"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.
Ha, ha, ha
Yeah, Yeah
Ain't no regular guy
What, what, what, what
Aint no regular dude
Nah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Shawty talk too much and she got that attitude
She like "Why you being rude"
There's somethings I'd rather do
Please don't get on my nerves told em I ain't in the mood
I get the blue like Mordecai ain't no regular, ain't no regular dude
Aye, Ain't no regular guy this ain't no regular show
My life be moving way too fast back last year it was going slow
To keep your spot up at the top you need to be watching down below
I get the green I eat my vegetables now you gone watch me grow
Aye, yeah, You gone watch me grow I'm the green giant
Get the chip for my team Kobe bean Bryant
Got a lot of songs some I had to rewrite it
Flame was going out so you know I had to relight it
Had to go and check the flame
I'm the hottest in the game
I walk around they know my name
I be liking all my music so I hope you feel the same
I'm a funny guy so they just ain't gonna take me serious
I been rapping for some years I guess i got experience
Man I'm sick of y'all wearing a mask, Rey Mysterious
Rey Mysterio
The money got O's like a cheerio
I'm breaking your walls, Chris Jericho
Boutta bump this on my stereo
Ain't no regular guy, ain't no regular dude
Shawty talk too much she got attitude
She like "Brody you being rude?"
Making music is the thing I'd rather do
Mordecai, yeah, you know i get that blue
Ain't no regular guy, ain't no regular dude
But you can't forget Rigby
I'm a dog but I ain't chasing no frisbee
I'm gone make em pay so they call me Tim Misny
Me and Nate was making movies but this ain't no Disney
Back in the day I was up for Nick At Nite
I was cool with everyone, I ain't gonna pick a fight
I was fourteen so my dawg with a stick on his right
I was sad saw him pouring up that purple sprite
Shawty talk too much she got attitude
She like "Brody why you being so rude?"
Not with you is the thing I'd rather do
Don't get on my nerves I'm not in the mood
I'm Mordecai, yeah, you know I get that blue
Ain't no regular guy, ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Yeah, Yeah
Ain't no regular guy
What, what, what, what
Aint no regular dude
Nah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Shawty talk too much and she got that attitude
She like "Why you being rude"
There's somethings I'd rather do
Please don't get on my nerves told em I ain't in the mood
I get the blue like Mordecai ain't no regular, ain't no regular dude
Aye, Ain't no regular guy this ain't no regular show
My life be moving way too fast back last year it was going slow
To keep your spot up at the top you need to be watching down below
I get the green I eat my vegetables now you gone watch me grow
Aye, yeah, You gone watch me grow I'm the green giant
Get the chip for my team Kobe bean Bryant
Got a lot of songs some I had to rewrite it
Flame was going out so you know I had to relight it
Had to go and check the flame
I'm the hottest in the game
I walk around they know my name
I be liking all my music so I hope you feel the same
I'm a funny guy so they just ain't gonna take me serious
I been rapping for some years I guess i got experience
Man I'm sick of y'all wearing a mask, Rey Mysterious
Rey Mysterio
The money got O's like a cheerio
I'm breaking your walls, Chris Jericho
Boutta bump this on my stereo
Ain't no regular guy, ain't no regular dude
Shawty talk too much she got attitude
She like "Brody you being rude?"
Making music is the thing I'd rather do
Mordecai, yeah, you know i get that blue
Ain't no regular guy, ain't no regular dude
But you can't forget Rigby
I'm a dog but I ain't chasing no frisbee
I'm gone make em pay so they call me Tim Misny
Me and Nate was making movies but this ain't no Disney
Back in the day I was up for Nick At Nite
I was cool with everyone, I ain't gonna pick a fight
I was fourteen so my dawg with a stick on his right
I was sad saw him pouring up that purple sprite
Shawty talk too much she got attitude
She like "Brody why you being so rude?"
Not with you is the thing I'd rather do
Don't get on my nerves I'm not in the mood
I'm Mordecai, yeah, you know I get that blue
Ain't no regular guy, ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Ain't no regular dude
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
regular show Lyrics as written by Donald Butler
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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