"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.
{Beelow Talking}
Say bra, say bra
{Thug Addict}
SHIT!
{Beelow}
You know who you sound like man? Man hold up
{Thug Addict}
AHH!
{Beelow}
Mama, say Mama come listen to this nigga say bra,
you know who you sound like?
{Thug Addict}
{Chorus}
Don't call me, nigga don't call me nigga
don't call me no fuckin' MYSTIKAL!
I'ma Thug Rider, I'ma on Fire, You don't want to fuck with me
I fuck over every MC, I fuck over every MC
Don't call me, nigga don't call me nigga don't call me no fuckin' MYSTIKAL!
{Thug Addict}
I'm the Jesse James in this Rap Game,
I come tighter then Black Suprems on a nigga head
I'm BAD!, the type of nigga fuck with you Bad!
I fuck over ya, DROWN ya with yo stupid ass!
I'm askin', why I decided to stay State Capital
Bad ass lil' rascal, I'm that nigga, bitch I'm that RAPPER!
Indosposeable, Uncontrollable, I run yo ass over
Like an motherfuckin' BULL DOZER!
I told ya BOY, a soldier BOY!
I ain't no motherfuckin' play toy
I'm that nigga, people be talkin' bout
Boy you WRONG! the coldest nigga that you ever hear
Play it on the track, like a fukin' Guitar
I make it jingle, and glingle, and wrap it up like a Wrath of Terror
I can throw it and blow it, high up in the AIR!
I'ma super duper, lil' trooper spit shit like a buger
Come through the speaker like Freddy Krueger
Die Bitch!, and do a lil' somethin' to ya
You know, I told you motherfuckers from the GET GO!
{Chorus}
{Beelow}
Damn bra, you sound just like that nigga Mystikal man
{Thug Addict}
Man, I don't sound like no motherfuckin' Mystikal
{Beelow}
I ain't lyin', say bra say that shit again
{Thug Addict}
Man, I say what the fuck I want to say
{Beelow}
Man, say that shit again, nigga sound just like Mystikal bra
Damn, don't he sound just like that nigga, let me get yo Autograph
{Thug Addict}
I'm sick and tired of motherfuckers lyin'
Talkin' bout I'm try'na sound like somebody
Try'na get down like somebody
I'm respected highly, lyrical violent
I'm that other nigga on the Mic, hollin'
Stylin', comin' through this motherfucker straight up hirin'
Flossin' in the Bat Cave, like Batman and Robin!
Actin' like a man on FIRE!
Fuck with me nigga, better put a bullet in yo fuckin' NOGGIN!
Chop, chop ya is my fuckin' HOBBY!
They bout that BULLSHIT! I doubt IT!
They label me a black John Gotti!
Nigga, I'ma be cold when I'm 90!
Whoopin' highly, on the mic still crackin'
You ain't heard bout ME!
That mean, ya probably ain't fuckin' worried bout ME!
So don't call me no other nigga call me THUG ADDICT!
Don't Call Me!
Don't Call Me!
No fuckin' Mystikal!
{Till song finishes}
Say bra, say bra
{Thug Addict}
SHIT!
{Beelow}
You know who you sound like man? Man hold up
{Thug Addict}
AHH!
{Beelow}
Mama, say Mama come listen to this nigga say bra,
you know who you sound like?
{Thug Addict}
{Chorus}
Don't call me, nigga don't call me nigga
don't call me no fuckin' MYSTIKAL!
I'ma Thug Rider, I'ma on Fire, You don't want to fuck with me
I fuck over every MC, I fuck over every MC
Don't call me, nigga don't call me nigga don't call me no fuckin' MYSTIKAL!
{Thug Addict}
I'm the Jesse James in this Rap Game,
I come tighter then Black Suprems on a nigga head
I'm BAD!, the type of nigga fuck with you Bad!
I fuck over ya, DROWN ya with yo stupid ass!
I'm askin', why I decided to stay State Capital
Bad ass lil' rascal, I'm that nigga, bitch I'm that RAPPER!
Indosposeable, Uncontrollable, I run yo ass over
Like an motherfuckin' BULL DOZER!
I told ya BOY, a soldier BOY!
I ain't no motherfuckin' play toy
I'm that nigga, people be talkin' bout
Boy you WRONG! the coldest nigga that you ever hear
Play it on the track, like a fukin' Guitar
I make it jingle, and glingle, and wrap it up like a Wrath of Terror
I can throw it and blow it, high up in the AIR!
I'ma super duper, lil' trooper spit shit like a buger
Come through the speaker like Freddy Krueger
Die Bitch!, and do a lil' somethin' to ya
You know, I told you motherfuckers from the GET GO!
{Chorus}
{Beelow}
Damn bra, you sound just like that nigga Mystikal man
{Thug Addict}
Man, I don't sound like no motherfuckin' Mystikal
{Beelow}
I ain't lyin', say bra say that shit again
{Thug Addict}
Man, I say what the fuck I want to say
{Beelow}
Man, say that shit again, nigga sound just like Mystikal bra
Damn, don't he sound just like that nigga, let me get yo Autograph
{Thug Addict}
I'm sick and tired of motherfuckers lyin'
Talkin' bout I'm try'na sound like somebody
Try'na get down like somebody
I'm respected highly, lyrical violent
I'm that other nigga on the Mic, hollin'
Stylin', comin' through this motherfucker straight up hirin'
Flossin' in the Bat Cave, like Batman and Robin!
Actin' like a man on FIRE!
Fuck with me nigga, better put a bullet in yo fuckin' NOGGIN!
Chop, chop ya is my fuckin' HOBBY!
They bout that BULLSHIT! I doubt IT!
They label me a black John Gotti!
Nigga, I'ma be cold when I'm 90!
Whoopin' highly, on the mic still crackin'
You ain't heard bout ME!
That mean, ya probably ain't fuckin' worried bout ME!
So don't call me no other nigga call me THUG ADDICT!
Don't Call Me!
Don't Call Me!
No fuckin' Mystikal!
{Till song finishes}
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