"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 a break 'em off real bad, I'm a show 'em pourin' up a deuce while ridin' slab
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin' up a deuce while ridin' slab
Now I gotta work ma wood grain wheel
Poppin' trunks, poppin' pills, still poppin' seals
Higher than a hill with ma mind on mills
Piece and chain swangin', bank roll, shiny grill
Baby, I got million dollar dreams, with ma mind on cream
I'm in that mean green machine clean on 19s
Flat screens in the headrest, swangin' like a swing set
Brandy wine, paint wet, comin' down that's a bet
I'm in the lot chasin' broads like a lesbian
Full of that Kush flower, I'm breakin' off pedestrians
Higher than a street light, floatin' like a parachute
Buzzin' like a bumble bee, mustard green Bentley coupe
Young gangsta, Mac game, sharper than a thumbtack
Breakin' 'em off, makin' all the boppers attract
Then they watch me, I'm rocked up fully loaded and sloppy
Tryin' to hit it and quit it
And walk off like Big Poppi then break 'em off
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show' em pourin up a deuce while ridin' slab
I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show 'em pourin up a deuce while ridin' slab
Aye, aye
I pull up like this, untouchable white wrist
I'm hotter than warm piss, berry grape Sunkist
The truck blow mist five 50 snow bunny
Bentley continental with the mink floors dummy
Paul Wall money, dat's expensive taste
And 'em frilly ass fools we send 'em to myspace
I'm a break 'em off until the backbone broken
Stainless steel drop phantom, leave the top open
Shit done hit the fan, better cover your nose
And the Kush done start burnin', better cover your clothes (that's right)
Concrete crumblin', glass shootin' lazers
Crawlin' and cuttin' up on 24 razors
I'm a show 'em how to make the slab look phenomenal
Chasin' paper in the mornin', call me Houston Chronicle
Hold on then u buckle up the seat belt
Swisha House, Young Don, capital TF
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
Already
Higher than the satellite, crawlin' like a baby
Maneuverin' thru the traffic like I'm Tracy McGrady
Still choppin' on 'em buttons, I'm struttin' and lookin' fresh
Switch hittin' like Berkman, this is ballin' at its best
In that minute maid droppa', with retractable roof
Finer than wood, wavin' the hood, student loans on the two
The fifth wheel on the ground, and the trunk in the air
Paul Wall, baby I'm the definition of playa
Ma skills is so ill when workin' the wood wheel
Tippin' 4s like a waiter, beware of the oil spill
Wide screen mind frame, panoramic pimpin'
I'm sippin' on dat Osama, baby leanin' like I'm limpin'
In that two seater feeder, it's me and a senorita
3 ounces up in the liter, and it's ten up in the heater
Mackin' a mamacita
Runnin' game like a cheetah
I'm knockin' 'em out the park
Similar to Derek Jeter (Break 'em off)
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin' up a deuce while ridin' slab
Now I gotta work ma wood grain wheel
Poppin' trunks, poppin' pills, still poppin' seals
Higher than a hill with ma mind on mills
Piece and chain swangin', bank roll, shiny grill
Baby, I got million dollar dreams, with ma mind on cream
I'm in that mean green machine clean on 19s
Flat screens in the headrest, swangin' like a swing set
Brandy wine, paint wet, comin' down that's a bet
I'm in the lot chasin' broads like a lesbian
Full of that Kush flower, I'm breakin' off pedestrians
Higher than a street light, floatin' like a parachute
Buzzin' like a bumble bee, mustard green Bentley coupe
Young gangsta, Mac game, sharper than a thumbtack
Breakin' 'em off, makin' all the boppers attract
Then they watch me, I'm rocked up fully loaded and sloppy
Tryin' to hit it and quit it
And walk off like Big Poppi then break 'em off
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show' em pourin up a deuce while ridin' slab
I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show 'em pourin up a deuce while ridin' slab
Aye, aye
I pull up like this, untouchable white wrist
I'm hotter than warm piss, berry grape Sunkist
The truck blow mist five 50 snow bunny
Bentley continental with the mink floors dummy
Paul Wall money, dat's expensive taste
And 'em frilly ass fools we send 'em to myspace
I'm a break 'em off until the backbone broken
Stainless steel drop phantom, leave the top open
Shit done hit the fan, better cover your nose
And the Kush done start burnin', better cover your clothes (that's right)
Concrete crumblin', glass shootin' lazers
Crawlin' and cuttin' up on 24 razors
I'm a show 'em how to make the slab look phenomenal
Chasin' paper in the mornin', call me Houston Chronicle
Hold on then u buckle up the seat belt
Swisha House, Young Don, capital TF
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
Already
Higher than the satellite, crawlin' like a baby
Maneuverin' thru the traffic like I'm Tracy McGrady
Still choppin' on 'em buttons, I'm struttin' and lookin' fresh
Switch hittin' like Berkman, this is ballin' at its best
In that minute maid droppa', with retractable roof
Finer than wood, wavin' the hood, student loans on the two
The fifth wheel on the ground, and the trunk in the air
Paul Wall, baby I'm the definition of playa
Ma skills is so ill when workin' the wood wheel
Tippin' 4s like a waiter, beware of the oil spill
Wide screen mind frame, panoramic pimpin'
I'm sippin' on dat Osama, baby leanin' like I'm limpin'
In that two seater feeder, it's me and a senorita
3 ounces up in the liter, and it's ten up in the heater
Mackin' a mamacita
Runnin' game like a cheetah
I'm knockin' 'em out the park
Similar to Derek Jeter (Break 'em off)
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad, I'm a break 'em
I'm a break 'em off real bad,
I'm a break 'em , I'm a break 'em off real bad
I'm a show'em pourin up a duece while ridin slab
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Break Em' Off Lyrics as written by Paul Michael Slayton Marcus Edwards
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