"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.
And the base keep runnin' runnin', and runnin',
And runnin', and runnin', and runnin',
And runnin', and runnin', and
Runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin',
And runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and
In this context, there's no disrespect,
So, when I bust my rhyme, you break your necks.
We got five minutes for us to disconnect,
From all intellect collect the rhythm effect
Obstacles are inefficient, follow
Your intuition, free your inner soul and break away from tradition.
Coz when we beat out, girl it's pullin without
You wouldn't believe how we wow shit out.
Burn it till it's burned out.
Turn it till it's turned out
Act up from north, west, east, south.
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid.
Get started, get started, get started.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Yeah.
Lose control, of body and soul.
Don't move too fast, people, just take it slow.
Don't get ahead, just jump into it.
Ya'll here a body, two peices to it.
Get stutted, get stupid.
You'll want me body people will walk you through it.
Step by step, like you're into new kid.
Inch by inch with the new solution.
Trench men hits, with no delusion.
The feeling's irresistible and that's how we movin'.
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid.
Get started, get started, get started.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Yeah.
Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'
And runnin' runnin', and runnin runnin' and
Come on ya'll let's get... Oohhoo!
Aha, let's get oh in here (right now yeah.)
Cookoo, aha, let's get, cookoo, in here
Cookoo, aha, let's get,
Cookoo, in here, ow, ow, ow
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Let's get ill, that's the deal.
At the gate, we'll bring the bud top drill. (Just)
Lose your mind this is the time,
Ya'll test this drill, Just and bang your spine. (Just)
Bob your head like epilepsy, up inside your club or in your bentley.
Get messy, loud and sick.
Ya'll mount past slow mo in another head trip. (So)
Come then now do not correct it, let's get pregnant let's get hectic.
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid. (Come on)
Get started (come one), get started (yeah), get started.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here. (R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D)
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started (woah, woah, woah) in here.
Yeah.
Oho! Aha, oho, in here
Cookoo, aha, cookoo, in here (S-T-A-R-T-D-E-D)
Cookoo, aha, let's get, cookoo, in here, ow, ow, ow
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'
And runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'
Let's Get It Started, Let's Get It Started
And runnin', and runnin', and runnin',
And runnin', and runnin', and
Runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin',
And runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and
In this context, there's no disrespect,
So, when I bust my rhyme, you break your necks.
We got five minutes for us to disconnect,
From all intellect collect the rhythm effect
Obstacles are inefficient, follow
Your intuition, free your inner soul and break away from tradition.
Coz when we beat out, girl it's pullin without
You wouldn't believe how we wow shit out.
Burn it till it's burned out.
Turn it till it's turned out
Act up from north, west, east, south.
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid.
Get started, get started, get started.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Yeah.
Lose control, of body and soul.
Don't move too fast, people, just take it slow.
Don't get ahead, just jump into it.
Ya'll here a body, two peices to it.
Get stutted, get stupid.
You'll want me body people will walk you through it.
Step by step, like you're into new kid.
Inch by inch with the new solution.
Trench men hits, with no delusion.
The feeling's irresistible and that's how we movin'.
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid.
Get started, get started, get started.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here.
Yeah.
Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'
And runnin' runnin', and runnin runnin' and
Come on ya'll let's get... Oohhoo!
Aha, let's get oh in here (right now yeah.)
Cookoo, aha, let's get, cookoo, in here
Cookoo, aha, let's get,
Cookoo, in here, ow, ow, ow
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Let's get ill, that's the deal.
At the gate, we'll bring the bud top drill. (Just)
Lose your mind this is the time,
Ya'll test this drill, Just and bang your spine. (Just)
Bob your head like epilepsy, up inside your club or in your bentley.
Get messy, loud and sick.
Ya'll mount past slow mo in another head trip. (So)
Come then now do not correct it, let's get pregnant let's get hectic.
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid. (Come on)
Get started (come one), get started (yeah), get started.
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here. (R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D)
Let's get started (ha), let's get started in here
Let's get started (ha), let's get started (woah, woah, woah) in here.
Yeah.
Oho! Aha, oho, in here
Cookoo, aha, cookoo, in here (S-T-A-R-T-D-E-D)
Cookoo, aha, let's get, cookoo, in here, ow, ow, ow
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'
And runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'
Let's Get It Started, Let's Get It Started
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Let's Get It Started (Aka Let's Get Retarded) Lyrics as written by George Pajon Allan Pineda
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Page
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