"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.
Make sure I sound good on that,
Make sure my voice sound good!
Ight, we all good now
Born to do it
Even though my friends lookin at me like who knew it
Run to it
The goods just picked thy new nigga
Feel cats talkin like who, nigga, is he
Where did he come from -- CL
My mom prayed for me on my journey
Treat me like ane alien something like sigourney
Live through the game for the fame and the gurney
Tried to put me on the pedestal
Hoes treated me like who are you
Now I get to choose like you and her too
I just like girls not whores
But I have a chill time make smores
But if I wanna plow someone like a snowblower
I can work that ass like a workout plan
And then I holler at fam
Talkin bout yay dime c jigga man
Been representin' since I met quince
And I get style tips from my homeboy vin and
Common's the homie
Really doe is the homie
GLC is the homie
And big shawn with a blunt
I go monkeypaw on the record and they think I’m cuckoo
Niggas is sign and date it like they recorded in fubu
Most niggas will quote you, play scrabble with your words man
Till you see them at your shows its my dick that they blow man
I would sit up some nights and think about my own place
Probably cause I took so many blunts of kush
To the face
My bad thoughts I can’t erase
Or eat what’s on the devil's plate
I just tell the devil wait
Cause murder will not be the case
In london with hudson
And them girls want some cuttin
I’m with him so I’m cool
Plus my face on the teli
But I’m pissed at the moment
I got charged for some roamin
At&t is some bullshit man I wish they’d stop frontin'
But when I roll back to Brooklyn
Hit the store for a dutchie
I say homie keep rappin
I say homie its nothin
I’m
This is
Dream on
Now when I roll back to cleveland
hit the store for a phillie
niggas tell me keep rappin
Cause them young niggas feel me
Hear me
Yep yep
When I roll out to cali
Hit the store for a swisha
niggas tell me keep rappin
I say homie I get ya
Hear me
Hear me
Cudder
This shit is dope as shit.
Make sure my voice sound good!
Ight, we all good now
Born to do it
Even though my friends lookin at me like who knew it
Run to it
The goods just picked thy new nigga
Feel cats talkin like who, nigga, is he
Where did he come from -- CL
My mom prayed for me on my journey
Treat me like ane alien something like sigourney
Live through the game for the fame and the gurney
Tried to put me on the pedestal
Hoes treated me like who are you
Now I get to choose like you and her too
I just like girls not whores
But I have a chill time make smores
But if I wanna plow someone like a snowblower
I can work that ass like a workout plan
And then I holler at fam
Talkin bout yay dime c jigga man
Been representin' since I met quince
And I get style tips from my homeboy vin and
Common's the homie
Really doe is the homie
GLC is the homie
And big shawn with a blunt
I go monkeypaw on the record and they think I’m cuckoo
Niggas is sign and date it like they recorded in fubu
Most niggas will quote you, play scrabble with your words man
Till you see them at your shows its my dick that they blow man
I would sit up some nights and think about my own place
Probably cause I took so many blunts of kush
To the face
My bad thoughts I can’t erase
Or eat what’s on the devil's plate
I just tell the devil wait
Cause murder will not be the case
In london with hudson
And them girls want some cuttin
I’m with him so I’m cool
Plus my face on the teli
But I’m pissed at the moment
I got charged for some roamin
At&t is some bullshit man I wish they’d stop frontin'
But when I roll back to Brooklyn
Hit the store for a dutchie
I say homie keep rappin
I say homie its nothin
I’m
This is
Dream on
Now when I roll back to cleveland
hit the store for a phillie
niggas tell me keep rappin
Cause them young niggas feel me
Hear me
Yep yep
When I roll out to cali
Hit the store for a swisha
niggas tell me keep rappin
I say homie I get ya
Hear me
Hear me
Cudder
This shit is dope as shit.
Lyrics submitted by spikdboy
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