"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.
Why are you so paranoid
Don't be so paranoid
Don't be so
Baby, don't worry about it
Lady, don't even think about it
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
Tell me right now
You really wanna spend your whole life alone?
A little time out might do you good, might do us good
Before we be done for good
'Cause I could make it good I could make it hood
I can make you come I can make you go
I can make you high I can make you fly
Make you touch the sky hey maybe so
All of the time
You be up in mine checking through my cellphone baby no
You wanna kill the vibe on another night
Here's another fight oh here we go
Baby don't worry about it
Lady we'll go out to the floor
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
All of the time
You wanna complain about the nights alone
So now you're here with me
Show some gratitude leave the attitude way back at home
Yeah you see 'em look
Baby let 'em look give us cold looks 'cause we look cold
Yeah you heard about all the word of mouth
Don't worry about what we can't control
All the talk in the world lost in the world
Till you finally let that thing go
You wanna check in to the heartbreak hotel
But sorry we're closed
Baby don't worry about it
Lady we'll go out to the floor
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Baby don't worry about it
Lady don't even think about it
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Don't be so paranoid
Don't be so
Baby, don't worry about it
Lady, don't even think about it
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
Tell me right now
You really wanna spend your whole life alone?
A little time out might do you good, might do us good
Before we be done for good
'Cause I could make it good I could make it hood
I can make you come I can make you go
I can make you high I can make you fly
Make you touch the sky hey maybe so
All of the time
You be up in mine checking through my cellphone baby no
You wanna kill the vibe on another night
Here's another fight oh here we go
Baby don't worry about it
Lady we'll go out to the floor
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
All of the time
You wanna complain about the nights alone
So now you're here with me
Show some gratitude leave the attitude way back at home
Yeah you see 'em look
Baby let 'em look give us cold looks 'cause we look cold
Yeah you heard about all the word of mouth
Don't worry about what we can't control
All the talk in the world lost in the world
Till you finally let that thing go
You wanna check in to the heartbreak hotel
But sorry we're closed
Baby don't worry about it
Lady we'll go out to the floor
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Baby don't worry about it
Lady don't even think about it
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Anyway they don't know you like I do
They'll never know you
Lyrics submitted by TheFallingFreon
Paranoid Lyrics as written by Kanye West Jeff Bhasker
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Um, I´m going to proceed from my pov and the sitatuions me and the one I love is in. o this is only my interpretation of what this song is about. It could be wrong in some places.
Why are you so paranoid? Don't be so paranoid. Don't be so (He feels that she sometimes can be paranoid just because she doesn’t feels like that is the right way of living life)
Baby don't worry bout it Hey there don't even think about it You worry bout the wrong things The wrong things[x4] (He feels like she worries too much of what might happen in the heartbreak world, he wants to share his world with her)
All of the time you really wanna spend your whole life alone? (He wonders how on earth she can handle herself so well alone, so he wants her to experience things that he experienced) A little time out might do you good, might do us good (He wants her to be a bit less independent and more codependents on him; ´cause he is used to that everyone is co-depended) 'Fore we be done for good. (Until its running out of time for her being within their world) Cause I can make it good I can make it hood I can make you come I can make you go I can make it high I can make it fly Make you touch the sky Hey maybe so. (He wants to make her feel comfortable in his world, and he wants her to enjoy everything in the heartbreak world with him)
All the time you be up in my Checking through my cellphone Baby no You wanna kill the vibe on another night? (This is not in a situation that we could be in... but I guess the singer is pointing out that she’s worried about him having other affairs) Here's another fight (They fight silently whether she would in heartbreak world or not) Oh here we go
(Chorus) Baby don't worry bout it Lady we'll go out to the floor (He wants her to enjoy everything with him, he wants to learn her about things that he can do in his world)
[Kid cudi] Anyway they don't know you like I do <They don't know> They'll never know you <Never Know> Anyway they don't know you like I do <Never Know> (He knows that his friends and other people will not fully get her as good as he does, but he feels that its just fine because he wants to be the one that cares most for her)
(Verse 2) All of the time you wanna complain about the nights alone So now you're here with me Show some gratitude Leave the attitude way back at home (He wants her to feel gratitude towards him for taking her to his world ´cause if he notice that she doesn’t enjoy it as much as he does he feels a pressure to assure her that everything’s fine and deny the fact she isn’t enjoying herself) Yeah you see ´em look Baby let ´em look Give you cold looks ´cause we look cold Yeah you heard about all the word of mouth Don't worry about what we can't control All the talk in the world lost in the world (He wants her to compete with him against others ´cause that what you are supposed to do, he doesn’t wants her to care if people are talking about their relationship and his gangs that he hang out with, ´cause he knows that is a bit because of him that they are talking about it) 'Til you finally let that thing go You wanna check into the heartbreak hotel But sorry we're closed. (He wants to say the she lose him and his world)
(Chorus) Lady don't worry bout it Baby we'll go out to the floor (He wants her to enjoy everything with him, he wants to learn her about things that he can do in his world)
[Kid cudi] Anyway they don't know you like I do <to they floor> They'll never know you <Hey! never know> Anyway they don't know you like I do <They don't know> (He knows that his friends and other people will not fully get her as good as he does, but he feels that its just fine because he wants to be the one that cares most for her)
Baby don't worry bout it Lady don't even think about You worry bout the wrong things The wrong things[x3] You worry bout the wrong thing (He feels like she worries too much of what might happen in the heartbreak world, he wants to share his world with her)
[Kid cudi] Anyway they don't know you like I do They'll never know you Anyway they don't know you like I do[x2] They'll never know you. (He knows that his friends and other people will not fully get her as good as he does, but he feels that its just fine because he wants to be the one that cares most for her)
Well, srry if my english isn´t good enough.