"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: Will]
Hey! Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the greatest show on earth! Ha
From the TV screen, to ya CD decks, to ya Ipods, ya Mp3, we the best
Number one! Que, Will, Rob, Mike, Brian Day26
[Verse 1: Robert]
Hey my pockets so deep
The money on the bed and nobody sleep
So I'm off to the telly, ridin' through the streets
Just the way a playa roll with some j's on his feet
I got a lot of fits and I'm lookin' really fly
Got little roman on my wrist to hear the time
Got a lotta lotta ladies up in my ride
With my stunna shades on so you can't see my eyes
[Bridge:]
We winnin, I push it very hard
We winnin, I climb a lot of mountains
We winnin, I ran a million yards
We winnin, but man who's countin
We winnin, it ain't about to slow down
We winnin, you gonna have to catch me
We winnin, and it's about to go down
We takin over R&B like it's the next thing
[Chorus:]
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
[Verse 2: Will]
Posted on the balcony, dimes in the grotto
Looks like ya boy got lucky with the lotto
So I been playing king me right up to the model
After that, I'm gone in the wind full throttle
Money is my thing, fly is how I roll
If you got beef, we can take it like Chicago
That's wherever I go, it's gonna be top flow
Bottle after bottle, holla if you don't know
[Bridge]
[Chorus x2]
[talking: Robert]
So I hope y'all ready
We was born ready
This time around, it's going down so strong
It's not a game, it's the beginning
Hey! Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the greatest show on earth! Ha
From the TV screen, to ya CD decks, to ya Ipods, ya Mp3, we the best
Number one! Que, Will, Rob, Mike, Brian Day26
[Verse 1: Robert]
Hey my pockets so deep
The money on the bed and nobody sleep
So I'm off to the telly, ridin' through the streets
Just the way a playa roll with some j's on his feet
I got a lot of fits and I'm lookin' really fly
Got little roman on my wrist to hear the time
Got a lotta lotta ladies up in my ride
With my stunna shades on so you can't see my eyes
[Bridge:]
We winnin, I push it very hard
We winnin, I climb a lot of mountains
We winnin, I ran a million yards
We winnin, but man who's countin
We winnin, it ain't about to slow down
We winnin, you gonna have to catch me
We winnin, and it's about to go down
We takin over R&B like it's the next thing
[Chorus:]
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
We just getting started, started
[Verse 2: Will]
Posted on the balcony, dimes in the grotto
Looks like ya boy got lucky with the lotto
So I been playing king me right up to the model
After that, I'm gone in the wind full throttle
Money is my thing, fly is how I roll
If you got beef, we can take it like Chicago
That's wherever I go, it's gonna be top flow
Bottle after bottle, holla if you don't know
[Bridge]
[Chorus x2]
[talking: Robert]
So I hope y'all ready
We was born ready
This time around, it's going down so strong
It's not a game, it's the beginning
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
Just Getting Started Lyrics as written by Robert Curry Brian Andrews
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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