"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.
Show off, beats.
Time for the beat.
(Verse 1)
Yo I flow now, like a pro now
you know the ice man bringin' on the snow now
hit the spotlight welcome to the show now
and when I walk by, girls say 'oh wow'
Hey what up playa? Tell me what's the deal
Emcee Freeze is the bomb, you know that's for real
yo I heat up in the zone when I rhyme on fire
and I never let the music stop, Limewire
It's showtime, so drop a dope rhyme,
see that fine girl? She's so mine!
I'm so confident that you think I'm arrogant
so when you see me, I know what you're starin' at
The player of the game, you know I better be,
I'm in first can't let haters get ahead of me
I got the hook, so hit the chorus,
and I'm the coolest kid in school, Zack Morris.
(Hook)
Move out the way, 'cause I'm about to go off
I'm the VP, that means I'm so boss
yo the ice man gonna get the snow off
screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
I'm a show off, Emcee Freeze,
I'm a show off, the game plan
I'm a show off. Screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
(Verse 2)
I got some mad game, can never lose it
and when I score I got two angles to prove it
it's all about fast money I never rewind
my debit card is the key to the gold mine
Love them threads, fifty jerseys in my closet
fifty thou in my pocket I think I'll make a deposit
a young emcee I'm so fresh and so clean
when I was nine my girlfriend was thirteen
That's how I roll, I gotta win it
work for it every minute until I get all up in it
love that bling bling, I'm straight up icy son
this gold watch is fly though it's not my nicest one
How many girls have I stolen? I couldn't count
you know the skinny kid's got the fattest bank account
I could make you fall in love with just one smile
and make you wanna close the bedroom door for awhile.
Move out the way, 'cause I'm about to go off
I'm the VP, that means I'm so boss
yo the ice man gonna get the snow off
screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
I'm a show off, Emcee Freeze,
I'm a show off, the game plan
I'm a show off. Screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
I'm a show off
I'm a show off
Screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
Time for the beat.
Time for the beat.
(Verse 1)
Yo I flow now, like a pro now
you know the ice man bringin' on the snow now
hit the spotlight welcome to the show now
and when I walk by, girls say 'oh wow'
Hey what up playa? Tell me what's the deal
Emcee Freeze is the bomb, you know that's for real
yo I heat up in the zone when I rhyme on fire
and I never let the music stop, Limewire
It's showtime, so drop a dope rhyme,
see that fine girl? She's so mine!
I'm so confident that you think I'm arrogant
so when you see me, I know what you're starin' at
The player of the game, you know I better be,
I'm in first can't let haters get ahead of me
I got the hook, so hit the chorus,
and I'm the coolest kid in school, Zack Morris.
(Hook)
Move out the way, 'cause I'm about to go off
I'm the VP, that means I'm so boss
yo the ice man gonna get the snow off
screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
I'm a show off, Emcee Freeze,
I'm a show off, the game plan
I'm a show off. Screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
(Verse 2)
I got some mad game, can never lose it
and when I score I got two angles to prove it
it's all about fast money I never rewind
my debit card is the key to the gold mine
Love them threads, fifty jerseys in my closet
fifty thou in my pocket I think I'll make a deposit
a young emcee I'm so fresh and so clean
when I was nine my girlfriend was thirteen
That's how I roll, I gotta win it
work for it every minute until I get all up in it
love that bling bling, I'm straight up icy son
this gold watch is fly though it's not my nicest one
How many girls have I stolen? I couldn't count
you know the skinny kid's got the fattest bank account
I could make you fall in love with just one smile
and make you wanna close the bedroom door for awhile.
Move out the way, 'cause I'm about to go off
I'm the VP, that means I'm so boss
yo the ice man gonna get the snow off
screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
I'm a show off, Emcee Freeze,
I'm a show off, the game plan
I'm a show off. Screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
I'm a show off
I'm a show off
Screw the rules man, I'm a show off!
Time for the beat.
Lyrics submitted by Coggo
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