"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.
Pussy, pussy, pussy, can't you see? You bitches can't do it like me.
Motherfuckers stay mad like I killed their mom or something.
If you really didn't care, you'd let it be.
I've been dying since day one, but y'all knew that.
My dick like Americans, too fat, but dangerous.
I'm the grimiest motherfucker to walk this Earth.
The shit I do is way below dirty sewers and connoisseur.
I'm a flying reptile, a pterodactyl on Adderall.
I got a bunch of scales that I dug up, you never heard at all.
Eat a dick, little faggot, geez and furthermore,
You tryin' to scrap with me? I don't beef, faggot, I'm herbivore.
I crawled into the industry a saturated circus, manipulating like Hillary.
They say I'm crazy, but lately, I've been defending me because, take a look around, motherfucker. Everyone's digging me.
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
Do you even miss me anymore?
And I don't even notice when it hurts anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore.
Pussy, pussy, pussy, can't you read?
I'm a dirty, old, pussy-eating freak.
Motherfuckers stay mad like I killed their mom or something.
If you really didn't care, you'd let me eat.
Uh, here we go again, I'll make jokes about your estrogen.
That's pretty much the rest of the song, I'm roasting everything.
I'm a weird little entity that'll end her titties.
And bust all over the tummy and little nippies.
(Ew!)
I know I'm morbid at times
That's how i like to be
They call my dick a mammoth. You salty? you got a micro d.
Classic penis joke inserted with appropriate timing.
Cause if i ain't got a penis line i ain't dining.
No homo but seriously i'm getting faded and my life is like my vids.
Low budget and underrated.
Kids, the only way to succeed is to chip away at the soul.
And hope by the time you get there you won't be singing...
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
Do you even miss me anymore?
And I don't even notice when it hurts anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore.
Motherfuckers stay mad like I killed their mom or something.
If you really didn't care, you'd let it be.
I've been dying since day one, but y'all knew that.
My dick like Americans, too fat, but dangerous.
I'm the grimiest motherfucker to walk this Earth.
The shit I do is way below dirty sewers and connoisseur.
I'm a flying reptile, a pterodactyl on Adderall.
I got a bunch of scales that I dug up, you never heard at all.
Eat a dick, little faggot, geez and furthermore,
You tryin' to scrap with me? I don't beef, faggot, I'm herbivore.
I crawled into the industry a saturated circus, manipulating like Hillary.
They say I'm crazy, but lately, I've been defending me because, take a look around, motherfucker. Everyone's digging me.
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
Do you even miss me anymore?
And I don't even notice when it hurts anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore.
Pussy, pussy, pussy, can't you read?
I'm a dirty, old, pussy-eating freak.
Motherfuckers stay mad like I killed their mom or something.
If you really didn't care, you'd let me eat.
Uh, here we go again, I'll make jokes about your estrogen.
That's pretty much the rest of the song, I'm roasting everything.
I'm a weird little entity that'll end her titties.
And bust all over the tummy and little nippies.
(Ew!)
I know I'm morbid at times
That's how i like to be
They call my dick a mammoth. You salty? you got a micro d.
Classic penis joke inserted with appropriate timing.
Cause if i ain't got a penis line i ain't dining.
No homo but seriously i'm getting faded and my life is like my vids.
Low budget and underrated.
Kids, the only way to succeed is to chip away at the soul.
And hope by the time you get there you won't be singing...
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
Do you even miss me anymore?
And I don't even notice when it hurts anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore.
Lyrics submitted by 2StixNix
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