"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.
aiyyo dogg, i got some shit on my mother fuckin chest that
i need to get off cuz
if i dont
ima fuckin explode or summin
now look
this is the story about some little fuckin girls that i know
it goes like this
its so easy for me to make enemies any more its sicknin
people are lookin for an excuse to jump on my shit list
stickin their noses in s**t that isnt none of their business
i never, asked, cared, gave a fuck or wanted oppinions
now im in the position that i dont wanna be in s**t
i neva had no beef with you corny son of a bitches
but now the shit is broke and u cant do nuttin to fix it
so im tellin you right now mother fucka limp bizkit
now ima be real, be real as real
he didnt say shit the whole time me and whitey was beefin see he chilled
he was cool with the whole situation and kept it neutral
id have neva involved my crew if it wasnt for pupils, peoples whateva ur backpackin cypherin name is
had i not opened a magazine and seein what you say in it
id had neva involved you
but you had to add ur two pennies
now i gotta go grab my shit list and add some new enemies
hit the studio and ill admit i had a few in me
fuck it, i roasted you, i aint mad at you any
but let it be known that song was never released
it leaked, id a neva gave you that much attention intentionally
then i look on TV now look whos mentionin me
that little fuckin weasel, DJ lethal on MTV
after i gave you props on that song you on national TV
talkin about how everlast is gonna whip my ass when he sees me
come on dogg you was sposed to be on that song
talkin about how bad you hate him
now you all in his thong? whats wrong? you scared?
and fred you said you was dissin him too
i shoulda knew better than to listen to you
u fuckin sissy, up on stage screamin how people hate you
they dont hate you, they just think ur corny since christina played you
and i dare you mother fuckers to try two diss me back
thats a sissy act
and dont call me kissin my ass
coz i swear to god this aint just a song im tryin to pre-warn you
lethal when i fuckin see you dogg im swingin on you
mother fuckers must think that coz im trouble with the law
that i wont jogg up my sentence and double it to mourn
y'all some
[chorus]
girls (y'all a some god damn girls)
why do you act this way? (why do you act this way, huh?)
why do y'all act like fuckin sissies you pussies keep talkin sitt behind my back you just some bitchhes for that and we all know (we all know)
how fuckin cowards roll (keep rollin rollin rollin)
and fuckin britneys who pretend to be down but as soon as someone calls you out you put your tail between your legs and bow down
now i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open your mouth with an opinion
and i wont put you in them
coz i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open ur mouth with an opinion
and i wont put you in them
now if you diss me and i respond the beef is on
but if i help you sell one record and i see you at a show ill strip you naked
see i was smart, i came back and scooped up my friends
now i got five doggs that'll die for me like i die for them
i fite for them swing or shoot like i fite for kim
all of them been with me through this f**ked up life that im in
that goes for all of my doggs from royce to dre
from xzibit to mell man till im hoist away
in my coffin ill neva soften
no matter how often that im tested
i neva give a fuck i will neva be interested
love me or hate as much as fred wants to be hated
i will solumly stand by every statment i stated
this shit that i been through my pencil neva could pencil
but i neva will be this gullable ever again tho
next time i will know when somebodys copyin off me
im not bein cocky, i just know when somebodys locked in me
i stick up my middle finger he sticks up his finger
i say fuck christina he says fuck christina but meaner
so from doin this song with method to beggin to get accepted
im peggin fred with the bottle of die that he bleached his head with
and as for lethal dont forget what i said
im fuckin you up punk, ur dead
dont think that im playin
and fuck bizkit cuz i know you sayin fuck D12
only not to our face, under your breath, to yourselves
little
[chorus]
now i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open your mouth with an oppion
and i wont put you in them
coz i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open ur mouth with an oppion
and i wont put you in them
and thats it
thats all there is to it dogg
if you didnt wanna do the f**kin song dont say ur down with doin the fuckin song and then back out at the last minute
and then go on mother fuckin MTV talkin about everlast can whip my mother fuckin ass
if your scared of whitey ford dogg, just say your scared of whitey ford, thats it
thats all you had to fuckin say
i wouldnt have said shit
i woulda backed off, did the fuckin song on my self
and not put you mother fuckers in it
thats all
and i aint even on no rap shit no more
im on some fuckin you up shit when i see you
and i will see you too
oh, and by the way fred? that wasnt an accident
i didnt mean to give you a play at the music awards
[Chorus]
i need to get off cuz
if i dont
ima fuckin explode or summin
now look
this is the story about some little fuckin girls that i know
it goes like this
its so easy for me to make enemies any more its sicknin
people are lookin for an excuse to jump on my shit list
stickin their noses in s**t that isnt none of their business
i never, asked, cared, gave a fuck or wanted oppinions
now im in the position that i dont wanna be in s**t
i neva had no beef with you corny son of a bitches
but now the shit is broke and u cant do nuttin to fix it
so im tellin you right now mother fucka limp bizkit
now ima be real, be real as real
he didnt say shit the whole time me and whitey was beefin see he chilled
he was cool with the whole situation and kept it neutral
id have neva involved my crew if it wasnt for pupils, peoples whateva ur backpackin cypherin name is
had i not opened a magazine and seein what you say in it
id had neva involved you
but you had to add ur two pennies
now i gotta go grab my shit list and add some new enemies
hit the studio and ill admit i had a few in me
fuck it, i roasted you, i aint mad at you any
but let it be known that song was never released
it leaked, id a neva gave you that much attention intentionally
then i look on TV now look whos mentionin me
that little fuckin weasel, DJ lethal on MTV
after i gave you props on that song you on national TV
talkin about how everlast is gonna whip my ass when he sees me
come on dogg you was sposed to be on that song
talkin about how bad you hate him
now you all in his thong? whats wrong? you scared?
