"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.
Armando Bond
Ludacris (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Prince Royce (you know, we had to bring it back)
Rewriting history (Royce)
Dale
Tell me again (tell me again)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, no, baby)
Yo sé que te gusta, mamacita
Cómo te doy lo que tú necesitas
Te prendo y hago que tú te derritas
When you talk that dirty, I'm deep and deeper, yeah
Got me here reminiscing
All those kisses (you remember that?)
We've been missin'
Tell me how do we fix this (you like that?)
She said, "Oh, oho, oho"
We set down for the ride (you know I'm down)
Pasan los años y no te olvido
Tantas posiciones descubrimos, podemos hacer un libro
Tell me again (tell me babe)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, no, baby, woo)
It's whatever, whenever, wherever with whoever
I'm ready with Betty, with Jenny, with Lany
With Bonnie, with Cammie, with Yammy
Your sister, your mami, your aunty, she want it, I'm with it
Don't stop, get it-get it, work that pretty kitty
You need it? I got it, believe me, I'm bodied
Now rollin' and laid it, bone it, and ride it, the sound
El loquito Armandito te da un besito en tu ombliguito
Te saca el monjito, te vuelvo loquita and I'm gone
Estos muchachitos hablan mucho y no hacen na'
Ponle taquito en los huevitos, dale mami más
Yo soy hombre hecho, y derecho, animal
Lucadris, Armando Bond, Prince Royce sing this song (woo)
Tell me again (tell me babe)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, no, baby)
(Luda!) Listen
I'm back and I'm better
They want me more now than ever
I told them I came to save the day
In fact, I'm a rebel I still got all of this cheddar
And women know that the boy don't play
Lovin' how I position your silly putty arms
Your legs will turn into twizzlers
Kissin' your body soft from your toes to your forehead
May just come up missin'
Police will be sending code reds
It's an emergency, loving you is an urgency
Purposely call me Nutty Professor stronger than Hercules
Dame, amor, can you be my señorita?
You speak Spanish? I say 'sí, mamacita'
Tell me again (quiero saber)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, yeah, baby)
Ah ah uh, ah ah uh
You know we gettin' live off that Voli 305
Royce, Luda, Pit, yeah them boys gon' ride
Remakin' history one more time, that's right (that's right)
Ah ah uh, ah ah uh
You know we gettin' live off that Voli 305
Royce, Luda, Pit, yeah them boys gon' ride
Remakin' history one more time, that's right
Ludacris (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Prince Royce (you know, we had to bring it back)
Rewriting history (Royce)
Dale
Tell me again (tell me again)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, no, baby)
Yo sé que te gusta, mamacita
Cómo te doy lo que tú necesitas
Te prendo y hago que tú te derritas
When you talk that dirty, I'm deep and deeper, yeah
Got me here reminiscing
All those kisses (you remember that?)
We've been missin'
Tell me how do we fix this (you like that?)
She said, "Oh, oho, oho"
We set down for the ride (you know I'm down)
Pasan los años y no te olvido
Tantas posiciones descubrimos, podemos hacer un libro
Tell me again (tell me babe)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, no, baby, woo)
It's whatever, whenever, wherever with whoever
I'm ready with Betty, with Jenny, with Lany
With Bonnie, with Cammie, with Yammy
Your sister, your mami, your aunty, she want it, I'm with it
Don't stop, get it-get it, work that pretty kitty
You need it? I got it, believe me, I'm bodied
Now rollin' and laid it, bone it, and ride it, the sound
El loquito Armandito te da un besito en tu ombliguito
Te saca el monjito, te vuelvo loquita and I'm gone
Estos muchachitos hablan mucho y no hacen na'
Ponle taquito en los huevitos, dale mami más
Yo soy hombre hecho, y derecho, animal
Lucadris, Armando Bond, Prince Royce sing this song (woo)
Tell me again (tell me babe)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, no, baby)
(Luda!) Listen
I'm back and I'm better
They want me more now than ever
I told them I came to save the day
In fact, I'm a rebel I still got all of this cheddar
And women know that the boy don't play
Lovin' how I position your silly putty arms
Your legs will turn into twizzlers
Kissin' your body soft from your toes to your forehead
May just come up missin'
Police will be sending code reds
It's an emergency, loving you is an urgency
Purposely call me Nutty Professor stronger than Hercules
Dame, amor, can you be my señorita?
You speak Spanish? I say 'sí, mamacita'
Tell me again (quiero saber)
That we'll be lovers and friends (I wanna know)
Tell me again (oh)
That we'll be lovers and friends (oh, yeah, baby)
Ah ah uh, ah ah uh
You know we gettin' live off that Voli 305
Royce, Luda, Pit, yeah them boys gon' ride
Remakin' history one more time, that's right (that's right)
Ah ah uh, ah ah uh
You know we gettin' live off that Voli 305
Royce, Luda, Pit, yeah them boys gon' ride
Remakin' history one more time, that's right
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Tell Me Again Lyrics as written by Geoffrey Royce Rojas Armando Christian Perez
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CODISCOS S.A.S, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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