"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.
[Intro:]
Yeah Yall Know What Time It Is
We On Some Of Dat...
Playa Shit
Whats Up Squeekay
Ya Kno She Betta Be Down Fa Life
[Verse 1:]
My Baby Rockin Dooney An Bourke
She Work If She Wanna Work
And She Buy High Boots The Same Color As Her Skirt
Independant So Bad She Ignant
But She Still Mine Ima Let Her Represent
Trips To La To Do Lunch
Then Fly Back To D.C. To Do Brunch
Got My Baby Momma Feelin Like A Dunce
Being Wit Me Is All The Girl Wants
An When We Aint Together We On The Nextel
Got Eachothers Picture Screen Saved On The Cell
At The Bell Ring
Pop Champain An Throw Rice
My Baby We Is Down For Life
Down For Life
[Chorus:]
Ill Be There For You
Wil You Be There For Me
Can We Do This Together
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
I Can Be Ya Boo
You Can Be My Nigga
You Kno I Hold It Right Babe
You Kno Ill Pull A Trigger(Down For Life)
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
[Verse 2:]
I Can See Me An You Crunk Boo
In That New Cadillac That Seat Two
What Ever You Wanna Do We Can Do It Times Two
Cuz You So Damn Cute An So Damn Fine
The Vip Line Everytime That We Club
Niggas Lookin At Chu Cuz You Sittin On Dubz
An Everytime We Hug An Everytime We Kiss
I Scratch Another Chick Off My Mothafuckin List
Ya See Its Like This
Me An You Was Just Supposed To Be Friends
Untill You Let Me Hit In My Drop Top Benz
Now I Cant Go A Day Without Callin You
And When I Ask You What Chu Doin You Say
'ballin Boo'
Down For Life
Ill Be There For You
Wil You Be There For Me
Can We Do This Together
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
I Can Be Ya Boo
You Can Be My Nigga
You Kno I Hold It Right Babe
You Kno Ill Pull A Trigger(Down For Life)
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
(I Can See Me An You)
Ima Hold You Down
Ill Always Be Around
Down For Life
Whenever You Need Me Boy
You Kno Ill Be There For Ya
(Down For Life)
Its Do Or Die Till The Day I Die
Baby Dont Worrie Im Alright
Ill Be Here For Ya Im Down For Life
(Down For Life)
Ill Be There For You
Wil You Be There For Me
Can We Do This Together
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
I Can Be Ya Boo
You Can Be My Nigga
You Kno I Hold It Right Babe
You Kno Ill Pull A Trigger(Down For Life)
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
Yeah Yall Know What Time It Is
We On Some Of Dat...
Playa Shit
Whats Up Squeekay
Ya Kno She Betta Be Down Fa Life
[Verse 1:]
My Baby Rockin Dooney An Bourke
She Work If She Wanna Work
And She Buy High Boots The Same Color As Her Skirt
Independant So Bad She Ignant
But She Still Mine Ima Let Her Represent
Trips To La To Do Lunch
Then Fly Back To D.C. To Do Brunch
Got My Baby Momma Feelin Like A Dunce
Being Wit Me Is All The Girl Wants
An When We Aint Together We On The Nextel
Got Eachothers Picture Screen Saved On The Cell
At The Bell Ring
Pop Champain An Throw Rice
My Baby We Is Down For Life
Down For Life
[Chorus:]
Ill Be There For You
Wil You Be There For Me
Can We Do This Together
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
I Can Be Ya Boo
You Can Be My Nigga
You Kno I Hold It Right Babe
You Kno Ill Pull A Trigger(Down For Life)
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
[Verse 2:]
I Can See Me An You Crunk Boo
In That New Cadillac That Seat Two
What Ever You Wanna Do We Can Do It Times Two
Cuz You So Damn Cute An So Damn Fine
The Vip Line Everytime That We Club
Niggas Lookin At Chu Cuz You Sittin On Dubz
An Everytime We Hug An Everytime We Kiss
I Scratch Another Chick Off My Mothafuckin List
Ya See Its Like This
Me An You Was Just Supposed To Be Friends
Untill You Let Me Hit In My Drop Top Benz
Now I Cant Go A Day Without Callin You
And When I Ask You What Chu Doin You Say
'ballin Boo'
Down For Life
Ill Be There For You
Wil You Be There For Me
Can We Do This Together
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
I Can Be Ya Boo
You Can Be My Nigga
You Kno I Hold It Right Babe
You Kno Ill Pull A Trigger(Down For Life)
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
(I Can See Me An You)
Ima Hold You Down
Ill Always Be Around
Down For Life
Whenever You Need Me Boy
You Kno Ill Be There For Ya
(Down For Life)
Its Do Or Die Till The Day I Die
Baby Dont Worrie Im Alright
Ill Be Here For Ya Im Down For Life
(Down For Life)
Ill Be There For You
Wil You Be There For Me
Can We Do This Together
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
I Can Be Ya Boo
You Can Be My Nigga
You Kno I Hold It Right Babe
You Kno Ill Pull A Trigger(Down For Life)
I Wanna Be Down For Life(Down For Life)
For Life(Down For Life)
Lyrics submitted by p609
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