"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.
Hey baby girl, I've been watching you all day (all day, all day, all day)
Man that thing you got behind you is amazing (amazing, amazing, amazing)
You make me want to take you out
And let it rain (let it rain, let it rain, let it rain)
I know you got a man but this is what you should say
Why don't you tell him that I'm leavin' never looking back again
You found somebody who does it better than he can
No more making you cry, no more them gray skies
Girl we flying on the G5
And I'm leavin' never looking back again?
So call you shawty and tell him you found a new man
The one who's so so fly
The one that keep you high
Have me singing all night night night
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, man she got me singing
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Now if I talk it girl,
You know that I will walk it out (walk it out, walk it out, walk it out)
Man I'll put my money (money) where my mouth is (mouth is, mouth is, mouth is)
Cause you the baddest little thing
That I've ever seen (ever seen, ever seen, ever seen)
So I'ma ask you one time if you got a man
Why don't you tell him that I'm leavin' never looking back again
You found somebody who does it better than he can
No more making you cry, no more them gray skies
Girl we flying on the G5
And I'm leavin' never looking back again?
So call you shawty and tell him you found a new man
The one who's so so fly
The one that keep you high
Have me singing all night night night
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, man she got me singing
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Don't stress, don't stress, don't stress
Just tell him to the left left left
Don't stress, don't stress, don't stress
Cause we gone and we gone and we gone
No stress, no stress, no stress
Girl you deserve nothing but the best
No stress, no stress, no stress
Girl you need to tell him
Why don't you tell him that I'm leavin' never looking back again
You found somebody who does it better than he can
No more making you cry, no more them gray skies
Girl we flying on the G5
And I'm leavin' never looking back again?
So call you shawty and tell him you found a new man
The one who's so so fly
The one that keep you high
Have me singing all night night night
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, man she got me singing
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Man that thing you got behind you is amazing (amazing, amazing, amazing)
You make me want to take you out
And let it rain (let it rain, let it rain, let it rain)
I know you got a man but this is what you should say
Why don't you tell him that I'm leavin' never looking back again
You found somebody who does it better than he can
No more making you cry, no more them gray skies
Girl we flying on the G5
And I'm leavin' never looking back again?
So call you shawty and tell him you found a new man
The one who's so so fly
The one that keep you high
Have me singing all night night night
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, man she got me singing
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Now if I talk it girl,
You know that I will walk it out (walk it out, walk it out, walk it out)
Man I'll put my money (money) where my mouth is (mouth is, mouth is, mouth is)
Cause you the baddest little thing
That I've ever seen (ever seen, ever seen, ever seen)
So I'ma ask you one time if you got a man
Why don't you tell him that I'm leavin' never looking back again
You found somebody who does it better than he can
No more making you cry, no more them gray skies
Girl we flying on the G5
And I'm leavin' never looking back again?
So call you shawty and tell him you found a new man
The one who's so so fly
The one that keep you high
Have me singing all night night night
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, man she got me singing
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Don't stress, don't stress, don't stress
Just tell him to the left left left
Don't stress, don't stress, don't stress
Cause we gone and we gone and we gone
No stress, no stress, no stress
Girl you deserve nothing but the best
No stress, no stress, no stress
Girl you need to tell him
Why don't you tell him that I'm leavin' never looking back again
You found somebody who does it better than he can
No more making you cry, no more them gray skies
Girl we flying on the G5
And I'm leavin' never looking back again?
So call you shawty and tell him you found a new man
The one who's so so fly
The one that keep you high
Have me singing all night night night
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, man she got me singing
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
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did anyone else notice that he tries to fit in pop culture slogans wherever he can? for example "let it rain" is from the chicken noodle soup song, "walk it out" is from UNK's song "walk it out" and "to the left, left, left" is out of beyonce's "irreplaceable". it's like he's trying to give the song more hip-hop "cred" if you will, but it just sounds silly because.. well.. he's soo white.
but nonetheless, he's beautiful and i can't stop listening to this song haha.
Yes the thing behind her is her ass. A G5 is a praviae jet. it's catchy but it's simple this guy (J-Mac) is trying to get the girl to cheat on her boyfriend. IT'S WRONG!!!!!!!!!
i love this song. it way different than his other songs though
this song is great, i hope this track means good things for the new album.
meanings pretty simple, boy likes girl, girl is taken, boy wants girl to leave her current man and be with him because things will be better with him.
I love this song. There is an acoustic of this on youtube, which is even better than the studio version.
Yep, the meaning is pretty simple, I agree.
This song is truly amazing. This is a totally different side of him and i love it... all the sides and songs from him are different and thats why i love his work so much.
Man that thing you got behind you is amazing (Amazing 3x) You make me want to take you out and let it rain
is the thing behind her, her ass? LMFAO?
what a catchy song, i love ittt =)
great song. the cd is gonna be hot. i went to an event and we got a sneak listen.
also HAVE YOU SEEN THE VIDEO. man has he grown.. but, still uses dreamstreet moves..
What does G5 mean in the line "Girl we be flying on the G5, G5"?