"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.
Girl, it's only you
Have it your way
And if you want, you can decide
And if you'll have me
I can provide everything that you desire
If you get a feeling
Feeling that I'm feeling
Won't you come closer to me, baby
There, you already got me right where you want me, baby
Ah, I just want to be your man
How does it feel? Yeah
How does it feel? Yeah
Said, I want to know, how does it feel?
How does it feel? Oh
How does it feel?
I want to stop (playing all)
The silly little games you and me play
And I'm feeling right on
If you feel the same way, baby
Let me know right away
I'd love to make you wet
In between your thighs, 'cause
I love when it comes inside you
I get so excited when I'm around you, yeah, baby
Oh, ah, oh, baby
How does it feel? (Ah, feels, yeah)
How does it feel? Yeah
Said, did it ever cross your mind?
How does it feel? Yeah
How does it feel? Yeah
How does it feel?
Tell me how it feels, yeah
How does it feel?
Said, it's been on my mind
How does it feel? Yeah, oh, oh
How does it feel? Yeah, ooh
Long time
Said, it's been on my mind, yeah
Baby, close the door
Listen, girl, I've got a thing I hope to show you
I wish you'd open up 'cause
I want to take the walls down with you
Oh, yeah
If you want me to, baby (yeah)
Only if you want me to, baby (yeah)
Ah-ah (ah)
Ah-ah (ah)
Only if you want me, baby
I wanna
I wanna lay you down
Kiss you all around
All around, all around
Make you feel
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
How does it feel? (Woo, feel)
How does it feel? (Said, I gotta know right now, yeah)
How does it feel? (Let me take off your clothes and I'll)
How does it feel? (I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, yeah, yeah, baby)
How does it feel? (Wanna take you away from here, baby)
How does it feel? (Take you on a little trip back home, yeah)
How does it feel? (Do you know what I'm talkin' about, baby?)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
How does it fee-
Have it your way
And if you want, you can decide
And if you'll have me
I can provide everything that you desire
If you get a feeling
Feeling that I'm feeling
Won't you come closer to me, baby
There, you already got me right where you want me, baby
Ah, I just want to be your man
How does it feel? Yeah
How does it feel? Yeah
Said, I want to know, how does it feel?
How does it feel? Oh
How does it feel?
I want to stop (playing all)
The silly little games you and me play
And I'm feeling right on
If you feel the same way, baby
Let me know right away
I'd love to make you wet
In between your thighs, 'cause
I love when it comes inside you
I get so excited when I'm around you, yeah, baby
Oh, ah, oh, baby
How does it feel? (Ah, feels, yeah)
How does it feel? Yeah
Said, did it ever cross your mind?
How does it feel? Yeah
How does it feel? Yeah
How does it feel?
Tell me how it feels, yeah
How does it feel?
Said, it's been on my mind
How does it feel? Yeah, oh, oh
How does it feel? Yeah, ooh
Long time
Said, it's been on my mind, yeah
Baby, close the door
Listen, girl, I've got a thing I hope to show you
I wish you'd open up 'cause
I want to take the walls down with you
Oh, yeah
If you want me to, baby (yeah)
Only if you want me to, baby (yeah)
Ah-ah (ah)
Ah-ah (ah)
Only if you want me, baby
I wanna
I wanna lay you down
Kiss you all around
All around, all around
Make you feel
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
How does it feel? (Woo, feel)
How does it feel? (Said, I gotta know right now, yeah)
How does it feel? (Let me take off your clothes and I'll)
How does it feel? (I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, yeah, yeah, baby)
How does it feel? (Wanna take you away from here, baby)
How does it feel? (Take you on a little trip back home, yeah)
How does it feel? (Do you know what I'm talkin' about, baby?)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
How does it feel? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
How does it fee-
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Yeah .. you know what this song is about..
it's about forgetting about all that flirting bs.. and get to the sex...
the good stuff you can only get from D'angelo....
comeon... we all know....
It is a great icebreaking song... :-D