"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 wonder if she could tell I'm hard right now, hm
Yeah, come on, dance for me, baby, ha ha, yeah
Uh-oh, you feel that, alright
Come on, don't stop now
You done did it, come on, uh, yeah, alright, hold on
Baby, when we're grinding (that's right)
I get so excited (mmh)
Ooh, how I like it (ooh)
I try but I can't fight it (yeah)
Oh, your dancing real close (uh-huh)
Plus it's real, real slow
(You know what you're doing, don't you?)
You're making it hard for me (uh)
Oh, the slow song's on you requested
You're dancing like you're naked
Ooh, it's almost like we're sexing (oh yeah)
Yeah, boo, I like it
No, I can't deny it
But I know you can tell
I'm excited, oh, girl
Step back, you're dancing kinda close (mmh)
I feel a little poke coming through
On you
Now, girl, I know you felt it
Boo, you know I can't help it
You know what I want to do
Baby, when we're grinding (oh yeah)
I get so excited (feels so good)
Ooh, how I like it (so real)
I try but I can't fight it (you)
Oh, your dancing real close (and it's real)
Plus it's real, real slow (you know)
You're making it hard for me
Baby, us dancing so close
Ain't a good idea
'Cause I'ma want you now and here
The way that you shake it on me
Makes me want you so bad sexually
Oh, girl
Step back, you're dancing kinda close (ohh)
I feel a little poke coming through
On you
Now, girl, I know you felt it
Boo, you know I can't help it
You know what I want to do, oh, yes
Baby, when we're grinding
I get so excited (ooh-wee)
Ooh, how I like it
I try but I can't fight it (baby, it feels so right)
Oh, your dancing real close (real, real)
Plus it's real, real slow (you know)
You're making it hard for me (baby, it don't stop)
Baby, when we're grinding
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it
I try but I can't fight it (no)
Oh, your dancing real close (and it's real)
Plus it's real real slow (mmh, yeah)
You're making it hard for me
I love when you shake it like that, ah, ah, ah (come on)
I see that you like it like that, oh, oh, oh
I love when you shake it like that, ah, ah, ah
I see that you like it like that, oh, oh, oh (that's right)
(Well, baby, I like)
Baby, when we're grinding
(The way that you grind)
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it (on me)
I try but I can't fight it (oh yeah)
(I can't fight it)
Oh, your dancing real close (real close)
Plus it's real, real slow (oh yeah)
You're making it hard for me
Baby, when we're grinding (I like the way you move)
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it (you're making me want you)
I try but I can't fight it
Oh, your dancing real close (oh, the way you groove)
Plus it's real, real slow
(I like those things you do)
You're making it hard for me
(But you're a little too close)
Baby, when we're grinding (yeah)
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it
I try but I can't fight it
Oh, your dancing real close
Plus it's real, real slow
You're making it hard for me
Yeah, come on, dance for me, baby, ha ha, yeah
Uh-oh, you feel that, alright
Come on, don't stop now
You done did it, come on, uh, yeah, alright, hold on
Baby, when we're grinding (that's right)
I get so excited (mmh)
Ooh, how I like it (ooh)
I try but I can't fight it (yeah)
Oh, your dancing real close (uh-huh)
Plus it's real, real slow
(You know what you're doing, don't you?)
You're making it hard for me (uh)
Oh, the slow song's on you requested
You're dancing like you're naked
Ooh, it's almost like we're sexing (oh yeah)
Yeah, boo, I like it
No, I can't deny it
But I know you can tell
I'm excited, oh, girl
Step back, you're dancing kinda close (mmh)
I feel a little poke coming through
On you
Now, girl, I know you felt it
Boo, you know I can't help it
You know what I want to do
Baby, when we're grinding (oh yeah)
I get so excited (feels so good)
Ooh, how I like it (so real)
I try but I can't fight it (you)
Oh, your dancing real close (and it's real)
Plus it's real, real slow (you know)
You're making it hard for me
Baby, us dancing so close
Ain't a good idea
'Cause I'ma want you now and here
The way that you shake it on me
Makes me want you so bad sexually
Oh, girl
Step back, you're dancing kinda close (ohh)
I feel a little poke coming through
On you
Now, girl, I know you felt it
Boo, you know I can't help it
You know what I want to do, oh, yes
Baby, when we're grinding
I get so excited (ooh-wee)
Ooh, how I like it
I try but I can't fight it (baby, it feels so right)
Oh, your dancing real close (real, real)
Plus it's real, real slow (you know)
You're making it hard for me (baby, it don't stop)
Baby, when we're grinding
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it
I try but I can't fight it (no)
Oh, your dancing real close (and it's real)
Plus it's real real slow (mmh, yeah)
You're making it hard for me
I love when you shake it like that, ah, ah, ah (come on)
I see that you like it like that, oh, oh, oh
I love when you shake it like that, ah, ah, ah
I see that you like it like that, oh, oh, oh (that's right)
(Well, baby, I like)
Baby, when we're grinding
(The way that you grind)
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it (on me)
I try but I can't fight it (oh yeah)
(I can't fight it)
Oh, your dancing real close (real close)
Plus it's real, real slow (oh yeah)
You're making it hard for me
Baby, when we're grinding (I like the way you move)
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it (you're making me want you)
I try but I can't fight it
Oh, your dancing real close (oh, the way you groove)
Plus it's real, real slow
(I like those things you do)
You're making it hard for me
(But you're a little too close)
Baby, when we're grinding (yeah)
I get so excited
Ooh, how I like it
I try but I can't fight it
Oh, your dancing real close
Plus it's real, real slow
You're making it hard for me
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Too Close Lyrics as written by Robert Huggar Raphael Shawan Brown
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Now you all, come on, leave the song alone. A black man is gettin hard from dancing, whats wrong with a nigga gettin sum sex? LMAO. Sorry, had to say it. I really dont get it, he's singing about his penis. UUUUMMMM, no?