"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.
DJ (Jim Jonsin)
I want everybody to stop what they're doing (Mr. 305)
Now if you know you're with somebody
That you gon' take the hotel room tonight
Make some noise
Meet me at the hotel room
Meet me at the hotel room
Meet me at the hotel room
Meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
She like that freaky stuff
Two in the O, one in the eye
That kinky stuff, you nasty
But I like your type
And like T.I., it's whatever you like
Bring your girls, it's whatever the night
Your man just left
I'm the plumber tonight
I check your pipes
Oh, you're the healthy type
Well, here goes some egg whites
Now gimme that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff
Let me tell you what we gon' do
Two plus two, I'm gonna undress you
Then we're gonna go three and three
You gon' undress me
Then we're gon' go four and four
We gon' freak some more, but first
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
After party in the hotel lobby
Then we off to the room like vroom
Put them fingers in yo' mouth
Girl open up yo blouse
And pull that G-string down south, ooh
Okay shawty
One's company, two's a crowd
And three's a party
Ya girl ain't with it, I got somebody (haha)
And by nature she's naughty (wooh)
Now gimme that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff
Let me tell you what we gon' do
Two plus two, I'm gonna undress you
Then we're gonna go three and three
You gon' undress me
Then we're gon' go four and four
We gon' freak some more, but first
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Jenny, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Yamile, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Roslin, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Zulema, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Cristina, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Carolina, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Sofia, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Stephanie, oye que bola
Dale
I want everybody to stop what they're doing (Mr. 305)
Now if you know you're with somebody
That you gon' take the hotel room tonight
Make some noise
Meet me at the hotel room
Meet me at the hotel room
Meet me at the hotel room
Meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
She like that freaky stuff
Two in the O, one in the eye
That kinky stuff, you nasty
But I like your type
And like T.I., it's whatever you like
Bring your girls, it's whatever the night
Your man just left
I'm the plumber tonight
I check your pipes
Oh, you're the healthy type
Well, here goes some egg whites
Now gimme that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff
Let me tell you what we gon' do
Two plus two, I'm gonna undress you
Then we're gonna go three and three
You gon' undress me
Then we're gon' go four and four
We gon' freak some more, but first
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
After party in the hotel lobby
Then we off to the room like vroom
Put them fingers in yo' mouth
Girl open up yo blouse
And pull that G-string down south, ooh
Okay shawty
One's company, two's a crowd
And three's a party
Ya girl ain't with it, I got somebody (haha)
And by nature she's naughty (wooh)
Now gimme that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff
Let me tell you what we gon' do
Two plus two, I'm gonna undress you
Then we're gonna go three and three
You gon' undress me
Then we're gon' go four and four
We gon' freak some more, but first
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
Forget about your boyfriend
And meet me at the hotel room
You can bring your girlfriends
And meet me at the hotel room
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Jenny, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Yamile, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Roslin, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Zulema, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Cristina, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Carolina, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Sofia, oye que bola
Mujeres, eh-oh-eh-oh-eh
Stephanie, oye que bola
Dale
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Hotel Room Service Lyrics as written by Bernard Edwards Armando Perez
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