"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.
The king says bark like a dog
Hop on one leg
Splendid
I'm the king cause I'm fabulous
I own the throne
I'm extravagant
I'm miraculous
So scandalous
Don't take my crown
I ain't having it
Last name: Tatie, first name: King
Hotter than June, colder than Spring
All I do is strike: bowling pin
Losing ain't an option, all I do is win
No you can't sit with us
No you don't have enough
Swag to be hanging with my team
At the top of the pyramid
Yes, we are elite
You will never reach my degree
I'm the best of the best
You can tell when I walk in
Looking like a straight ten: five times two
I'm the next breakthrough
No you can't come through
I'm already on a move
Dominating with the crew
No you can't slide through
You said I can't make it
But I made it, I'm the greatest
And I'm better than the latest
I'm the bravest, famous
New kid on the block
And you others are all ancient
Man, I make you agitated
But I make you fascinated
How I'm motivated
Irritating, always getting nominated
I'm intimidating
I still keep it on sophisticated
Now I'm so appreciated
Now I'm so exaggerated
And I'm doing better than my enemies and all the haters
I'm the king cause I say so
You ain't never heard a girl with this flow
You ain't never met a girl that's this dope
Gemini: check my horoscope
If you're Queen B
Then I'm King A
Her Royal Highness: that's my name
I'm always top of the food chain
So don't you dare go in my lane
I'm flexing in a No Flex Zone
New day, new throne
You think my ego's overblown?
Go leave a message at the tone
I'm judge, X Factor
You're all eliminated
Now you're stuck anticipating
I Schwarzenegger: terminate it
Sitting in my kingdom
On the throne in Siberia
Hopping out of the plane
All the way to Algeria
I'm European royalty even in Bulgaria
If you don't own a crown
Then you don't fit my criteria
Causing panic everywhere
A global hysteria
Now look who's at the top
And look who's now inferior
New whips, new kicks
Yeah, I keep it real slick
Forget what you heard
I'm the truth, no myth
Chill but I go 0 to 100 real quick
My crew right beside me
You ain't messing with my clique
If you didn't know why I'm King
Now you know
I'm bossing out, CEO
And I still put in work
No ASAP Ferg
And my lyrics are so brilliant
I make you go berserk
No you can't sit with us
No you don't have enough
Swag to be hanging with my team
At the top of the pyramid
Yes, we are elite
You will never reach my degree
I'm the best of the best
You can tell when I walk in
Looking like a straight ten: five times two
I'm the next breakthrough
No you can't come through
I'm already on a move
Dominating with the crew
No you can't slide through
You said I can't make it
But I made it, I'm the greatest
And I'm better than the latest
I'm the bravest, famous
New kid on the block
And you others are all ancient
Man, I make you agitated
But I make you fascinated
How I'm motivated
Irritating, always getting nominated
I'm intimidating
I still keep it on sophisticated
Now I'm so appreciated
Now I'm so exaggerated
And I'm doing better than my enemies and all the haters
Hop on one leg
Splendid
I'm the king cause I'm fabulous
I own the throne
I'm extravagant
I'm miraculous
So scandalous
Don't take my crown
I ain't having it
Last name: Tatie, first name: King
Hotter than June, colder than Spring
All I do is strike: bowling pin
Losing ain't an option, all I do is win
No you can't sit with us
No you don't have enough
Swag to be hanging with my team
At the top of the pyramid
Yes, we are elite
You will never reach my degree
I'm the best of the best
You can tell when I walk in
Looking like a straight ten: five times two
I'm the next breakthrough
No you can't come through
I'm already on a move
Dominating with the crew
No you can't slide through
You said I can't make it
But I made it, I'm the greatest
And I'm better than the latest
I'm the bravest, famous
New kid on the block
And you others are all ancient
Man, I make you agitated
But I make you fascinated
How I'm motivated
Irritating, always getting nominated
I'm intimidating
I still keep it on sophisticated
Now I'm so appreciated
Now I'm so exaggerated
And I'm doing better than my enemies and all the haters
I'm the king cause I say so
You ain't never heard a girl with this flow
You ain't never met a girl that's this dope
Gemini: check my horoscope
If you're Queen B
Then I'm King A
Her Royal Highness: that's my name
I'm always top of the food chain
So don't you dare go in my lane
I'm flexing in a No Flex Zone
New day, new throne
You think my ego's overblown?
Go leave a message at the tone
I'm judge, X Factor
You're all eliminated
Now you're stuck anticipating
I Schwarzenegger: terminate it
Sitting in my kingdom
On the throne in Siberia
Hopping out of the plane
All the way to Algeria
I'm European royalty even in Bulgaria
If you don't own a crown
Then you don't fit my criteria
Causing panic everywhere
A global hysteria
Now look who's at the top
And look who's now inferior
New whips, new kicks
Yeah, I keep it real slick
Forget what you heard
I'm the truth, no myth
Chill but I go 0 to 100 real quick
My crew right beside me
You ain't messing with my clique
If you didn't know why I'm King
Now you know
I'm bossing out, CEO
And I still put in work
No ASAP Ferg
And my lyrics are so brilliant
I make you go berserk
No you can't sit with us
No you don't have enough
Swag to be hanging with my team
At the top of the pyramid
Yes, we are elite
You will never reach my degree
I'm the best of the best
You can tell when I walk in
Looking like a straight ten: five times two
I'm the next breakthrough
No you can't come through
I'm already on a move
Dominating with the crew
No you can't slide through
You said I can't make it
But I made it, I'm the greatest
And I'm better than the latest
I'm the bravest, famous
New kid on the block
And you others are all ancient
Man, I make you agitated
But I make you fascinated
How I'm motivated
Irritating, always getting nominated
I'm intimidating
I still keep it on sophisticated
Now I'm so appreciated
Now I'm so exaggerated
And I'm doing better than my enemies and all the haters
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