"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.
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
I see you in the park, you're always wearing Dodger blue
Mad doggin' me and anyone from any other crew
I am small but I am strong, I'll get it on with you
If you want me to, what else can I do?
Everyone would take a cue from anything you do
If you want them to, what else can they do?
I don't want to fight, I want to get along with you
This time of night's for singing songs about the local news
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
I come around and make peace, get down, have a barbecue
Let's keep the moon awake and do electric boogaloo
I am small but I am strong, you see I'm just like you
If you only knew that I'm just like you
All the world would take a cue from anything you do
If you only knew that they're just like you
I don't want to fight, I want to get along with you
This time of night's for singing songs about the local news
I don't want to fight
I want to get along with you
This time of night's for singing songs about the local news
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
If you want me to, what else can I do?
'Cause I'm just like you, if you only knew
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
I see you in the park, you're always wearing Dodger blue
Mad doggin' me and anyone from any other crew
I am small but I am strong, I'll get it on with you
If you want me to, what else can I do?
Everyone would take a cue from anything you do
If you want them to, what else can they do?
I don't want to fight, I want to get along with you
This time of night's for singing songs about the local news
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
I come around and make peace, get down, have a barbecue
Let's keep the moon awake and do electric boogaloo
I am small but I am strong, you see I'm just like you
If you only knew that I'm just like you
All the world would take a cue from anything you do
If you only knew that they're just like you
I don't want to fight, I want to get along with you
This time of night's for singing songs about the local news
I don't want to fight
I want to get along with you
This time of night's for singing songs about the local news
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
If you want me to, what else can I do?
'Cause I'm just like you, if you only knew
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
Cabron, cabron
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I like the beat... I like the title. You guys know what 'cabron' means, right?
cabron means dork
In portugese it means pervert thats what my translations dictionary sez
well, a bit late, cabron, mexican word, means somehing between a jerk and an asshole, it could be a very bad adjective to someone, but also a very good thing, cause it also means the one who can do it all, so... but i'm sure they're using it in a bad way.