"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.
Uh, uh (uh-huh) uh
Yeah, this is for all the sexy ladies out there
Uh, walkin' around downtown
Shoppin' at the malls, yeah
I see you in your sexy jeans
Manicure, pedicure mamis
Your hair is good, yeah, I see you
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
My ladies that be steady sippin' Cris'
Always lookin' nice, put some ice on they belly or they wrist
Girls that be thick off in they thigh, I wanna kick it in the Chi
They gon' be fuckin' with some Kelly and the Twist'
Baby now look, model girls, Gucci and Prada girls
And all the ghetto divas in the hood
Women that be steady stackin' ends
Rollin Lexus or Benz with rims and know how to keep it lookin' good
Go on witcha fine thick ass
Somebody gon' snatch you so I gotta make you mine quick fast
See I come and pass, I don't really wanna wonder
So I gotta put her numbers on my sidekick fast
Rollin witcha mob workin' hard, gettin' money, pullin' capers
If I ain't got papers you will bring me some beans home
Supervisor givin' orders on the job
But you still lookin' good with them skin-tight jeans on
Lookin' hot in them heels, I think I want that
Come and back it up to the bottom of my throwback
With you rollin' yo' rims lookin' like a Kodak
Watch I drive I wanna smoke, she will roll that
Miss mobstress rollin' with the hardest
Holdin' it down like a female Joe Pesci
And I wanna make her a made woman
And I hope she gon' let me, cause she looks so sexy
Oh! And this is for them girls that be wantin', dutty
And this is for them girls that be lovin', dutty
And this is for them girls that be ridin', dutty
The ones that like to keep the D up inside 'em now
So many girls off up in the mall boy a nigga be in the club (oh!)
Soon as one of them walk by me and I be like, "Yo whats up?"
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
All the shrimp and lobster honeys, downtown shoppin' honeys
Stayin' on the grind, gotcha own car and crib honeys
Dro puffers, Remi sippers, V.I.P. real honeys
No dummies, takin' no shit from a nigga that's full of shit honeys
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
Me and my clique was, rollin' thick on 24's on a dirty lick
Met a chick, lookin' fine and her measures was
36-24-36, come here shorty
Ain't no reason to be scared of us
Lovin' how you do your own thang
And how you smokin' on your own flame
Lookin' finer than a girl that be groovin' on Soul Train
I try to to hit her with some cold game
I hope she, feel me, try to holla at a shorty
Get a better vibe wit her while I'm sippin' on my, Henny
I wanna kiss her on her body
But I gotta make her holla while I'm givin' her, dutty
Gotta really love a girl
They know to kick it but she know she gotta make that, money
Goin' shoppin' for the minks and the leather
But come back and bounce that ass, for me
My East coast girls, that's what's up
Tell my South side shorties we can get it crunk
My Cali girl make it bounce like a six-fo'
My Chi girl bust down, make it straight buck
When I see up all the girls that get down for hers
I gotta get up wit her if she gon' let me
Career woman with some goals, fuck the broke-ass hoes
Baby girl cause you look so sexy
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
Yeah, this is for all the sexy ladies out there
Uh, walkin' around downtown
Shoppin' at the malls, yeah
I see you in your sexy jeans
Manicure, pedicure mamis
Your hair is good, yeah, I see you
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
My ladies that be steady sippin' Cris'
Always lookin' nice, put some ice on they belly or they wrist
Girls that be thick off in they thigh, I wanna kick it in the Chi
They gon' be fuckin' with some Kelly and the Twist'
Baby now look, model girls, Gucci and Prada girls
And all the ghetto divas in the hood
Women that be steady stackin' ends
Rollin Lexus or Benz with rims and know how to keep it lookin' good
Go on witcha fine thick ass
Somebody gon' snatch you so I gotta make you mine quick fast
See I come and pass, I don't really wanna wonder
So I gotta put her numbers on my sidekick fast
Rollin witcha mob workin' hard, gettin' money, pullin' capers
If I ain't got papers you will bring me some beans home
Supervisor givin' orders on the job
But you still lookin' good with them skin-tight jeans on
Lookin' hot in them heels, I think I want that
Come and back it up to the bottom of my throwback
With you rollin' yo' rims lookin' like a Kodak
Watch I drive I wanna smoke, she will roll that
Miss mobstress rollin' with the hardest
Holdin' it down like a female Joe Pesci
And I wanna make her a made woman
And I hope she gon' let me, cause she looks so sexy
Oh! And this is for them girls that be wantin', dutty
And this is for them girls that be lovin', dutty
And this is for them girls that be ridin', dutty
The ones that like to keep the D up inside 'em now
So many girls off up in the mall boy a nigga be in the club (oh!)
Soon as one of them walk by me and I be like, "Yo whats up?"
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
All the shrimp and lobster honeys, downtown shoppin' honeys
Stayin' on the grind, gotcha own car and crib honeys
Dro puffers, Remi sippers, V.I.P. real honeys
No dummies, takin' no shit from a nigga that's full of shit honeys
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
Me and my clique was, rollin' thick on 24's on a dirty lick
Met a chick, lookin' fine and her measures was
36-24-36, come here shorty
Ain't no reason to be scared of us
Lovin' how you do your own thang
And how you smokin' on your own flame
Lookin' finer than a girl that be groovin' on Soul Train
I try to to hit her with some cold game
I hope she, feel me, try to holla at a shorty
Get a better vibe wit her while I'm sippin' on my, Henny
I wanna kiss her on her body
But I gotta make her holla while I'm givin' her, dutty
Gotta really love a girl
They know to kick it but she know she gotta make that, money
Goin' shoppin' for the minks and the leather
But come back and bounce that ass, for me
My East coast girls, that's what's up
Tell my South side shorties we can get it crunk
My Cali girl make it bounce like a six-fo'
My Chi girl bust down, make it straight buck
When I see up all the girls that get down for hers
I gotta get up wit her if she gon' let me
Career woman with some goals, fuck the broke-ass hoes
Baby girl cause you look so sexy
Ladies! (You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) And I like you
(You're, so, sexy) so sexy
(Perfect, for, me) and this is for
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This song is...well, um...I don't really know what it means to me. But I think it's about a guy that is appreciating women that take care of themselves and arent broke and have goals and arent junkies. I like it, but I'm confused: is "dutty" a diminutive for "dirty?" And is "the D" a simpler way of saying "dick"? Holla at me.
It's Da D....not dutty.