"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.
Lil' momma, you off glass
I know you like the way I shake that, drop that
Cock back, make the pussy pop back
Fuck a nigga in a Benz with the top back
If you lyin' on your dick, nigga stop that
You wanna fuck me for free, nigga freeze that
Show me where them D's at, lil' momma needs that
I need a nigga who gonna lick on the clit
Who gonna pay all my bills? Who gonna trick on the rent?
Well, damn 'lil momma, can you swallow my dick?
Can you keep that pussy poppin' like a bottle of Cris?
Hell yeah, 'coz you know lil' momma about it for sure
'Coz off glass is my motto, my motto
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
And when you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
Lil' momma got in goin' on like the candy and chrome
Off glass in the club with no panties on
I don't know lil' momma, it's just somethin' about ya
That make a nigga wanna fuck the dog shit out ya
Do your thing lil' momma, go in twerk it bitch
When Deuce Poppito see what you workin' with
In that see-through shit with your nipples hard
That shit gotta nigga dick triple hard
Yeah, I know playboy, it's just somethin' about me
It take a real nigga to bring that freak up out me
Turn out the lights and sneak up out me
Ain't nann size dick, you could keep out me
Well damn 'lil momma, can you swallow my dick?
Can you keep that pussy poppin' like a bottle of Cris?
Hell yeah, 'coz you know lil' momma about it for sure
'Coz off glass is my motto, my motto
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
And when you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
I know you like the way I bounce that, strip that, flip back
Make the pussy drip back
Niggas cryin' like they broke, I ain't with that
You better break a bitch off like a kit-kat
I know you like the way lil' momma mack work, your stack worth it
I'mma fuck you till your back hurt
I'm gettin' grands hoe, you don't know nann hoe
That'll stay fitted down to the sandals
I know you like the way I throw that, slang that
In MI desk, that's where I got my game at
I'm da baddest bitch, can't nothin' change that?
Every nigga that I fucked, they done came back
Well damn li'l momma, can you swallow my dick?
Can you keep that pussy poppin' like a bottle of Cris?
Hell yeah, 'coz you know lil' momma about it for sure
'Coz off glass is my motto, my motto
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
And when you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
If you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
I know you like the way I shake that, drop that
Cock back, make the pussy pop back
Fuck a nigga in a Benz with the top back
If you lyin' on your dick, nigga stop that
You wanna fuck me for free, nigga freeze that
Show me where them D's at, lil' momma needs that
I need a nigga who gonna lick on the clit
Who gonna pay all my bills? Who gonna trick on the rent?
Well, damn 'lil momma, can you swallow my dick?
Can you keep that pussy poppin' like a bottle of Cris?
Hell yeah, 'coz you know lil' momma about it for sure
'Coz off glass is my motto, my motto
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
And when you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
Lil' momma got in goin' on like the candy and chrome
Off glass in the club with no panties on
I don't know lil' momma, it's just somethin' about ya
That make a nigga wanna fuck the dog shit out ya
Do your thing lil' momma, go in twerk it bitch
When Deuce Poppito see what you workin' with
In that see-through shit with your nipples hard
That shit gotta nigga dick triple hard
Yeah, I know playboy, it's just somethin' about me
It take a real nigga to bring that freak up out me
Turn out the lights and sneak up out me
Ain't nann size dick, you could keep out me
Well damn 'lil momma, can you swallow my dick?
Can you keep that pussy poppin' like a bottle of Cris?
Hell yeah, 'coz you know lil' momma about it for sure
'Coz off glass is my motto, my motto
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
And when you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
I know you like the way I bounce that, strip that, flip back
Make the pussy drip back
Niggas cryin' like they broke, I ain't with that
You better break a bitch off like a kit-kat
I know you like the way lil' momma mack work, your stack worth it
I'mma fuck you till your back hurt
I'm gettin' grands hoe, you don't know nann hoe
That'll stay fitted down to the sandals
I know you like the way I throw that, slang that
In MI desk, that's where I got my game at
I'm da baddest bitch, can't nothin' change that?
Every nigga that I fucked, they done came back
Well damn li'l momma, can you swallow my dick?
Can you keep that pussy poppin' like a bottle of Cris?
Hell yeah, 'coz you know lil' momma about it for sure
'Coz off glass is my motto, my motto
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
And when you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you got plenty cash in your Chanel bag, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
If you a high priced bitch with that ice 'round your wrist, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
And when your back in the club and pop that pussy for them thugs
You off glass, lil' mama, you off glass
If you gettin' plenty bread and you got that fire, you off glass
Lil' mama, you off glass
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Fast Car
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
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I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.