"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.
Ooh, I don't want, I don't need, I can't stand no minute man
I don't want no minute man
Ooh, here's your chance be a man take my hand understand
I don't want no minute man
Uh, uh, ooh, uh, uh, uh, uh ooh, uh
Boy I'ma make you love me, make you want me
And I'ma give you some attention, tonight (ooh)
Now follow my intuitions, what you're wishin'
See I'ma keep you up all night (all night), for a long time
So start countin' away
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (uh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no
Tonight I'ma give it to you, throw it to you
I want you to come prepared, oh yeah (oh yes) (ooh)
Boy, it's been a long time, a crazy long time
And I don't want no minute man, and that's real
Give it to me some more
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't (yeah) want, no (uh uh)
It's time to set your clock back 'bout as long as you can
I stop daylight, it's Ludacris the maintenance man
Get your oil changed, I check fluids and transmission
You one minute fools, you wonder why y'all missin'
On the back of milk cartons and there's no reward
No regards, close but it's no cigar
A hard head make a soft ass, but a hard dick make the sex last
I jump in pools and make a big splash
Water overflowin', so get your head right
It's all in your mind punk so keep your head tight
Enough with tips and advice and thangs
I'm big dog, havin' women seein stripes and thangs
They go to sleep, start snorin', countin' sheep and shit
They so wet, that they body start to leak and shit
Just 'cause I'm an all-nighter, shoot all fire
Ludacris, balance and rotate all tires
Ooh, I don't want, I don't need, I can't stand no minute man
I don't want no minute man
Ooh, here's your chance be a man take my hand understand
I don't want no minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, break-break me off
Break-break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, break-break me off
I don't want no minute man
Ooh, here's your chance be a man take my hand understand
I don't want no minute man
Uh, uh, ooh, uh, uh, uh, uh ooh, uh
Boy I'ma make you love me, make you want me
And I'ma give you some attention, tonight (ooh)
Now follow my intuitions, what you're wishin'
See I'ma keep you up all night (all night), for a long time
So start countin' away
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (uh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no
Tonight I'ma give it to you, throw it to you
I want you to come prepared, oh yeah (oh yes) (ooh)
Boy, it's been a long time, a crazy long time
And I don't want no minute man, and that's real
Give it to me some more
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man (ooh)
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't (yeah) want, no (uh uh)
It's time to set your clock back 'bout as long as you can
I stop daylight, it's Ludacris the maintenance man
Get your oil changed, I check fluids and transmission
You one minute fools, you wonder why y'all missin'
On the back of milk cartons and there's no reward
No regards, close but it's no cigar
A hard head make a soft ass, but a hard dick make the sex last
I jump in pools and make a big splash
Water overflowin', so get your head right
It's all in your mind punk so keep your head tight
Enough with tips and advice and thangs
I'm big dog, havin' women seein stripes and thangs
They go to sleep, start snorin', countin' sheep and shit
They so wet, that they body start to leak and shit
Just 'cause I'm an all-nighter, shoot all fire
Ludacris, balance and rotate all tires
Ooh, I don't want, I don't need, I can't stand no minute man
I don't want no minute man
Ooh, here's your chance be a man take my hand understand
I don't want no minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, show me what you got
'Cause I don't want, no one minute man
Break me off, break-break me off
Break-break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, show me what you got
Break me off, break-break me off
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
One Minute Man Lyrics as written by Timothy Mosley David Pomeranz
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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