"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.
Girl, it's true
You do, you do, you do
It's true (oh)
It's waitin' for you (uh-huh)
Girl, it's true
Okay, I won't deny it
Half the time you send a text, yep, you know I'm not replyin'
Just to let you know, I'm not one of them niggas you be dodgin'
I'm the one that you dodge with (swerve, swerve)
I'm the one that you gon' take that dress you savin' out the closet (woah)
I'm the one you need alone
I'm the one that when you 'round your friends
That you gotta put on speakerphone
Just so you can let them know what we be on, like he the one
Yeah-yeah, I know I'm young but you respect me like a father figure
Young mobbish nigga, prolly make you father figures
Sean Don Perrier out in Paris with a pair of Yays goin'
Well, I would tell you but I gotta paraphrase
And even when you trippin', we trippin', I pay for ya
Gourmet for ya, chauffeur arranged for ya
I'll take that flight alone earlier in the day for ya
Just to beat you there and prepare, let you know I'm waitin' for ya
Finally Famous
I ain't like them other niggas (other niggas)
And I ain't 'bout to play no games with you (play no games)
You know what your problem is? (Oh)
You don't ever see the big picture
Ooh-wee, I want you to take me serious
Oh baby, I want you to take me serious
Aw yeah, yeah (waitin' for you)
Wait, wait, waitin' for ya
I be wait, wait, waitin' for ya (girl, it's true)
You got a young boss nigga like me waitin' for ya
You got that bomb-ass pussy, I'll be waitin' for ya (yeah)
Who ya love? (Tell me)
Tell me who you fuckin' love (tell me)
Tell me who you wanna fuck and love
I left that sexy dress out on the bed with a note there layin' for ya
With directions where I'm waitin' with dinner and waiter for ya (for ya)
I'm that nigga (nigga), she tell me I'm that nigga
I'm the nigga that's your nigga even when you got a nigga (uh)
That you make love with, but right before take drugs with
Then right after, hit the tub, wait on me with suds
Then you back that ass up on me like it's '99 (woah)
Wine fine, like a bottle from the '99 (uh-huh)
Hit you with the nine at nine like it's fuckin' primetime (time)
Killed the pussy, had to hit that shit like nine times (woo)
Girl, even when I'm gone, just know I'm there for ya (there for ya)
I'm all ears, in other words here for ya (here for ya)
I'd probably rob a fuckin' bank and go to jail for ya (uh-huh)
As long as I can smack that ass and pull that hair for ya
Finally Famous
I ain't like them other niggas (other niggas)
And I ain't 'bout to play no games with you (play no games)
You know what your problem is? (Oh)
You don't ever see the big picture
Ooh-wee, I want you to take me serious
Oh baby, I want you to take me serious
Aw yeah, yeah (waitin' for you)
I've been waitin' on that ass all night though
Girl, don't keep me waitin' no more
Yeah, yeah, it's true
Got some things I wanna do to you, baby, oh
Ooh, yeah
I ain't like them other niggas (other niggas)
And I ain't 'bout to play no games with you (play no games)
You know what your problem is? (Oh)
You don't ever see the big picture
Ooh-wee, I want you to take me serious
Oh baby, I want you to take me serious
Aw yeah, yeah (waitin' for you)
You do, you do, you do
It's true (oh)
It's waitin' for you (uh-huh)
Girl, it's true
Okay, I won't deny it
Half the time you send a text, yep, you know I'm not replyin'
Just to let you know, I'm not one of them niggas you be dodgin'
I'm the one that you dodge with (swerve, swerve)
I'm the one that you gon' take that dress you savin' out the closet (woah)
I'm the one you need alone
I'm the one that when you 'round your friends
That you gotta put on speakerphone
Just so you can let them know what we be on, like he the one
Yeah-yeah, I know I'm young but you respect me like a father figure
Young mobbish nigga, prolly make you father figures
Sean Don Perrier out in Paris with a pair of Yays goin'
Well, I would tell you but I gotta paraphrase
And even when you trippin', we trippin', I pay for ya
Gourmet for ya, chauffeur arranged for ya
I'll take that flight alone earlier in the day for ya
Just to beat you there and prepare, let you know I'm waitin' for ya
Finally Famous
I ain't like them other niggas (other niggas)
And I ain't 'bout to play no games with you (play no games)
You know what your problem is? (Oh)
You don't ever see the big picture
Ooh-wee, I want you to take me serious
Oh baby, I want you to take me serious
Aw yeah, yeah (waitin' for you)
Wait, wait, waitin' for ya
I be wait, wait, waitin' for ya (girl, it's true)
You got a young boss nigga like me waitin' for ya
You got that bomb-ass pussy, I'll be waitin' for ya (yeah)
Who ya love? (Tell me)
Tell me who you fuckin' love (tell me)
Tell me who you wanna fuck and love
I left that sexy dress out on the bed with a note there layin' for ya
With directions where I'm waitin' with dinner and waiter for ya (for ya)
I'm that nigga (nigga), she tell me I'm that nigga
I'm the nigga that's your nigga even when you got a nigga (uh)
That you make love with, but right before take drugs with
Then right after, hit the tub, wait on me with suds
Then you back that ass up on me like it's '99 (woah)
Wine fine, like a bottle from the '99 (uh-huh)
Hit you with the nine at nine like it's fuckin' primetime (time)
Killed the pussy, had to hit that shit like nine times (woo)
Girl, even when I'm gone, just know I'm there for ya (there for ya)
I'm all ears, in other words here for ya (here for ya)
I'd probably rob a fuckin' bank and go to jail for ya (uh-huh)
As long as I can smack that ass and pull that hair for ya
Finally Famous
I ain't like them other niggas (other niggas)
And I ain't 'bout to play no games with you (play no games)
You know what your problem is? (Oh)
You don't ever see the big picture
Ooh-wee, I want you to take me serious
Oh baby, I want you to take me serious
Aw yeah, yeah (waitin' for you)
I've been waitin' on that ass all night though
Girl, don't keep me waitin' no more
Yeah, yeah, it's true
Got some things I wanna do to you, baby, oh
Ooh, yeah
I ain't like them other niggas (other niggas)
And I ain't 'bout to play no games with you (play no games)
You know what your problem is? (Oh)
You don't ever see the big picture
Ooh-wee, I want you to take me serious
Oh baby, I want you to take me serious
Aw yeah, yeah (waitin' for you)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Play No Games Lyrics as written by Christopher Maurice Brown Aaron Robin Iii Hall
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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