"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.
[Wesley Willis]
Scream Dracula Scream!
You are an educated rapper
You can really rap your ass off
You can really knock it out
You are the greatest one of all
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (But you couldn't do it, G)
Keep on playing that rap music
Keep on grooving on the jap move
Jam harder like a Magikist
Rock harder like a Magikist
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Was fuckin' with me)
Eazy-E (But you couldn't kill me)
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
God damn that Eazy-E,
that motherfucker tried to kill me.
So what if I called you back from the dead? I sure as fuck didn't call you to try and choke me to death. I was all out of breath, I had no energy left. Luckily that redneck came out with a shotgun and backhanded your ass. You think that you can jump into someone's body and try to kill me? You think that just cause you're from Compton you can kill me? Just because you're dead you can kill me? Well fuck you Eazy-E! Cause there's something you don't know about me, and that's that I represent my city, yeah yeah. I'm a real Columbus G, so if you want it bitch, then come get some. I'll be sitting at the waffle house on 161. That's the waffle house just off 571. With a plate full of eggs, and a girl between my legs, with a score to settle with your ass.
Eazy-E
Eazy-E
Please stop trying
to fuck with me.
Bitch.
[Wesley Willis]
Rock, rap and roll will never die
The music will pick you up
The jam session will rock your artwork
Rock, rap and roll will entertain your artistic talent
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
Fuck you Eazy-E!
[Wesley Willis]
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (But he couldn't do it, G)
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
Hardcore.
[Wesley Willis]
Rock over London, rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi - Uh Huh!
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
Fuck.. Eazy-E.. comin' back from the dead. Stay dead, bitch.
Scream Dracula Scream!
You are an educated rapper
You can really rap your ass off
You can really knock it out
You are the greatest one of all
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (But you couldn't do it, G)
Keep on playing that rap music
Keep on grooving on the jap move
Jam harder like a Magikist
Rock harder like a Magikist
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Was fuckin' with me)
Eazy-E (But you couldn't kill me)
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
God damn that Eazy-E,
that motherfucker tried to kill me.
So what if I called you back from the dead? I sure as fuck didn't call you to try and choke me to death. I was all out of breath, I had no energy left. Luckily that redneck came out with a shotgun and backhanded your ass. You think that you can jump into someone's body and try to kill me? You think that just cause you're from Compton you can kill me? Just because you're dead you can kill me? Well fuck you Eazy-E! Cause there's something you don't know about me, and that's that I represent my city, yeah yeah. I'm a real Columbus G, so if you want it bitch, then come get some. I'll be sitting at the waffle house on 161. That's the waffle house just off 571. With a plate full of eggs, and a girl between my legs, with a score to settle with your ass.
Eazy-E
Eazy-E
Please stop trying
to fuck with me.
Bitch.
[Wesley Willis]
Rock, rap and roll will never die
The music will pick you up
The jam session will rock your artwork
Rock, rap and roll will entertain your artistic talent
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
Fuck you Eazy-E!
[Wesley Willis]
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (Tried to kill me)
Eazy-E (But he couldn't do it, G)
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
Hardcore.
[Wesley Willis]
Rock over London, rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi - Uh Huh!
[Pimp Daddy Welfare]
Fuck.. Eazy-E.. comin' back from the dead. Stay dead, bitch.
Lyrics submitted by chrisriggs
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