"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.
Hello, yeah
Little homie, in the room
In, in the room, boy on the moon
(Had-had no one) No one to hang out with
Talk that shit to just my little homies
One year younger din' get where I was going
Took a turn to the worse when my father left me lonely
Mmm, lonely in my room
I, I mean me up on the moon
Entertained myself, laughed at myself
As I grew to be a teen I disguised myself
Had the lowest self-esteem, especially with the girls
Tried out every sport just to impress all the girls
Instead of all the ladies, 'cause they talk down
I was too artsy, known to be a clown
And now my Facebook poppin'
'Cause I told the same girls I would be the hot shit
One day
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
Big homie, made the move
Made, made the move, flew off the moon
Still had-had no one, no one to hang out with
Talk that shit to just my Brooklyn niggas
All I would wonder is when will my time come
Had mad jobs and I lost damn near all of them
Think about my bosses, yep I hated all of them
Studio at night had me hustlin' to most of them
Nigga I was late, damn near every day
But I'mma be on time when my stars align
When my soul was happy on my Ramen diet
Followed by a loosey was the meal of grinders
If you knowin' the truth all you think about is that thing
Always be a hater tryin' to shoot down any dreams
Until you meet a kid like K-I
Niggas thought I was crazy, my mama know I stay high
We're getting money, mom
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I was heavy-heavy-heavy on my grizzle
And none of y'all had a clue about me
And none of y'all had a clue about me
And none of y'all really knew about me
I was heavy-heavy-heavy on my grizzle
And none of y'all really cared about me
And none of y'all really cared about me
Now, guess what? I'm all you see
I'm all you see
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
Yeah-ohh
Yeah-ohh
Little homie, in the room
In, in the room, boy on the moon
(Had-had no one) No one to hang out with
Talk that shit to just my little homies
One year younger din' get where I was going
Took a turn to the worse when my father left me lonely
Mmm, lonely in my room
I, I mean me up on the moon
Entertained myself, laughed at myself
As I grew to be a teen I disguised myself
Had the lowest self-esteem, especially with the girls
Tried out every sport just to impress all the girls
Instead of all the ladies, 'cause they talk down
I was too artsy, known to be a clown
And now my Facebook poppin'
'Cause I told the same girls I would be the hot shit
One day
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
Big homie, made the move
Made, made the move, flew off the moon
Still had-had no one, no one to hang out with
Talk that shit to just my Brooklyn niggas
All I would wonder is when will my time come
Had mad jobs and I lost damn near all of them
Think about my bosses, yep I hated all of them
Studio at night had me hustlin' to most of them
Nigga I was late, damn near every day
But I'mma be on time when my stars align
When my soul was happy on my Ramen diet
Followed by a loosey was the meal of grinders
If you knowin' the truth all you think about is that thing
Always be a hater tryin' to shoot down any dreams
Until you meet a kid like K-I
Niggas thought I was crazy, my mama know I stay high
We're getting money, mom
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I was heavy-heavy-heavy on my grizzle
And none of y'all had a clue about me
And none of y'all had a clue about me
And none of y'all really knew about me
I was heavy-heavy-heavy on my grizzle
And none of y'all really cared about me
And none of y'all really cared about me
Now, guess what? I'm all you see
I'm all you see
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
I told you so
This will be my world
Yeah-ohh
Yeah-ohh
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My World Lyrics as written by Scott Mescudi Jeff Bhasker
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"When my soul was happy on my rhaman diet Followed by a lucy was the meal of grinders"
First of all it's Ramen. Then he talks about this meal of grinders also consisting of a "lucy".. or is it a "loosie" ? lucy = acid, tab of lsd loosie = a cigarette basically
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