"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.
I just got a brand new whip in the yard
You can drive it when you want
But you gotta keep that top down for me
'Cause I'm just tryna push this shit, don't start
Up and down your boulevard
Girl I had to pull you over for them jeans
Look at that sexy body
Look at that trunk in the back
I'mma get a lil bit ratchet
'Cause I never seen a girl like that
You know I had to skrr, pull up
Pull up, oh yeah, skrr, I had to pull up
I'mma make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Girl I gotta get that Coupe for two
You'd be amazed what we could do
We can roll these windows down so they all see
Gon' and throw that thing in reverse, look back at it
Throw your hair, no body, look back at it
You gon' make somebody call the police
Look at that sexy body
Look at that trunk in the back
I'mma get a lil bit ratchet
'Cause I never seen a girl like that
You know I had to skrr, pull up
I had to pull up, oh yeah, skrr, I had to pull up
I'mma make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Look at that sexy body
I never seen curves like that when we do it baby
Look at that sexy body
You know that it drives me mad
Skrr, pull up
Girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Take that thing like a repo
I'mma beat that thing, you my cheat code
When I'm done we gon' knock the fuck out, Debow
I had to pull up, I had to pull up, pull up
Skrr, I had to pull up up, skrr
I'mma make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
You can drive it when you want
But you gotta keep that top down for me
'Cause I'm just tryna push this shit, don't start
Up and down your boulevard
Girl I had to pull you over for them jeans
Look at that sexy body
Look at that trunk in the back
I'mma get a lil bit ratchet
'Cause I never seen a girl like that
You know I had to skrr, pull up
Pull up, oh yeah, skrr, I had to pull up
I'mma make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Girl I gotta get that Coupe for two
You'd be amazed what we could do
We can roll these windows down so they all see
Gon' and throw that thing in reverse, look back at it
Throw your hair, no body, look back at it
You gon' make somebody call the police
Look at that sexy body
Look at that trunk in the back
I'mma get a lil bit ratchet
'Cause I never seen a girl like that
You know I had to skrr, pull up
I had to pull up, oh yeah, skrr, I had to pull up
I'mma make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Look at that sexy body
I never seen curves like that when we do it baby
Look at that sexy body
You know that it drives me mad
Skrr, pull up
Girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Take that thing like a repo
I'mma beat that thing, you my cheat code
When I'm done we gon' knock the fuck out, Debow
I had to pull up, I had to pull up, pull up
Skrr, I had to pull up up, skrr
I'mma make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Make you my bu-bu-baby, make you my bu-bu-baby
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Pull Up Lyrics as written by William Lobban-bean Charlie Puth
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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