"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.
I got my girl, I want your girl
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I say hey there misuss, what?s ya digits?
You look just like a model, no trippin'
If you don?t know they call me Young Pat, baby
You 'bout to kick it wit a rockstar, lady
I'm a rockstar, he a rockstar
You a rockstar, we some rockstars
You see ya look like that can get you backstage
First class tickets, all expense paid
Packed shows, cash, cash
Cars, clothes, everybody knows
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
Hey there, shawty, what?s the bidness?
Chill with me and we can get lifted
By the way they call me Dustin, shawty
'Bout to put you in the spotlight, shawty
I'm a rockstar, he a rockstar
You a rockstar, we some rockstars
If you wanna be famous meet me backstage
I finna treat ya mind just like an x-ray
I got my girl, I want your girl
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar, without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
Catch me on the Harley with your chick on my back
She clutchin' on my side 'coz she stick with this cat
She a cool lil' breezy and I like it like that
She'll tic for the tac and I'll give her right back
I'm a rockstar, he a rockstar
You a rockstar, we some rockstars
A body like that?ll get you backstage
No I.D., who cares about age
*** be hatin' on the cat 'coz they wished that they could hold her
Got my arm around her shoulder in a multi-color Rover
Ice cream and orange soda, you ain't know what I could do
Do the hydraulics while I rock them diamond dawg shoes
Rock stars jumpin' on them cop cars, hittin' all them hot bars
No guitars and we hit hard, we get ours
And you say that you?ll believe when you see it
But the smarter thing to do is to believe when you be it, dawg
I got my girl, I want your girl
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar, without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got my girl, I want your girl
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar, without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I say hey there misuss, what?s ya digits?
You look just like a model, no trippin'
If you don?t know they call me Young Pat, baby
You 'bout to kick it wit a rockstar, lady
I'm a rockstar, he a rockstar
You a rockstar, we some rockstars
You see ya look like that can get you backstage
First class tickets, all expense paid
Packed shows, cash, cash
Cars, clothes, everybody knows
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
Hey there, shawty, what?s the bidness?
Chill with me and we can get lifted
By the way they call me Dustin, shawty
'Bout to put you in the spotlight, shawty
I'm a rockstar, he a rockstar
You a rockstar, we some rockstars
If you wanna be famous meet me backstage
I finna treat ya mind just like an x-ray
I got my girl, I want your girl
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar, without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
Catch me on the Harley with your chick on my back
She clutchin' on my side 'coz she stick with this cat
She a cool lil' breezy and I like it like that
She'll tic for the tac and I'll give her right back
I'm a rockstar, he a rockstar
You a rockstar, we some rockstars
A body like that?ll get you backstage
No I.D., who cares about age
*** be hatin' on the cat 'coz they wished that they could hold her
Got my arm around her shoulder in a multi-color Rover
Ice cream and orange soda, you ain't know what I could do
Do the hydraulics while I rock them diamond dawg shoes
Rock stars jumpin' on them cop cars, hittin' all them hot bars
No guitars and we hit hard, we get ours
And you say that you?ll believe when you see it
But the smarter thing to do is to believe when you be it, dawg
I got my girl, I want your girl
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar, without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got my girl, I want your girl
I got his girl, I'ma get they girls
I'm a rockstar, without a damn guitar
I'm a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
I got new kicks, I got new whips
On some new ***, she wanna do it
With a rockstar, without a damn guitar
With a rockstar, I don?t need no damn guitar
Lyrics submitted by Keykeykinszx3
Rockstar Lyrics as written by Daen Alexander Simmons Y
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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