"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.
Motherfuckin' savage, trill ENT nigga, Webbie you all ready know what time it is with me mane
I'm fuckin' gangsta nigga, fashow turn dat bass nigga look
You see me, I'm a G, me, you couldn't be me
I make a lot of breezies and make it look easy
My CD cold, my wrist fuckin' freezie
Pay for pussy, no yo, I get too many freebies
Dat thing full purple, shit ain't even eating
Old School Chevy, it ain't nothin' but a G thing
Webbie trill BRC the industry need me
Ya girl wanna fuck me, say she seen me on the TV
Me, Foxx, Head, Boosie you know how we be
BET was trippin', say we smell like a big tree, fuck rap beefing
Before I put you on my CD I'll leave yo ass stinky fasheezy
Bitch don't tease me, if you come to my spot, is you fuckin', if you not then you leaving
Give ya 25 reasons to suck dis dick and fuck dis click
I'm thuggin' to the end bitch
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
Nigga know I'm thuggin' and I love it, put a nigga in a Pamper
Probably saw me on the channel with a all black bandana
With them chargers behind us niggas know we all be shining
Ask my Connie or my granny, she gon' look atcha crazy
Gotta feed my babies so I whip it, whip it ova the stove
I got my mask 'cause I'm whipping 50, choppers flying in dat bottom and you can get it
I'm bussing four niggas head behind my bitches waiting on them other niggas
Hotboys got .44's to stop boys a middle finger to the cop cars all 'em
Fifty thousand on my necklace when I come from Texas
Fresh off the lot den I dress and naw my whip sexy
Well connected, I fuck with niggas well respected
Who beasts' in they section, known for teaching niggas lessons
I'm real, I want change, I'm thugged out 'til my casket close
V.I.P, I'm gettin' head from the ratchet hoes
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
Trill Fam thugged out you can catch me blowing dough though
Do my thing with mouse and shell den I'm probably in that four door
Ducked off witcha gal, gettin' brain in that four door
Good thing got big money but I'm aiming for more dough
Thank I'm a stop thuggin' in these streets that's a no no
Before you try to knock me I'ma hitcha with that .44
I've thuggin' since a lil' bitty nigga but I just grew up
Break the rule, I got dat tool, man, don't let them haters fool ya
I been smokin', I been drinking, ain't no tellin' what I'm holding
I don't know where the fuck I'm at but dog, I do know that I'm rollin
I be rapping, I be thuggin'
If it's beef shit den we bussing, and anybody can get it whodi dat's how we comin'
When you rapping and you rollin' and you jiggin' out the box
If you thuggin' den play it bust ya shoestring off ya top
You gotta play it how it go, walk how you talk it
Shell bo thuggin' keep it gangsta from the struggle to the coffin
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me (thuggin')
I'm fuckin' gangsta nigga, fashow turn dat bass nigga look
You see me, I'm a G, me, you couldn't be me
I make a lot of breezies and make it look easy
My CD cold, my wrist fuckin' freezie
Pay for pussy, no yo, I get too many freebies
Dat thing full purple, shit ain't even eating
Old School Chevy, it ain't nothin' but a G thing
Webbie trill BRC the industry need me
Ya girl wanna fuck me, say she seen me on the TV
Me, Foxx, Head, Boosie you know how we be
BET was trippin', say we smell like a big tree, fuck rap beefing
Before I put you on my CD I'll leave yo ass stinky fasheezy
Bitch don't tease me, if you come to my spot, is you fuckin', if you not then you leaving
Give ya 25 reasons to suck dis dick and fuck dis click
I'm thuggin' to the end bitch
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
Nigga know I'm thuggin' and I love it, put a nigga in a Pamper
Probably saw me on the channel with a all black bandana
With them chargers behind us niggas know we all be shining
Ask my Connie or my granny, she gon' look atcha crazy
Gotta feed my babies so I whip it, whip it ova the stove
I got my mask 'cause I'm whipping 50, choppers flying in dat bottom and you can get it
I'm bussing four niggas head behind my bitches waiting on them other niggas
Hotboys got .44's to stop boys a middle finger to the cop cars all 'em
Fifty thousand on my necklace when I come from Texas
Fresh off the lot den I dress and naw my whip sexy
Well connected, I fuck with niggas well respected
Who beasts' in they section, known for teaching niggas lessons
I'm real, I want change, I'm thugged out 'til my casket close
V.I.P, I'm gettin' head from the ratchet hoes
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
Trill Fam thugged out you can catch me blowing dough though
Do my thing with mouse and shell den I'm probably in that four door
Ducked off witcha gal, gettin' brain in that four door
Good thing got big money but I'm aiming for more dough
Thank I'm a stop thuggin' in these streets that's a no no
Before you try to knock me I'ma hitcha with that .44
I've thuggin' since a lil' bitty nigga but I just grew up
Break the rule, I got dat tool, man, don't let them haters fool ya
I been smokin', I been drinking, ain't no tellin' what I'm holding
I don't know where the fuck I'm at but dog, I do know that I'm rollin
I be rapping, I be thuggin'
If it's beef shit den we bussing, and anybody can get it whodi dat's how we comin'
When you rapping and you rollin' and you jiggin' out the box
If you thuggin' den play it bust ya shoestring off ya top
You gotta play it how it go, walk how you talk it
Shell bo thuggin' keep it gangsta from the struggle to the coffin
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me
I been smokin', I been drinking, so excuse my language
I just gotta keep it stanky, you must don't know where I been hanging
Gotta get all of this money, only thing that I've been thinking
I know one day God gon' take me, when he take me he gon' take me (thuggin')
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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Holiday
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.