"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.
Fuck that nigga Slim! You the motherfucking boss!
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
I'm Slim Thugger motherfucker! Tha boss of all bosses
That's right! AKA, he who the king of the North is!
Wars won, no losses, who want to compete?
With the chief of the police, who got the keys to the streets
I'm a full time hustler, part-time rhymer
I'm having thangs Pha-real, you punks ain't no Grinders
You fools just went to school and learned to use Pro Tools?
And tried to cop you a G, lose, on the ten o'clock news
You can't survive in my shoes or afford to pay my dues
Wit your cartoon crews, you niggaz destined to lose!
I rock Eminem and 50 Cent crowds
And spend most of my weekends cruising above clouds
From the West to the South way to the East coast
I switch time zones more than ho's switch clothes
I was born to be on top (top), born to call shots (shots)
Born to cop drops and trick off fats knots, like a boss!
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
Call me Sarge, I'm the head nigga in charge
You see the be on the 'Nage parked in the garage?
I'm the coach, I wrote them plays for my team
Hah! I'm the mastermind behind these teams wit green
I call all the shots, provide all the knots
Supply all the rocks and sponsor all the spots
I stay on the top floor, got the executive suite
Sit in the corner chair where me and my niggaz meet
Sport the presidential Rolly, got a driver that drive
I don't open doors no more, he do it from outside
At the club, they lock off V.I.P. for me
And send bottle after bottle to my section for free
Hah! You see this rock hanging on my pinkie ring?
I'm respected in these streets, they treat me like a King
I get accepted like family, your house is my house
I guess that's why they call me "Slim Thug Tha Boss!"
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
I'm Slim Thugger motherfucker! Tha boss of all bosses
That's right! AKA, he who the king of the North is!
Wars won, no losses, who want to compete?
With the chief of the police, who got the keys to the streets
I'm a full time hustler, part-time rhymer
I'm having thangs Pha-real, you punks ain't no Grinders
You fools just went to school and learned to use Pro Tools?
And tried to cop you a G, lose, on the ten o'clock news
You can't survive in my shoes or afford to pay my dues
Wit your cartoon crews, you niggaz destined to lose!
I rock Eminem and 50 Cent crowds
And spend most of my weekends cruising above clouds
From the West to the South way to the East coast
I switch time zones more than ho's switch clothes
I was born to be on top (top), born to call shots (shots)
Born to cop drops and trick off fats knots, like a boss!
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
Call me Sarge, I'm the head nigga in charge
You see the be on the 'Nage parked in the garage?
I'm the coach, I wrote them plays for my team
Hah! I'm the mastermind behind these teams wit green
I call all the shots, provide all the knots
Supply all the rocks and sponsor all the spots
I stay on the top floor, got the executive suite
Sit in the corner chair where me and my niggaz meet
Sport the presidential Rolly, got a driver that drive
I don't open doors no more, he do it from outside
At the club, they lock off V.I.P. for me
And send bottle after bottle to my section for free
Hah! You see this rock hanging on my pinkie ring?
I'm respected in these streets, they treat me like a King
I get accepted like family, your house is my house
I guess that's why they call me "Slim Thug Tha Boss!"
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
I call shots (like a boss)
Stack knots (like a boss)
Cop drops (like a boss)
On top (like a boss)
Paid tha cost (like tha boss)
When I floss (like a boss)
Big house (like a boss)
Rep the North (like a boss)
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? Who the motherfucking boss?
Who the boss nigga? You see the motherfucking boss!
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