"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.
Jet Pack
(Ahh Ahh Ahh)
3 strikes
R&R on a beach
Rolls Royce sitting on feet
I need that
(Woo)
Every penny is sent overseas
Just to make it tax free
I need that
(Uh)
Loyalty from a Queen who's a bad ting
A really bad ting
I need that
(Uh)
Won't stop till I hire
Recognize these are verses from the Bible
I need that
(Uh)
I been on ten
Knew I had to have it soon as I walked in
Presidential face or the Audemars Piguet
Double parked fire lane by Saks on Fifth
Hand stitched Louis bag
When the knots don't fit
Open carry law when the Glock don't fit
Getting everything in twins, hers and his
For this pretty little thing that you not gon hit
(Woo) (Ahh)
Why you do that boy, switch mindset
I don't need them toys
Take a couple bands over to the motherland
Where the bloodline is build up employ
I need to be heard by every interviewer
Need a perfect world, green grass no manure
Need that like I'm craving something bluer
Like my brothers and my sisters out in Flint
Still drinking out the sewer
All black Rolls
Yea I need that
Presidential Rollie Rose Gold
Yea I need that
Trip to an island when it's cold
Yea I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
Everything that glitters ain't gold
But I need that
I ain't never selling my soul
Cuz I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
I need that, I need that
I need that, I need that
Like WOO!
Model 3, Model S
Cybertruck, Model X
Model Y, why not get em all
I need that
Autopilot hands on the wheel
But the seats back
No engine noise, not a peep
Did you peep that?
I peeped that a lot of these peeps just sheep
And they sleep
All I need is a Little Bo Peep hat
I'm feeding my family
Ain't ask for your feedback
I'm feeding my family
Ain't ask for your
Shut up!
Back in this thing like
What up!
I ain't talking arts and crafts
When I say I'm bout to cut up
Jet Pack Boys on the come up
Jet Pack
Jet Pack Boys on the come up
Oww!
The money come steady
I don't rush the paper
And numbers don't lie
So I trust the paper
Really I don't even touch the paper
I just let the money build up
Construction paper
All black Rolls
Yea I need that
Presidential Rollie Rose Gold
Yea I need that
Trip to an island when it's cold
Yea I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
Everything that glitters ain't gold
But I need that
I ain't never selling my soul
Cuz I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
I need that, I need that
I need that, I need that
Like WOO!
(Ahh Ahh Ahh)
3 strikes
R&R on a beach
Rolls Royce sitting on feet
I need that
(Woo)
Every penny is sent overseas
Just to make it tax free
I need that
(Uh)
Loyalty from a Queen who's a bad ting
A really bad ting
I need that
(Uh)
Won't stop till I hire
Recognize these are verses from the Bible
I need that
(Uh)
I been on ten
Knew I had to have it soon as I walked in
Presidential face or the Audemars Piguet
Double parked fire lane by Saks on Fifth
Hand stitched Louis bag
When the knots don't fit
Open carry law when the Glock don't fit
Getting everything in twins, hers and his
For this pretty little thing that you not gon hit
(Woo) (Ahh)
Why you do that boy, switch mindset
I don't need them toys
Take a couple bands over to the motherland
Where the bloodline is build up employ
I need to be heard by every interviewer
Need a perfect world, green grass no manure
Need that like I'm craving something bluer
Like my brothers and my sisters out in Flint
Still drinking out the sewer
All black Rolls
Yea I need that
Presidential Rollie Rose Gold
Yea I need that
Trip to an island when it's cold
Yea I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
Everything that glitters ain't gold
But I need that
I ain't never selling my soul
Cuz I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
I need that, I need that
I need that, I need that
Like WOO!
Model 3, Model S
Cybertruck, Model X
Model Y, why not get em all
I need that
Autopilot hands on the wheel
But the seats back
No engine noise, not a peep
Did you peep that?
I peeped that a lot of these peeps just sheep
And they sleep
All I need is a Little Bo Peep hat
I'm feeding my family
Ain't ask for your feedback
I'm feeding my family
Ain't ask for your
Shut up!
Back in this thing like
What up!
I ain't talking arts and crafts
When I say I'm bout to cut up
Jet Pack Boys on the come up
Jet Pack
Jet Pack Boys on the come up
Oww!
The money come steady
I don't rush the paper
And numbers don't lie
So I trust the paper
Really I don't even touch the paper
I just let the money build up
Construction paper
All black Rolls
Yea I need that
Presidential Rollie Rose Gold
Yea I need that
Trip to an island when it's cold
Yea I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
Everything that glitters ain't gold
But I need that
I ain't never selling my soul
Cuz I need that
Y'all gon give me everything I'm owed
Cuz I need that
I need that, I need that
I need that, I need that
Like WOO!
Lyrics submitted by findinghomer
I Need That Lyrics as written by Ryan Harrington Erick Hurt
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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