"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.
Ok class, um, please settle down now,
I'd like to introduce our new student
uhh, uhh Willy Bubba, Willy is from Kentucky, welcome Willy, uh,
I'll be your teacher, my name is Ms. Felby
(1st Verse- Violent J)
Well I flopped out of school but I still hang in the halls
So there I was, you'll never guess what I saw
Maybe a chicken, I thought it was a duck
But it was a redneck fuck, so I walked up
"Hey Willy Bubba, hubba-bubba-lubba
My names Violent J, but my homies call me chicken plucker
I been down with the clown since day one, it's day two
I guess I got some plucking to do
In these parts, we tie you to the desk
And all line up and take blows to your chest [punch]
Fists to your chin [punch], kicks to your head [punch]
Last year we killed a kid dead [HAHHH!! oh, my fault...]
Walked in the school, there's hay in the hallway
Leading to your locker, walk up 'n sock ya
Then bounce your head around the class room and act nutty
The teacher walks, and asked everybody [body, body..]
(Chorus x2)
Who kicked Willy Bubba's ass? [I DID!]
Did you do it right here in the class? [SHO' DID!]
Did you punch him in the face, did you slap him in the mouth
Did you kick him in the forehead [YUP, YUP!]
[Nice to get back with a high school crowd where your alive]
(2nd Verse- Shaggy2Dope)
Willy Willy Bubba hubba lubba dubba dilly
Tell me why you talk so silly, bitch
You sound like you come from the land of the bigots
Jolly old Dickens, the land of the chickens
I guess you're in season, I'm packing me a .44
Barrels to your head and blow your face out your asshole
POWWW, bitch! I'm Shaggy2Dope
I'm coming for your kin folk, you get your chin broke
And don't cry or run to the teach
She can't understand your redneck-ass speech
If she could, she wouldn't do a thang
'cause she's my bitch and she loves to suck my wang
You in trouble Bubba, you better run quick
You too slow, Willy, 'cause you a fat bitch
I caught up and got my hands all putty
Teacher walks in the class room, and asked everybody [body, body...]
(Chorus x2)
HOOOOOOLD UP! check it out...
Let's play, Willy Bubba, and kill the Willy Bubba (repeat 'till end)
I'd like to introduce our new student
uhh, uhh Willy Bubba, Willy is from Kentucky, welcome Willy, uh,
I'll be your teacher, my name is Ms. Felby
(1st Verse- Violent J)
Well I flopped out of school but I still hang in the halls
So there I was, you'll never guess what I saw
Maybe a chicken, I thought it was a duck
But it was a redneck fuck, so I walked up
"Hey Willy Bubba, hubba-bubba-lubba
My names Violent J, but my homies call me chicken plucker
I been down with the clown since day one, it's day two
I guess I got some plucking to do
In these parts, we tie you to the desk
And all line up and take blows to your chest [punch]
Fists to your chin [punch], kicks to your head [punch]
Last year we killed a kid dead [HAHHH!! oh, my fault...]
Walked in the school, there's hay in the hallway
Leading to your locker, walk up 'n sock ya
Then bounce your head around the class room and act nutty
The teacher walks, and asked everybody [body, body..]
(Chorus x2)
Who kicked Willy Bubba's ass? [I DID!]
Did you do it right here in the class? [SHO' DID!]
Did you punch him in the face, did you slap him in the mouth
Did you kick him in the forehead [YUP, YUP!]
[Nice to get back with a high school crowd where your alive]
(2nd Verse- Shaggy2Dope)
Willy Willy Bubba hubba lubba dubba dilly
Tell me why you talk so silly, bitch
You sound like you come from the land of the bigots
Jolly old Dickens, the land of the chickens
I guess you're in season, I'm packing me a .44
Barrels to your head and blow your face out your asshole
POWWW, bitch! I'm Shaggy2Dope
I'm coming for your kin folk, you get your chin broke
And don't cry or run to the teach
She can't understand your redneck-ass speech
If she could, she wouldn't do a thang
'cause she's my bitch and she loves to suck my wang
You in trouble Bubba, you better run quick
You too slow, Willy, 'cause you a fat bitch
I caught up and got my hands all putty
Teacher walks in the class room, and asked everybody [body, body...]
(Chorus x2)
HOOOOOOLD UP! check it out...
Let's play, Willy Bubba, and kill the Willy Bubba (repeat 'till end)
Lyrics submitted by MyAntiDrugIsSuicide
Willy Bubba Lyrics as written by Joseph Bruce
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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