"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.
Get up
Get up
Like this
Just like this, do ya feel it?
Then get up
Just like this
Do you want to catch the vibe that's keepin' me alive?
I'm following these phat ass beats until I die
Fill 'em with tension, the sick dimension
I rumble the earth with my lowered suspension
Just watch the ground move
Let the sound prove
That it ain't fake when the girls get naked
Don't call it a comeback
We bring that beat back
And we made sure that John kept them beats phat
A lyrical rampage burnin' you headset
Open your mind
My rhymes ain't dead yet
I want you to stand up and put them hands up
I'll break it on down
'Cause your pumpin' my band up? Like this?
Just like this come on, get up
get up, get up, get up
Music is key
It's the way we're set free
From all this world
Is throwing at me
The rhythms so insane
It's flowin' through your vein
Triggerin' that neck poppin' a nerve up in your brain
I don't even know ya
But came to show ya
That bizkit's limp when the night is over
We shake the whole place
Make this earthquake
And it ain't fake
When we start the riots
So rock the bells
Psycho females
Doin' time blowin' up the phone line
Call it a stampede
Comin' to your town
We ain't gonna hold back
We're comin' to get down
I want you to stand up
And put them hands up and break it on down
'Cause your pumpin' up my band, like this?
Just like this, get higher, come on, get up
Music is key
It's the way we're set free
From all this world is throwing at me
And I'll do what it takes
If I make some mistakes
It's okay
'Cause its all
Just the way
It should be
Limp Bizkit's in the house y'all
Limp Bizkit's in the house y'all
Limp Bizkit's in the house y'all
Yo John, bring that beat back!
Uh
Just like this
do you feel it?
Just like this
Yo bring that beat back
Music is key
It's the way we're set free
from all this world is throwing at me
And I'll do what it takes
If I make some mistakes
It's ok
'Cause it's all
Just the way
It should be
Get up
Like this
Just like this, do ya feel it?
Then get up
Just like this
Do you want to catch the vibe that's keepin' me alive?
I'm following these phat ass beats until I die
Fill 'em with tension, the sick dimension
I rumble the earth with my lowered suspension
Just watch the ground move
Let the sound prove
That it ain't fake when the girls get naked
Don't call it a comeback
We bring that beat back
And we made sure that John kept them beats phat
A lyrical rampage burnin' you headset
Open your mind
My rhymes ain't dead yet
I want you to stand up and put them hands up
I'll break it on down
'Cause your pumpin' my band up? Like this?
Just like this come on, get up
get up, get up, get up
Music is key
It's the way we're set free
From all this world
Is throwing at me
The rhythms so insane
It's flowin' through your vein
Triggerin' that neck poppin' a nerve up in your brain
I don't even know ya
But came to show ya
That bizkit's limp when the night is over
We shake the whole place
Make this earthquake
And it ain't fake
When we start the riots
So rock the bells
Psycho females
Doin' time blowin' up the phone line
Call it a stampede
Comin' to your town
We ain't gonna hold back
We're comin' to get down
I want you to stand up
And put them hands up and break it on down
'Cause your pumpin' up my band, like this?
Just like this, get higher, come on, get up
Music is key
It's the way we're set free
From all this world is throwing at me
And I'll do what it takes
If I make some mistakes
It's okay
'Cause its all
Just the way
It should be
Limp Bizkit's in the house y'all
Limp Bizkit's in the house y'all
Limp Bizkit's in the house y'all
Yo John, bring that beat back!
Uh
Just like this
do you feel it?
Just like this
Yo bring that beat back
Music is key
It's the way we're set free
from all this world is throwing at me
And I'll do what it takes
If I make some mistakes
It's ok
'Cause it's all
Just the way
It should be
Lyrics submitted by piesupreme
Just Like This Lyrics as written by Leor Dimant John Everett Otto
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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Get up Like this Just like this Do ya feel it? Just like this Do you wanna catch the vibe? That's keepin me alive I'm Followin these phat ass beats until I die Fill 'em with tension, the sick dimension I rumble the earth with the lowered suspension Just watch the ground move, let the sound prove That it ain't fake when the girls get naked Don't call it a comeback, we bring that beat back And we make sure John kept them beats phat A lyrical rampage, burnin your headset Open your mind, my rhymes ain't dead yet I want ya to stand up, and put them hands up And break it down cause you're pumpin' my band up Like this Just like this Get up Music is key It's the way we're set free From all this world is throwin' at me The rhythm's so insane flowin through your vein Triggerin' that neck poppin' nerve up in your brain I don't even know ya, but came to show ya The Bizkit's Limp when the night is over We shake the whole place, make this earthquake And it ain't fake when we start the riots Rock the bells, psycho females Doin time, blowin up the phoneline Call it a stampede, comin to your town We ain't gonna hold back, we're comin to get down I want ya to stand up, and put them hands up And break it on down cause you're pumpin' my band up Like this Just like this Get up Music is key It's the way we're set free From all this world is throwin at me And I'll do what it takes If I make some mistakes It's okay cuz it's all just the way it should be. Limp Bizkit's in the house y'all Yo John, bring that beat back Just like this Do ya feel it? Just like this Yo bring that beat back Music is key It's the way we're set free From all this world is throwin at me And I'll do what it takes if I make some mistakes It's okay cuz it's all just the way it should be
found that lyrics easier to read, this one is giving me a headache. lol, love this song!