"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.
J and D here united
Black and white here to show you how we've been delighted
The new generation since the mid nineties
Showing you it's done if you think you are a smartie
Telling you the truth since we spotted eachother
We'd like to big up our elder sister and brother
Because they are the legend and they are like no other
Trained by the greater legend mother and father
Now we think jump up lyrics are alright
But we'd like to broadcast a subject we know is not right
Look at us, but don't look at us in disgust
Because you know the reality and it's time to adjust
Think to yourself, don't be foolish about it
Fix up your brain or you'll be the target
A black man and a white woman living together
Face the facts you fascist perpetrators
And as the world is getting smaller and smaller
We can only get closer and closer
Building this community of sound
Celebrating the unity we've found
And we know this is the model to follow
For all the dub children of tomorrow
As they grow under shifting skies
We'll se every nation in their eyes
Black and white here has united
We're here to show you how we've been delighted
Black and white here has united
Building this community of sound
Black and white here to show you how we've been delighted
The new generation since the mid nineties
Showing you it's done if you think you are a smartie
Telling you the truth since we spotted eachother
We'd like to big up our elder sister and brother
Because they are the legend and they are like no other
Trained by the greater legend mother and father
Now we think jump up lyrics are alright
But we'd like to broadcast a subject we know is not right
Look at us, but don't look at us in disgust
Because you know the reality and it's time to adjust
Think to yourself, don't be foolish about it
Fix up your brain or you'll be the target
A black man and a white woman living together
Face the facts you fascist perpetrators
And as the world is getting smaller and smaller
We can only get closer and closer
Building this community of sound
Celebrating the unity we've found
And we know this is the model to follow
For all the dub children of tomorrow
As they grow under shifting skies
We'll se every nation in their eyes
Black and white here has united
We're here to show you how we've been delighted
Black and white here has united
Building this community of sound
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one of their best! why's hardly anyone commented on this fucking awesome band? how depressing, they're probably all over commenting on jay-z or some shit.