"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.
Boy
Time and time again, see, I be thinkin' about that future
Back in the day when we slaves, I bet we was some cool ass niggas
But now we vultures, slam my nigga back out
To make his ass black out
Or even pull your fuckin' heater to make his whole crew believers
You're harder than a bitch, you're full of dicks
But that don't be soundin' like king shit to me
Seen out in the ghetto, or should I be sayin' Lakewood?
You better be strapped 'cause the niggas over there just ain't good
Just bein' a hustler, servin' the loyal customers
Rent was due on the first of the month, so I'm hustlin'
I buy a 50 box of Phillies at the Citgo
And niggas be wantin' drinks and shit from the fuckin' sto', yo
But that's a'ight though, 'cause I be gettin' paid
And every trip I take, there's a dollar to be made
I'm diggin' through my pockets for my earnings got you five
Eeek, there it is, now it's time to smoke that dime
If you smoke a dime, yeah, then I'll smoke a dime, yeah
If you smoke a dime, yeah, then I'll smoke a dime
Big Dre, let 'em know what's up
Time is slippin', slowly but surely
Niggas I used to hang with wants to act like they don't know me
Come and listen to my story, I gots a lot of shit up on my mind
I wipe the boo-boo from my brain then I finish up my rhyme
Take a number, I caught you in a slumber
I hit you for a lick, I'm in the slammer for the summer
But now it is the fall, I'm havin' a ball, makin' my nickel sacks crawl
'Til my niggas got to servin' when they beep and when they call
I got the Peter, Paul and plus that Mary Jane
I'm rollin' reefer out of a Regal, how can I refrain
From bein' rough, from bein' tough, from being dangerous
I'm hangin' with the P.A. niggas, ain't no changin' us
See you can try, if you try, if you don't, you don't
If you wanna battle, it's either that you will or you won't
See that rap shit is really just like sellin' smoke
If you got some fly shit, yo' niggas gonna always toke
Dope is not what I be slangin' on this track
Niggas don't comprehend that it be deeper that Cadillacs
You know that, right? You bite, you fucked up
You won't be gettin' away this time, I'm real as hell, so what's up?
I rip shit with pimp shit, I'm slangin' it from the South
Talk bad about the A-Town, I'll bust you in your fuckin' mouth
True that, so true that
Smoke one, yeah
If you smoke a dime
(Like that for the A-Town)
Say I'll smoke a dime
(This is my intro, just to let you know)
If you smoke a dime, yeah
(Yeah, like that, say)
I'll smoke a dime, yeah
Time and time again, see, I be thinkin' about that future
Back in the day when we slaves, I bet we was some cool ass niggas
But now we vultures, slam my nigga back out
To make his ass black out
Or even pull your fuckin' heater to make his whole crew believers
You're harder than a bitch, you're full of dicks
But that don't be soundin' like king shit to me
Seen out in the ghetto, or should I be sayin' Lakewood?
You better be strapped 'cause the niggas over there just ain't good
Just bein' a hustler, servin' the loyal customers
Rent was due on the first of the month, so I'm hustlin'
I buy a 50 box of Phillies at the Citgo
And niggas be wantin' drinks and shit from the fuckin' sto', yo
But that's a'ight though, 'cause I be gettin' paid
And every trip I take, there's a dollar to be made
I'm diggin' through my pockets for my earnings got you five
Eeek, there it is, now it's time to smoke that dime
If you smoke a dime, yeah, then I'll smoke a dime, yeah
If you smoke a dime, yeah, then I'll smoke a dime
Big Dre, let 'em know what's up
Time is slippin', slowly but surely
Niggas I used to hang with wants to act like they don't know me
Come and listen to my story, I gots a lot of shit up on my mind
I wipe the boo-boo from my brain then I finish up my rhyme
Take a number, I caught you in a slumber
I hit you for a lick, I'm in the slammer for the summer
But now it is the fall, I'm havin' a ball, makin' my nickel sacks crawl
'Til my niggas got to servin' when they beep and when they call
I got the Peter, Paul and plus that Mary Jane
I'm rollin' reefer out of a Regal, how can I refrain
From bein' rough, from bein' tough, from being dangerous
I'm hangin' with the P.A. niggas, ain't no changin' us
See you can try, if you try, if you don't, you don't
If you wanna battle, it's either that you will or you won't
See that rap shit is really just like sellin' smoke
If you got some fly shit, yo' niggas gonna always toke
Dope is not what I be slangin' on this track
Niggas don't comprehend that it be deeper that Cadillacs
You know that, right? You bite, you fucked up
You won't be gettin' away this time, I'm real as hell, so what's up?
I rip shit with pimp shit, I'm slangin' it from the South
Talk bad about the A-Town, I'll bust you in your fuckin' mouth
True that, so true that
Smoke one, yeah
If you smoke a dime
(Like that for the A-Town)
Say I'll smoke a dime
(This is my intro, just to let you know)
If you smoke a dime, yeah
(Yeah, like that, say)
I'll smoke a dime, yeah
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