"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.
this that whitey cracker baby and ima tell you a tale
about a court in virginia where you go if you mail
dont matter where you from or what you sell
they will getcha boy im talking bout aol
they subpoenaed my number one beaner - nothing greener
dankcash boy you know what im talking about
theres a couple more things thatll get ya caught up
with these lawyers out east that dont give a fuck
if ya work for aol and ya sellin name lists
your butt will go to jail like a fucking rapist
i know some cats down south that straight get rich
offa selling accounts yea aka phish
i know this spam game and i know the spam science
and the mails get filtered if ur can-spam compliant
so ill tell the judge have mercy on me
even though im running game like jackie joyner kersee
they call us criminals cuz we advertise
they wanna lock us up and it aint no surprise
cuz for every blue pill that we sold
another nigerian robbed an old lady cold
the saga unfold
and thats a mailers life and the courts are swift
they always hate the spammers if u catch my drift
so from me to you this is a docket of truth
the courts more nutty than a baby ruth
approach the bench he says
do you know why youre here young man?
you mailing outta proxies bullet proof from japan
upstream in china did you think we wouldnt find ya?
we told your sponsor get his name or give us cash
and they didnt spend a second protecting your ass
they told us
your name your address your number
your ssn and the maiden name of your mother
now tell me brother
whered you find the muscle to push these pills
and all the mortgages and debt consolidation bills
if you rat out your comrades will cut you a break
well give you a year instead of givin you eight
i told em
fuck you your honor with all due respect
but im not ratting out my buddies just to save my own neck
we mail for a living we aint hurtin nobody
but if mailing is a crime than im the games john gotti
they call us criminals cuz we advertise
they wanna lock us up and it aint no surprise
cuz for every blue pill that we sold
another nigerian robbed an old lady cold
the saga unfold
and thats a mailers life and the courts are swift
they always hate the spammers if u catch my drift
so from me to you this is a docket of truth
the courts more nutty than a baby ruth
about a court in virginia where you go if you mail
dont matter where you from or what you sell
they will getcha boy im talking bout aol
they subpoenaed my number one beaner - nothing greener
dankcash boy you know what im talking about
theres a couple more things thatll get ya caught up
with these lawyers out east that dont give a fuck
if ya work for aol and ya sellin name lists
your butt will go to jail like a fucking rapist
i know some cats down south that straight get rich
offa selling accounts yea aka phish
i know this spam game and i know the spam science
and the mails get filtered if ur can-spam compliant
so ill tell the judge have mercy on me
even though im running game like jackie joyner kersee
they call us criminals cuz we advertise
they wanna lock us up and it aint no surprise
cuz for every blue pill that we sold
another nigerian robbed an old lady cold
the saga unfold
and thats a mailers life and the courts are swift
they always hate the spammers if u catch my drift
so from me to you this is a docket of truth
the courts more nutty than a baby ruth
approach the bench he says
do you know why youre here young man?
you mailing outta proxies bullet proof from japan
upstream in china did you think we wouldnt find ya?
we told your sponsor get his name or give us cash
and they didnt spend a second protecting your ass
they told us
your name your address your number
your ssn and the maiden name of your mother
now tell me brother
whered you find the muscle to push these pills
and all the mortgages and debt consolidation bills
if you rat out your comrades will cut you a break
well give you a year instead of givin you eight
i told em
fuck you your honor with all due respect
but im not ratting out my buddies just to save my own neck
we mail for a living we aint hurtin nobody
but if mailing is a crime than im the games john gotti
they call us criminals cuz we advertise
they wanna lock us up and it aint no surprise
cuz for every blue pill that we sold
another nigerian robbed an old lady cold
the saga unfold
and thats a mailers life and the courts are swift
they always hate the spammers if u catch my drift
so from me to you this is a docket of truth
the courts more nutty than a baby ruth
Lyrics submitted by ytcracker
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