"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'm getting a little tired
Of your broken promises, promises
Lookin' at your pager
Seein' different numbers, numbers
Call you on your cell
You're hangin' with the fellas, fellas
Hangin' with my girls
You always gettin' jealous, jealous
I was with you when
You didn't have no dollas, no dollas
Hangin' at the crib
Chillin' with your momma, your momma
Never fronted you
Never brought the drama, the drama
Now you flip the script
Playa, please
No, I'm not the one
(Say it again, say it again, oh)
No, I'm not the one
(You do or you don't)
You do or you don't, don't
You will or you won't, won't
No more
No more, baby I'm a do right
You can or you can't, can't
Be a man, be a man, man
No more
No more, baby I'm a do right
You treat me like a lady
When you open doors, doors
But then you want to front
When you're with your boys, your boys
How you gonna play me
When I bought your clothes, your clothes
The ones that you be wearin'
When you with your hoes, your hoes
I know you never thought
That I would have the nerve, the nerve
Think about it more
Since you at the curb, the curb
Blowin' up my pager
Say you want a chance, a chance
Listen when I say
Playa, please
You do or you don't, don't
You will or you won't, won't
No more
No more, baby I'm a do right
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
I just want to know
What happened to our love
We used to be best friends
Where did it go wrong
When you gonna see
How good it is with me
I'm tired and I'm through
With all your "listen baby"
Listen what, playa chill now
Tell me how you gon' cite me when I found out
Honey gotta break it down, down
I said it ain't no thing
Girl, what's my name?
Keelay, keelay
Look me in the face and tell me
What the dealie, dealie
Oh, you want to go shade now
But I'm paid now, I know that you hate that
Oh, you got the one now, you warm now
'Cause you thought you'd come right back, save that
You could do whatever to me, and be together with me
Like you do better than me (you do or you don't)
No more, never for me
You do or you don't don't
You will or you won't won't
No more no more baby I'ma do right
You can or you can't can't
Be a man be a man man
No more baby I'm do right
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Say it again, s-say it, say it again)
No, I'm not the one
(Say it again, s-say it, say it again)
No, I'm not the one
(I could do bad all by myself)
No, I'm not the one
(I'm not the one, the one)
You do or you don't don't
You will or you won't won't
No more no more baby I'ma do right
You can or you can't can't
Be a man be a man man
No more baby I'm do right
Of your broken promises, promises
Lookin' at your pager
Seein' different numbers, numbers
Call you on your cell
You're hangin' with the fellas, fellas
Hangin' with my girls
You always gettin' jealous, jealous
I was with you when
You didn't have no dollas, no dollas
Hangin' at the crib
Chillin' with your momma, your momma
Never fronted you
Never brought the drama, the drama
Now you flip the script
Playa, please
No, I'm not the one
(Say it again, say it again, oh)
No, I'm not the one
(You do or you don't)
You do or you don't, don't
You will or you won't, won't
No more
No more, baby I'm a do right
You can or you can't, can't
Be a man, be a man, man
No more
No more, baby I'm a do right
You treat me like a lady
When you open doors, doors
But then you want to front
When you're with your boys, your boys
How you gonna play me
When I bought your clothes, your clothes
The ones that you be wearin'
When you with your hoes, your hoes
I know you never thought
That I would have the nerve, the nerve
Think about it more
Since you at the curb, the curb
Blowin' up my pager
Say you want a chance, a chance
Listen when I say
Playa, please
You do or you don't, don't
You will or you won't, won't
No more
No more, baby I'm a do right
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
I just want to know
What happened to our love
We used to be best friends
Where did it go wrong
When you gonna see
How good it is with me
I'm tired and I'm through
With all your "listen baby"
Listen what, playa chill now
Tell me how you gon' cite me when I found out
Honey gotta break it down, down
I said it ain't no thing
Girl, what's my name?
Keelay, keelay
Look me in the face and tell me
What the dealie, dealie
Oh, you want to go shade now
But I'm paid now, I know that you hate that
Oh, you got the one now, you warm now
'Cause you thought you'd come right back, save that
You could do whatever to me, and be together with me
Like you do better than me (you do or you don't)
No more, never for me
You do or you don't don't
You will or you won't won't
No more no more baby I'ma do right
You can or you can't can't
Be a man be a man man
No more baby I'm do right
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Baby, I'm a do right, do right)
No, I'm not the one
(Say it again, s-say it, say it again)
No, I'm not the one
(Say it again, s-say it, say it again)
No, I'm not the one
(I could do bad all by myself)
No, I'm not the one
(I'm not the one, the one)
You do or you don't don't
You will or you won't won't
No more no more baby I'ma do right
You can or you can't can't
Be a man be a man man
No more baby I'm do right
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