"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.
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
Girl with the movie end
When does your life begin?
'Cause I'm all over again
Superstar ways I'm movin' in
It's fast, the lane I'm cruisin' in
Mad the pace we're rakin' in
It's great the way they're treatin' nims
So I soak it up, take it in
Nah man it can't be right, why?
We can go everywhere
Get picked up and drove everywhere
Nah man it can't be life
I'm a star and it shinin' bright
And that's on the darkest night
True stories here no lies
There in the dark I'll show them light
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
So, the hype don't stop
The nights don't end
The feels, I'm real,
I won't pretend (nah)
When my eyes start opening
It's like a dream I'm floatin' in
Headline shows, collect my doe
And my star in the hood t-shirt it glows
Hear myself on daytime shows
I get excited listenin'
Hectic life sytle I'm leadin'
But I can't complain, not even
Tell 'em no, stop filmin'
Director, keep it rollin'(rollin')
'Cos I went from and extra
To Mr. Star Hood look who's next up
And I gave them a tester
And yet so far I'm safe with
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
Chyo, we pressed record a while ago
But nobody told me go
No camera, action, live
And now I'm the star for the show
Feels like I'm halfway through the scene
And I never read that script,
Rehearsed the lines or read my bit
Look what's this supposed to mean? (mean)
When I step on stage
Now found they know my name
White gold not diamonds on my chain
I get stopped for pics, frames
It's like a never endin' film
And we pressed record a while ago
No alerts, no warnings, no
The movie started time ago
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (it feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me (don't wake me)
Just let me sleep don't wake me (I said don't wake me)
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me (la da da da da da)
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
(La da da da da da)
Break it down
This dream is crazy,
I'm going in don't save me
This dream is crazy,
I'm going in don't save me
Ye ye ye ye
Just, just, don't save me
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
Girl with the movie end
When does your life begin?
'Cause I'm all over again
Superstar ways I'm movin' in
It's fast, the lane I'm cruisin' in
Mad the pace we're rakin' in
It's great the way they're treatin' nims
So I soak it up, take it in
Nah man it can't be right, why?
We can go everywhere
Get picked up and drove everywhere
Nah man it can't be life
I'm a star and it shinin' bright
And that's on the darkest night
True stories here no lies
There in the dark I'll show them light
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
So, the hype don't stop
The nights don't end
The feels, I'm real,
I won't pretend (nah)
When my eyes start opening
It's like a dream I'm floatin' in
Headline shows, collect my doe
And my star in the hood t-shirt it glows
Hear myself on daytime shows
I get excited listenin'
Hectic life sytle I'm leadin'
But I can't complain, not even
Tell 'em no, stop filmin'
Director, keep it rollin'(rollin')
'Cos I went from and extra
To Mr. Star Hood look who's next up
And I gave them a tester
And yet so far I'm safe with
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
Chyo, we pressed record a while ago
But nobody told me go
No camera, action, live
And now I'm the star for the show
Feels like I'm halfway through the scene
And I never read that script,
Rehearsed the lines or read my bit
Look what's this supposed to mean? (mean)
When I step on stage
Now found they know my name
White gold not diamonds on my chain
I get stopped for pics, frames
It's like a never endin' film
And we pressed record a while ago
No alerts, no warnings, no
The movie started time ago
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (it feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me (don't wake me)
Just let me sleep don't wake me (I said don't wake me)
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
Because I need someone to shake me,
It feels like I'm in a dream (a dream)
Oh no, no, don't wake me
Just let me sleep don't wake me (la da da da da da)
This dream is crazy
I'm going in don't save me
(La da da da da da)
Break it down
This dream is crazy,
I'm going in don't save me
This dream is crazy,
I'm going in don't save me
Ye ye ye ye
Just, just, don't save me
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Shake Me Lyrics as written by Prince Owusu Kwasi Danquah
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