and fred you said you was dissin him too
i shoulda knew better than to listen to you
u fuckin sissy, up on stage screamin how people hate you
they dont hate you, they just think ur corny since christina played you
and i dare you mother fuckers to try two diss me back
thats a sissy act
and dont call me kissin my ass
coz i swear to god this aint just a song im tryin to pre-warn you
lethal when i fuckin see you dogg im swingin on you
mother fuckers must think that coz im trouble with the law
that i wont jogg up my sentence and double it to mourn
y'all some
[chorus]
girls (y'all a some god damn girls)
why do you act this way? (why do you act this way, huh?)
why do y'all act like fuckin sissies you pussies keep talkin sitt behind my back you just some bitchhes for that and we all know (we all know)
how fuckin cowards roll (keep rollin rollin rollin)
and fuckin britneys who pretend to be down but as soon as someone calls you out you put your tail between your legs and bow down
now i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open your mouth with an opinion
and i wont put you in them
coz i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open ur mouth with an opinion
and i wont put you in them
now if you diss me and i respond the beef is on
but if i help you sell one record and i see you at a show ill strip you naked
see i was smart, i came back and scooped up my friends
now i got five doggs that'll die for me like i die for them
i fite for them swing or shoot like i fite for kim
all of them been with me through this f**ked up life that im in
that goes for all of my doggs from royce to dre
from xzibit to mell man till im hoist away
in my coffin ill neva soften
no matter how often that im tested
i neva give a fuck i will neva be interested
love me or hate as much as fred wants to be hated
i will solumly stand by every statment i stated
this shit that i been through my pencil neva could pencil
but i neva will be this gullable ever again tho
next time i will know when somebodys copyin off me
im not bein cocky, i just know when somebodys locked in me
i stick up my middle finger he sticks up his finger
i say fuck christina he says fuck christina but meaner
so from doin this song with method to beggin to get accepted
im peggin fred with the bottle of die that he bleached his head with
and as for lethal dont forget what i said
im fuckin you up punk, ur dead
dont think that im playin
and fuck bizkit cuz i know you sayin fuck D12
only not to our face, under your breath, to yourselves
little
[chorus]
now i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open your mouth with an oppion
and i wont put you in them
coz i dont ask nobody to share my beliefs or be involved in my beefs
im a man i can stand on my feet
so if you dont wanna be in them all i ask that you dont open ur mouth with an oppion
and i wont put you in them
and thats it
thats all there is to it dogg
if you didnt wanna do the f**kin song dont say ur down with doin the fuckin song and then back out at the last minute
and then go on mother fuckin MTV talkin about everlast can whip my mother fuckin ass
if your scared of whitey ford dogg, just say your scared of whitey ford, thats it
thats all you had to fuckin say
i wouldnt have said shit
i woulda backed off, did the fuckin song on my self
and not put you mother fuckers in it
thats all
and i aint even on no rap shit no more
im on some fuckin you up shit when i see you
and i will see you too
oh, and by the way fred? that wasnt an accident
i didnt mean to give you a play at the music awards
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by Sliminem
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i loveeeeeeeee LIMP and i loveeeeeee EM, and i'm ok with this song, i mean i ain't going to act like some fans that thought EM was cool while talking shit on CA, BS or N SYNC or whatever and when em came out with girls those same fans turned their backs on EM i think the song is pretty cool!!!
I hate Limp Bizkit so much, so this song is great. I'm a big Eminem fan, so I hated when he was friendly with 'em.
i like eminem, but i also like limp, dilated and everlast (please dont kill me). this song fuckin kicks ass, just like the other diss tracks. big up king shady
this song is definitely one of Em's better diss tracks, although i still prefer Canibitch.
I h8t this song.Eminem is a POSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And you're a RETARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eminem is NOT a POSER!!!!!
Eminem Killed it
JOHNNY REBEL.. I could not agree with you more..(: i like 110% agree with everything you just said. I think Emenim is a lyicial genius and he can spill his guts out on paper better than any person i know. I respect Eminem for that it makes him, him. And is this song talking about the song Crazy Town? with all the songs mixed in it? cause that song is badass. and so is this song.. way to tell them GIRLS what's up Em.:DD
"but if i help you sell one record and i see you at a show i'll strip you naked"
Don't quite get this line. Anyone?