"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.
Ah yeah
2010 and we still rolling
You know Bun
My dad used to tell me every time he thought he knew it all
Something new would come up
So at this time let's welcome
Drake, the newest member to the family
Whom my son, J.S. prince discovered
Make no mistake the army is behind us
Now Bun I've been labeled as a quiet storm
And it maybe true
But I've been watching a genius at work on this album
And without further ado, yo pimp give us your blessings
(Chuuch)
Yeah
I'm back baby and better than I ever was
I got the streets on fire so forget a buzz (buzz)
I ain't tripping on sounds scan a beat D.S
It's easy to find with or without your G.P.S. (s)
And now we riding next
Biden on Obama
Go ask the hustlers, the gangsters, ask your mama
And they'll tell you the best that ever did it
Is still in here doing it, you can't fuck with it
And I'm a hit it on the head with a hammer
Repping H-town like five slam a jam
Am I hard enough, am I real enough, am I ready bro
Well you already know
On your mark, set, ready, go (go)
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth (top notch bitch)
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth (hold up)
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing (chuuch)
Yeah
We back baby and better then we ever was
It's U.G.K. so quit acting like we never was
You see the crew is too trill and in effect
If Rap a lot is rolling with us
We fittin' to wreck
So ask him Tip, ask Hova, ask Diddy
Go ask Yeezy, Jeezy, ask Fiddy
And they'll tell you I'm through when I spit it
It's still in here doing it, you can't fuck with it
And I'm a hit it in the chest with the nina
Repping H-Town like James Prince Senior
Am I hard enough, am I real enough, am I ready bro
Well you already know
On your march, set, ready, go (go)
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth (top notch bitch)
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth (hold up)
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing (chuuch)
Yeah
It's back baby and better than it ever was
That dirty south shit
That you can only get from us
That H-town, slow down, drop the screw music
And it ain't going no where so get used to it
Go ask Trey, ask Paul Wall, ask Roll
Go ask Cooper, ask Slim, they already know
And they'll tell you they ready to represent it
It's still in here doing it, you can fuck with it
And I'm a hit 'em low, chop 'em at the knee
Repping P.A.T like a young Pimp C
Am I hard enough, am I real enough, am I ready bro
Well you already know
On your march, set, ready, go
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth (top notch bitch)
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth (hold up)
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing (chuuch)
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing
(Chuuch)
2010 and we still rolling
You know Bun
My dad used to tell me every time he thought he knew it all
Something new would come up
So at this time let's welcome
Drake, the newest member to the family
Whom my son, J.S. prince discovered
Make no mistake the army is behind us
Now Bun I've been labeled as a quiet storm
And it maybe true
But I've been watching a genius at work on this album
And without further ado, yo pimp give us your blessings
(Chuuch)
Yeah
I'm back baby and better than I ever was
I got the streets on fire so forget a buzz (buzz)
I ain't tripping on sounds scan a beat D.S
It's easy to find with or without your G.P.S. (s)
And now we riding next
Biden on Obama
Go ask the hustlers, the gangsters, ask your mama
And they'll tell you the best that ever did it
Is still in here doing it, you can't fuck with it
And I'm a hit it on the head with a hammer
Repping H-town like five slam a jam
Am I hard enough, am I real enough, am I ready bro
Well you already know
On your mark, set, ready, go (go)
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth (top notch bitch)
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth (hold up)
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing (chuuch)
Yeah
We back baby and better then we ever was
It's U.G.K. so quit acting like we never was
You see the crew is too trill and in effect
If Rap a lot is rolling with us
We fittin' to wreck
So ask him Tip, ask Hova, ask Diddy
Go ask Yeezy, Jeezy, ask Fiddy
And they'll tell you I'm through when I spit it
It's still in here doing it, you can't fuck with it
And I'm a hit it in the chest with the nina
Repping H-Town like James Prince Senior
Am I hard enough, am I real enough, am I ready bro
Well you already know
On your march, set, ready, go (go)
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth (top notch bitch)
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth (hold up)
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing (chuuch)
Yeah
It's back baby and better than it ever was
That dirty south shit
That you can only get from us
That H-town, slow down, drop the screw music
And it ain't going no where so get used to it
Go ask Trey, ask Paul Wall, ask Roll
Go ask Cooper, ask Slim, they already know
And they'll tell you they ready to represent it
It's still in here doing it, you can fuck with it
And I'm a hit 'em low, chop 'em at the knee
Repping P.A.T like a young Pimp C
Am I hard enough, am I real enough, am I ready bro
Well you already know
On your march, set, ready, go
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth (top notch bitch)
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth (hold up)
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing (chuuch)
I came to tell the truth,
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
I came to represent for the south
In the streets and in the booth
I came from the bottom to the top
And I'm out here doing my thang
So if you're trying to get it like I get it
Let the congregation sing
(Chuuch)
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