"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 mean, there's been times I feel like givin' up
And I just, I just wanna throw in the towel, I'm like, man
And then Maverick City comes out of nowhere
It's like they-, we were missing that sound
Because every time I'm goin' through somethin'
I listen to a Maverick City song after reading a scripture
And it's like I'm back to bein' rejuvenated
I mean, I-I'm lost for words, man, just meetin' these guys
You-you might as well say the world almost stopped when Kirk Franklin walked in here
That's like Michael Jackson or-
I mean, f-for us, he's like the, the king of, king of Gospel
And now bein' in, bein' in the presence with guys
That's just tryna worship God, and
And all on the same page, one vision
Everybody's comin' together for one goal, to bring people to Christ
Man, the love
The fact that these guys took time out
The fact that they comin' here to make us feel important for four days
There's just, there's no words for that
It's just, it doesn't even make sense
And we feel loved
And we just, we just appreciate it
And we just thank God
And I just, I just wanna throw in the towel, I'm like, man
And then Maverick City comes out of nowhere
It's like they-, we were missing that sound
Because every time I'm goin' through somethin'
I listen to a Maverick City song after reading a scripture
And it's like I'm back to bein' rejuvenated
I mean, I-I'm lost for words, man, just meetin' these guys
You-you might as well say the world almost stopped when Kirk Franklin walked in here
That's like Michael Jackson or-
I mean, f-for us, he's like the, the king of, king of Gospel
And now bein' in, bein' in the presence with guys
That's just tryna worship God, and
And all on the same page, one vision
Everybody's comin' together for one goal, to bring people to Christ
Man, the love
The fact that these guys took time out
The fact that they comin' here to make us feel important for four days
There's just, there's no words for that
It's just, it doesn't even make sense
And we feel loved
And we just, we just appreciate it
And we just thank God
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Kingdom Book One Interlude Lyrics as written by Kirk Franklin
Lyrics © CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP
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