"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.
Don't tell me you love me if it ain't really true,
Don't tell me you love me just cause you in the mood,
This thing I had for you,
It's only for you my baby,
I'll give it so swiftly if you start to act a fool.
So when you say that you love me do you really understand?
Cause lovin' ain't just about touchin' and holding hands.
It's a spiritual thing that,
Really really hard so baby,
So don't gimme no lies if you really wanna be my man.
[Chorus]
My love is so magnificent baby,
If you really real come take it.
My love is so magnificent baby,
If you really, if you really
You ain't gonna be the one to tell me how much I'm worth,
Cause I pulled myself out up from under the dirt,
You have got to believe me,
What I have don't come easy,
And if your ready like I'm ready then you gotta put in the work.
Now you know I'm the realist chick you've been waiting a while,
And I ain't dealin' with no Harvard boy cause he makes me smile,
Cause you gotta step your game up,
This is what I call a wake cause,
You can take it to the left because I'll always be the style,
[Chorus]
[x2]
you see that gyal they
her lovin is callin callin me
you see that gyal they
her lovin is callin me
Kardinal passin' through
sweet from a sweet and a diamond for you
you have me life freeze with a sip a ya brew
look at how you actin' in your Gucci debut
Ya flava, you got it like nobody in ya crew
Who!? Them little chicken-heads i give them they due
They lovin' ain't really nothin' for me to pursue
We tried and true you'na see me Estelle tattoo
[Chorus]
[x3]
If you really
If you really, if you really
If you really real come take it
If you really, if you really, if you really
Don't tell me you love me just cause you in the mood,
This thing I had for you,
It's only for you my baby,
I'll give it so swiftly if you start to act a fool.
So when you say that you love me do you really understand?
Cause lovin' ain't just about touchin' and holding hands.
It's a spiritual thing that,
Really really hard so baby,
So don't gimme no lies if you really wanna be my man.
[Chorus]
My love is so magnificent baby,
If you really real come take it.
My love is so magnificent baby,
If you really, if you really
You ain't gonna be the one to tell me how much I'm worth,
Cause I pulled myself out up from under the dirt,
You have got to believe me,
What I have don't come easy,
And if your ready like I'm ready then you gotta put in the work.
Now you know I'm the realist chick you've been waiting a while,
And I ain't dealin' with no Harvard boy cause he makes me smile,
Cause you gotta step your game up,
This is what I call a wake cause,
You can take it to the left because I'll always be the style,
[Chorus]
[x2]
you see that gyal they
her lovin is callin callin me
you see that gyal they
her lovin is callin me
Kardinal passin' through
sweet from a sweet and a diamond for you
you have me life freeze with a sip a ya brew
look at how you actin' in your Gucci debut
Ya flava, you got it like nobody in ya crew
Who!? Them little chicken-heads i give them they due
They lovin' ain't really nothin' for me to pursue
We tried and true you'na see me Estelle tattoo
[Chorus]
[x3]
If you really
If you really, if you really
If you really real come take it
If you really, if you really, if you really
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