"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.
All the girls, at the school, won't y'all meet us down there.
We gon' take ya, then gon' show you how we do it round here.
We got a party on the roof
If you miss it, oh well
Gotta keep it on the low
Ain't nobody can tell
Sixteen balling like them boys at Menudo
Only difference is our crib is in the hood
We got them jumping out the pool like they're all from Reno
We dance like the Jackson's,
All we're missing is Tito
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
Let me define, what I call a girlfriend!
She will be mine, about two weekends
I'm only sixteen, that means it's show time
When I ain't with her, that means I'm on mine!
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
Cause another a hundred want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We gon' get down on the dance floor
Girls, move them hips though!
Back up in yo speakers,
We gon' smash on the radio
I said for y'all to get down on the dance floor
Smash on the radio
You know what I mean shawty.
Look how fast the cash blow!
We gon' take ya, then gon' show you how we do it round here.
We got a party on the roof
If you miss it, oh well
Gotta keep it on the low
Ain't nobody can tell
Sixteen balling like them boys at Menudo
Only difference is our crib is in the hood
We got them jumping out the pool like they're all from Reno
We dance like the Jackson's,
All we're missing is Tito
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
Let me define, what I call a girlfriend!
She will be mine, about two weekends
I'm only sixteen, that means it's show time
When I ain't with her, that means I'm on mine!
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
Cause another a hundred want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We gon' get down on the dance floor
Girls, move them hips though!
Back up in yo speakers,
We gon' smash on the radio
I said for y'all to get down on the dance floor
Smash on the radio
You know what I mean shawty.
Look how fast the cash blow!
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Keep Her On the Low Lyrics as written by Candice Clotiel Nelson Sean Garrett
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keep her on the low is basically them coming outta there shell and how players act but if read between the line its actually talking about a love triangle how they are stuck between 2 girls that they like and both girls have something about them that they love so they cant choose who they wanna be with and that's why they have to keep her on the low