"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.
Mary J Will I am in the place with the love
Yeah, it feels, it feels good
Mary J, Will.I.Am
Tell 'em how ya feel
Boy you got me goin' crazy
I don't know what to say anymore
Cause still I wanna be your lady
You know that I would never walk out that door
I'm not giving up on us but
Things can get a little hard in this life
But you know, you know I love you
You're everything I ever wanted
Everything I've never wanted
In a man, can't you see
What you're doing to me
I'm sayin' yes and sayin' no
Because I don't want you to know
How I really feel, how I really feel
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (how I feel, you know how I feel)
So glad to have you in my life
(It's a new life for me, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You, you're the one for me
I don't wanna be free
Boy, you have rescued me
But sometimes I don't want to be bothered
Baby, don't think I am shady
Just adjusting to ya
I don't wanna confuse ya or even misuse ya
But I love ya, I love ya, yeah, yeah
You're everything I ever wanted
Everything I've never wanted
In a man, can't you see
What you're doing to me
I'm sayin' yes and sayin' no
Because I don't want you to know
How I really feel, how I really feel
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (how I feel, you know how I feel)
So glad to have you in my life
(It's a new life for me, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ooh, so glad to have you in my life
So glad to have someone to hold me
So very happy with my life
I'm so glad, so glad, so glad
Baby, you a soul mama
Love's what I'm a bring to you
Quick don't pause like a comma
Won't stall on ya when it's time to put it on ya
Don't call on another chick I'm callin' on ya
Won't trip on ya, I don't bring the drama
I won't dip out when it's trauma
I'm holdin' on mama, hold up, wait a minute
We've been through the downs ups, but stayed in it
So glad that I've got you, that I got you
So glad that I got you, I got you
You're everything I ever wanted
Everything I've never wanted
In a man, can't you see
What you're doing to me
There it is
Yeah, it feels, it feels good
Mary J, Will.I.Am
Tell 'em how ya feel
Boy you got me goin' crazy
I don't know what to say anymore
Cause still I wanna be your lady
You know that I would never walk out that door
I'm not giving up on us but
Things can get a little hard in this life
But you know, you know I love you
You're everything I ever wanted
Everything I've never wanted
In a man, can't you see
What you're doing to me
I'm sayin' yes and sayin' no
Because I don't want you to know
How I really feel, how I really feel
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (how I feel, you know how I feel)
So glad to have you in my life
(It's a new life for me, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You, you're the one for me
I don't wanna be free
Boy, you have rescued me
But sometimes I don't want to be bothered
Baby, don't think I am shady
Just adjusting to ya
I don't wanna confuse ya or even misuse ya
But I love ya, I love ya, yeah, yeah
You're everything I ever wanted
Everything I've never wanted
In a man, can't you see
What you're doing to me
I'm sayin' yes and sayin' no
Because I don't want you to know
How I really feel, how I really feel
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (you know how I feel)
About you (how I feel, you know how I feel)
So glad to have you in my life
(It's a new life for me, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ooh, so glad to have you in my life
So glad to have someone to hold me
So very happy with my life
I'm so glad, so glad, so glad
Baby, you a soul mama
Love's what I'm a bring to you
Quick don't pause like a comma
Won't stall on ya when it's time to put it on ya
Don't call on another chick I'm callin' on ya
Won't trip on ya, I don't bring the drama
I won't dip out when it's trauma
I'm holdin' on mama, hold up, wait a minute
We've been through the downs ups, but stayed in it
So glad that I've got you, that I got you
So glad that I got you, I got you
You're everything I ever wanted
Everything I've never wanted
In a man, can't you see
What you're doing to me
There it is
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About You Lyrics as written by Mary Blige Will Adams
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