"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.
Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh
If you see me walking down the street
Or in the pages of your magazine
Looking just a little differently
Showing off a softer side of me
They saying I'm looking like a lady
They say that love has gone and changed me
But don't be fooled by everything you see
Gotta let the naughty in me free
There's a woman inside of all of us
Who never quite seems to get enough
Trying to play by the rules is rough
'Cause sooner or later something's gonna erupt us
'Cause I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (still got it)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (oh yeah)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
And if you're still rolling with me, still got it
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
Still got that freak in me
Why is a woman's sexuality
Always under so much scrutiny?
Why can't she do exactly as she please
Without being called a million things?
They say I'm not the girl they used to know (used to know)
'Cause I don't always wear revealing clothes (oh)
But don't be fooled: the moment I get home (I get home)
I'm letting loose, giving a private show (Don't you know?)
There's some women out there who talk and stare
Who never seem to let down their hair
Like to past judgment, but they're just scared
And don't know what they're missing; so they better beware
'Cause I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (oh)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (oh yeah)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me (oh yeah)
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
And if you're still rolling with me, still got it
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
Still got that freak in me
Don't tell me to behave
'Cause I'll never play that game (no)
Don't tell me what to do
'Cause I'll never be uptight like you
Don't look at me that way
'Cause I ain't never gonna change
And if you're talking about my life
You're only wasting your own time
If I want to wear lingerie outside of my clothes
If I want to be erotic in my own videos
If I want to be provocative, well, that ain't a sin
Maybe you're not comfortable in your own skin
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (in me)
And if you still want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (in me)
And if you still want some more sexy
Still got freak in me
Oh, yeah
Hey, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
If you see me walking down the street
Or in the pages of your magazine
Looking just a little differently
Showing off a softer side of me
They saying I'm looking like a lady
They say that love has gone and changed me
But don't be fooled by everything you see
Gotta let the naughty in me free
There's a woman inside of all of us
Who never quite seems to get enough
Trying to play by the rules is rough
'Cause sooner or later something's gonna erupt us
'Cause I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (still got it)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (oh yeah)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
And if you're still rolling with me, still got it
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
Still got that freak in me
Why is a woman's sexuality
Always under so much scrutiny?
Why can't she do exactly as she please
Without being called a million things?
They say I'm not the girl they used to know (used to know)
'Cause I don't always wear revealing clothes (oh)
But don't be fooled: the moment I get home (I get home)
I'm letting loose, giving a private show (Don't you know?)
There's some women out there who talk and stare
Who never seem to let down their hair
Like to past judgment, but they're just scared
And don't know what they're missing; so they better beware
'Cause I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (oh)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (oh yeah)
And if you want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me (oh yeah)
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
And if you're still rolling with me, still got it
No matter what you thinking of me, still dirty
Still got that freak in me
Don't tell me to behave
'Cause I'll never play that game (no)
Don't tell me what to do
'Cause I'll never be uptight like you
Don't look at me that way
'Cause I ain't never gonna change
And if you're talking about my life
You're only wasting your own time
If I want to wear lingerie outside of my clothes
If I want to be erotic in my own videos
If I want to be provocative, well, that ain't a sin
Maybe you're not comfortable in your own skin
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (in me)
And if you still want some more sexy
Still got that freak in me
I still got that nasty in me
Still got that dirty degree (in me)
And if you still want some more sexy
Still got freak in me
Oh, yeah
Hey, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Lyrics submitted by Tangerine74
Still Dirrty Lyrics as written by Chris Brown Christina Maria Aguilera
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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