"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.
Yo, yo, yo, huh
Yo, yo, yo, yo, huh
Yo, see it's rare that you find people like us, ha
'Cause all y'all other (look) out there doing what I'm doing
Or trying to do what I'm doing, but you can't
'Cause I do what I do my way
What about you? Huh? Huh? Come on
I do any and everything you want to
Make your girl say, "ooh, ooh
Why's he so fly?"
She beeps me, whenever she wanna get freaky
You can get mad if you want to (you can get mad if you want to)
Say what ever you want
But she's still gonna give it up
She likes it my way (my way), my way (ohh-oh)
You can't satisfy her needs
She keeps running back to see me do it
My way, my way (ohh-oh)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
Bad-ass señoritas, two-seaters with kicks
New kicks, it's all in the mix (that's right)
Don't turn no tricks, they turn for me
Catchin' bricks don't concern me
So forget it lil midget, my mind on seven digits
Before I pay heaven's skies a visit, now dig it (yo, yo, yo, yo)
I'm pullin' all stops, lockin' down all spots (what? And)
Sayin' you can't front on me
So from this day forth you know I'm all about heat
And what I do be the major league
That's why your girlfriend's paging me
And she know like he know, you don't see her like I see her
So she's out the door (yeah)
Shot gun in my drop havin' fun with the don, system bassin'
Conversation about how she be chasin' me (see what I mean?)
And facin' me sayin' give it to me now, baby
She likes it my way (ooh), my way (do it, do it)
You can't satisfy her needs (yeah)
She keeps running back to see me do it
My way (my way), my way (ohh-oh)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
Don't check me (check me)
It was your girl who let me (let me)
Take it this far then, ooh-wee (ooh-wee)
She had to have it every chance that she could get
But you think I'm a baller
And I ain't gonna call her
Clip that, you can get mad if you want to
Say whatever you want
But she's still gonna give it up
She likes it
My way (ooh), my way (my way, my way)
You can't satisfy her needs
She keeps running back to see me do it (she keeps running back to me)
My way, my way (ohh, whoa, yeah)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
(I'm in control, I'm in control)
My way (oh, my way), my way (ay)
You can't satisfy her needs
She keeps running back to see me do it
My way (ooh, my), my way (oh)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
(I know, know you, know you like it)
My way, my way (I do any and everything you want to, ohh)
You can't satisfy her needs
(I do anything, anything you want me to do)
She keeps runnin' back to see me do it
My way, my way (I do anything)
What I say goes and I'm in control
Yo, yo, yo, yo, huh
Yo, see it's rare that you find people like us, ha
'Cause all y'all other (look) out there doing what I'm doing
Or trying to do what I'm doing, but you can't
'Cause I do what I do my way
What about you? Huh? Huh? Come on
I do any and everything you want to
Make your girl say, "ooh, ooh
Why's he so fly?"
She beeps me, whenever she wanna get freaky
You can get mad if you want to (you can get mad if you want to)
Say what ever you want
But she's still gonna give it up
She likes it my way (my way), my way (ohh-oh)
You can't satisfy her needs
She keeps running back to see me do it
My way, my way (ohh-oh)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
Bad-ass señoritas, two-seaters with kicks
New kicks, it's all in the mix (that's right)
Don't turn no tricks, they turn for me
Catchin' bricks don't concern me
So forget it lil midget, my mind on seven digits
Before I pay heaven's skies a visit, now dig it (yo, yo, yo, yo)
I'm pullin' all stops, lockin' down all spots (what? And)
Sayin' you can't front on me
So from this day forth you know I'm all about heat
And what I do be the major league
That's why your girlfriend's paging me
And she know like he know, you don't see her like I see her
So she's out the door (yeah)
Shot gun in my drop havin' fun with the don, system bassin'
Conversation about how she be chasin' me (see what I mean?)
And facin' me sayin' give it to me now, baby
She likes it my way (ooh), my way (do it, do it)
You can't satisfy her needs (yeah)
She keeps running back to see me do it
My way (my way), my way (ohh-oh)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
Don't check me (check me)
It was your girl who let me (let me)
Take it this far then, ooh-wee (ooh-wee)
She had to have it every chance that she could get
But you think I'm a baller
And I ain't gonna call her
Clip that, you can get mad if you want to
Say whatever you want
But she's still gonna give it up
She likes it
My way (ooh), my way (my way, my way)
You can't satisfy her needs
She keeps running back to see me do it (she keeps running back to me)
My way, my way (ohh, whoa, yeah)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
(I'm in control, I'm in control)
My way (oh, my way), my way (ay)
You can't satisfy her needs
She keeps running back to see me do it
My way (ooh, my), my way (oh)
What I say goes, and I'm in control
(I know, know you, know you like it)
My way, my way (I do any and everything you want to, ohh)
You can't satisfy her needs
(I do anything, anything you want me to do)
She keeps runnin' back to see me do it
My way, my way (I do anything)
What I say goes and I'm in control
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My Way Lyrics as written by Manuel Lonnie Seal Jermaine Dupri
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