stuck in a zone
What I got right here will make the boys hallucinate
Have you braggin', ecstatic
No one can duplicate
Whatever you like, I'm on the same side
We can go the distance, homey
'Cause I'm always neutral
Give me the green light
Be there in no time
Play the right position
Baby you, can have it all
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
We can, uh uh uh, let the speakers bump
Keep it on the hush; this don't need to rush
We can, uh uh uh, let the speakers bump
Keep it on the hush; this don't need to rush
We can, uh uh uh, let the speakers bump
Keep it on the hush; this don't need to rush
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Let's roll
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Let's roll
Posted in the front seat of my Maybach
No where to go
Ready to do whatever's clever
Put on a show
Don't really matter, we can chop, chop, chop it up
We can get it poppin' even thump in the parkin' lot
Whatever you like, I'm on the same side
We can go the distance, homey
'Cause I'm always neutral
Give me the green light
Be there in no time
Play the right position
Baby, you can have it all
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
Baby boy, right here I got the power
So what's the show
It'll keep you goin' after hours
Stuck in a zone
What I got right here will make the boys hallucinate
Have you braggin', ecstatic
No one can duplicate
Whatever you like, I'm on the same side
We can go the distance, homey
'Cause I'm always neutral
Give me the green light
Be there in no time
Play the right position
Baby you, can have it all
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
We can, uh uh uh, let the speakers bump
Keep it on the hush; this don't need to rush
We can, uh uh uh, let the speakers bump
Keep it on the hush; this don't need to rush
We can, uh uh uh, let the speakers bump
Keep it on the hush; this don't need to rush
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' you know, good ol', good ol'
Kick back and roll down the window
And just let the wind blow
Get high off that ol' you know, good ol' good ol'
We'll beat the traffic
And I know all the back streets
We can take the alleys, baby, there's no hurry
Put the pedal to the metal
Roll out with my shades low
Get some of that ol' good ol', good ol'
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Let's roll
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me
Let's roll
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This song is weird, because, we have JoJo, the good girl, making references to sex? What do you guys think?
"Now we can uh, uh, uh, let the speakers bump Keep it on the hush, there’s no need to rush Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce with me Bounce, bounce, yeah let’s roll"
See what I mean?
At first this I thought this song was about bumping uglies. Especially with lines like:
"Give me the green light Be there in no time Play the right position Baby, you can have it all"
But after listening to the entire album I realized that everything written was more literal than clever wordplay. With that in mind, I figured this song was more about cruising the streets and flossing all while bumping your music.
yeah i see what ya mean my mom thought this song was about sex so you're probably right..
IT'S HARD. AT FIRST IT SOUND LIKE A NICE CLEAN SONG ABOUT NICE AND CLEAN FUN. LOL. BUT THEN IF YOU LISTEN CLOSER, THESE LITTLE VERSES CAN BE TAKEN MORE LITERAL. WHY WOULD SHE SAY UH,UH,UH FOR IF SHE'S IN THE CAR DRIVING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. IT PROBABLY IS SEXUAL JUST LIKE THE WAY YOU DO ME AND LIKE THAT I THINK IS SEXUAL TOO. OH NO, I THOUGHT JOJO WAS A GOOD GIRL.