"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 I fuck is bad bitches
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre
Right hand in the air
I solemnly swear
I never fuck a bitch if she don't do her hair
No more, you won't get no dick if there's a bush down there
Girl I should see nothing but pussy when I look down there
You come fuck with a nigga what better to do
He call to ask how you doin tell him better than you, yeah
I'm kicked back with four pieces like a kit kat
Me fucking if you ain't a dime, just forget that
Pretty face fat ass, if she don't have
Have one of these, well I think I'll pass
I just handed her the keys to a new drop Jag
When she took it I took it back
You shoulda asked for a Benz that's mediocre bitch
All I fuck is bad bitches
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre
Heard he want to lay it down on Iggy Iggy
Gave it to him twice
Now he want a 3, Mike Bibby diva
But I need a bad boy
Rest in peace Whitney pardon me
But I don't think none of these bitches fucking with me
Want a billboard bitch stop running in place
Heels on me saying gimme 6 inches of space
Courtside while designer frames cover my face
Now everybody in the game wanna get em a taste
I'm still Grand Hustle first lady fuck you pay me
Bet he won't go 12 rounds with the million dollar baby
I can change your life quick stop playing with me
And if you ain't talking money what you saying to me
All I fuck is bad bitches
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre
I'm in Brazil with a bi'
Catch me in a mansion in the hills with a bi'
Get her out dem tennis shoes
Throw some heels on a bi'
I'm the type of nigga split a mil with a bi'
Hold up, only if she bad though
Out here trying to find someone that better than my last go
Take her to my castle
Drown her in my cash flow
Say your dick so little she can fit it in her asshole
Told me she can write this shit
No further than a cab go
Said I got that don dick
She wanna be my tutor
So she give me brain getting head on the scooter
Had sex on the beach
From Bermuda up to Cuba
I done fucked a lot of dimes
But I'm looking for a cuter bitch
You the shit
What she say when she got to sit
When I ain't around
Give a damn who you do it with
Super thick pretty face
Ménage à veinte
20 at the same time
Wanna get ya rent paid
All I fuck is bad bitches
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre yea
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre
Right hand in the air
I solemnly swear
I never fuck a bitch if she don't do her hair
No more, you won't get no dick if there's a bush down there
Girl I should see nothing but pussy when I look down there
You come fuck with a nigga what better to do
He call to ask how you doin tell him better than you, yeah
I'm kicked back with four pieces like a kit kat
Me fucking if you ain't a dime, just forget that
Pretty face fat ass, if she don't have
Have one of these, well I think I'll pass
I just handed her the keys to a new drop Jag
When she took it I took it back
You shoulda asked for a Benz that's mediocre bitch
All I fuck is bad bitches
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre
Heard he want to lay it down on Iggy Iggy
Gave it to him twice
Now he want a 3, Mike Bibby diva
But I need a bad boy
Rest in peace Whitney pardon me
But I don't think none of these bitches fucking with me
Want a billboard bitch stop running in place
Heels on me saying gimme 6 inches of space
Courtside while designer frames cover my face
Now everybody in the game wanna get em a taste
I'm still Grand Hustle first lady fuck you pay me
Bet he won't go 12 rounds with the million dollar baby
I can change your life quick stop playing with me
And if you ain't talking money what you saying to me
All I fuck is bad bitches
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre
I'm in Brazil with a bi'
Catch me in a mansion in the hills with a bi'
Get her out dem tennis shoes
Throw some heels on a bi'
I'm the type of nigga split a mil with a bi'
Hold up, only if she bad though
Out here trying to find someone that better than my last go
Take her to my castle
Drown her in my cash flow
Say your dick so little she can fit it in her asshole
Told me she can write this shit
No further than a cab go
Said I got that don dick
She wanna be my tutor
So she give me brain getting head on the scooter
Had sex on the beach
From Bermuda up to Cuba
I done fucked a lot of dimes
But I'm looking for a cuter bitch
You the shit
What she say when she got to sit
When I ain't around
Give a damn who you do it with
Super thick pretty face
Ménage à veinte
20 at the same time
Wanna get ya rent paid
All I fuck is bad bitches
I don't want no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I don't want no mediocre no
Bad bitches only
Ain't no mediocre hoe
Don't want no mediocre
I won't hit no mediocre
You a bad bitch
Stuntin' on them mediocre hoe
On them mediocre
You stunt on them mediocre
7 bitches with me and ain't none of them mediocre
From they head to they toes they so far from mediocre yea
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
No Mediocre Lyrics as written by Clifford Harris Amethyst Kelly
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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