"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.
I wanna be Batman
Cause everybody really ain't shit to me
My superhero, picture me if I was Batman, studios and shows
Utility Belt with a compartment full of pre-rolled
Smokin' batbud off in the Batcave
Jamie Madrox... (words reversed)
Gothom really don't look shit like Detroit
But I think these muthafuckas get the point, listen
Word on the street about the Arkham break
Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Two-Face
All trying to kill me before the night fall
But I got a bat surprise for each one of y'all
Scarecrow tried to front me when I'm up in Lakeside
Flash the Batarang, watch a bitch nigga hide
"Hold up, I don't know what the fuck you talkin' about. You ain't Batman, fuck you I'm Batman. I remember once I met this muthafucka at the flea market. He was sellin' 8 x 10 glossies with his autograph on 'em. I got the gloves, I got the belt, I got the boots. Wait, let me walk in the closet a second....Help! I got a Batdick!! Help! Help! You wanna see my dick bitch? Hahahaha!!"
Cause everybody really ain't shit to me
My superhero, picture me if I was Batman, studios and shows
Utility Belt with a compartment full of pre-rolled
Smokin' batbud off in the Batcave
Jamie Madrox... (words reversed)
Gothom really don't look shit like Detroit
But I think these muthafuckas get the point, listen
Word on the street about the Arkham break
Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Two-Face
All trying to kill me before the night fall
But I got a bat surprise for each one of y'all
Scarecrow tried to front me when I'm up in Lakeside
Flash the Batarang, watch a bitch nigga hide
"Hold up, I don't know what the fuck you talkin' about. You ain't Batman, fuck you I'm Batman. I remember once I met this muthafucka at the flea market. He was sellin' 8 x 10 glossies with his autograph on 'em. I got the gloves, I got the belt, I got the boots. Wait, let me walk in the closet a second....Help! I got a Batdick!! Help! Help! You wanna see my dick bitch? Hahahaha!!"
Lyrics submitted by nikuku
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