"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.
Zagga! Well I am di surgeon general
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin' light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
Mi nuh waan nuh gal if a nuh mi alone a hype
Mi nuh waan nuh gal weh only look good at night
Move over girl from she nah move right
Gal weh caan wuk nuh waan dem inna mi sight
Gimme some a dem gal weh ever look bright
Face ever ready, coochie ever tight
Always ready wah! Fi di video light
Hotty hotty girl a fi mi type, so wah!
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin' light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
Pop dung gal a fi cuss mi seh mi soft
Now waist mi back one dem deh back
Go dung pull dung caan walk inna mi park
Who a try resurrect and a look fi jump start
Bed buss certain gal a fi cuss mi seh mi sly
A hot gal mi work wid all day all night
Or when certain gal jook mi unda gun point
Mi still a draw fi di gal dem weh cute and tight
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin' light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
March out from mi notta than yuh competita
Di ting wey yuh have a one man a get it yah
Nuh portion a man caan come sweat inna
Panty and set dat a yuh God bless yah
Full length a di hand yuh nuh waan nuh finga
Dats why mi haffi request yuh Trina
Cau mi like mi low mile hitch pon yuh meta
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin' light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
Mi nuh waan nuh gal if a nuh mi alone a hype
Mi nuh waan nuh gal weh only look good at night
Move over girl from she nah move right
Gal weh caan wuk nuh waan dem inna mi sight
Gimme some a dem gal weh ever look bright
Face ever ready, coochie ever tight
Always ready wah! Fi di video light
Hotty hotty girl a fi mi type, so wah!
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin' light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
Pop dung gal a fi cuss mi seh mi soft
Now waist mi back one dem deh back
Go dung pull dung caan walk inna mi park
Who a try resurrect and a look fi jump start
Bed buss certain gal a fi cuss mi seh mi sly
A hot gal mi work wid all day all night
Or when certain gal jook mi unda gun point
Mi still a draw fi di gal dem weh cute and tight
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin' light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
March out from mi notta than yuh competita
Di ting wey yuh have a one man a get it yah
Nuh portion a man caan come sweat inna
Panty and set dat a yuh God bless yah
Full length a di hand yuh nuh waan nuh finga
Dats why mi haffi request yuh Trina
Cau mi like mi low mile hitch pon yuh meta
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
I want me a mean green marine, all them lovers are sex machines
Hey Mr. Lover won't you fight for me, come and be all that you can be
Mi have two hot girl inna mi bed tonight (left, right, left, right)
Work dem from night till a mornin light (left, right, left, right)
Dem seh dem waan di doctor to treat dem right (left, right, left, right)
So di Grindacologist sex a mi all night (left, right, left, right)
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Grindacologist Lyrics as written by Orville Burrell Anthony St. Aubyn Kelly
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
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