"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: (*Dialogue in the street*)
Look at all these tripe 'n ass motherfuckers
This niggaz don't even seen him, it's a goddamn shame
Niggaz bittin my motherfuckin shit
What time you'll turn this motherfuckin shit up
Ain't none of them motherfuckers the Villain, check this shit
Who the motherfuckin villain "who're you"
[Verse 1: MC Ren]
Motherfuckers be local and Ren'll be above it
Same nigga, nigga grap my nuts and motherfuckers love it
There's a middle finger for you bitches
That be residin this shallow ditches
That I be givin shitty britches
I'll slap you motherfuckers like tricks
And make you be my hooker for the whole year of ninety six
Nigga I'ma food fellow with a crew
You wack niggaz in L.A. is who the fuck we comin to
This motherfuckin rap shit I got it locked
For Cali to Pakistan I own the whole fuckin block
Cause I got some niggaz shit for ninety six
This motherfucker Ren is in the motherfuckin mix
So nigga get your sticks and stones and shit
As I hit your ass with another hit
Come listen to my shit, I'm motherfuckin shack type
In a minute you'll be beepin I ain't Rap tight
Nigga fuck these niggaz, it's me and nigga Rocc
All these rats wanna give up the cock
When they be seein Ren and Rocc on the block
You better step aside when you see us
You might catch a bullet from Pussy-Ass-Niggaz tryin be us
Who wanna be the Villain...
[Chorus]
Who wanna be the fuckin Villain
Niggaz be talkin but ain't never did a killin
Cause niggaz be shady as the motherfuckin tree
"Cause motherfuckers if it ain't rough, it ain't me, yeah"
Now who wanna be the fuckin Villain
Niggaz be talkin but ain't never did a killin
Cause niggaz be shady as the motherfuckin tree
"Cause motherfuckers if it ain't rough, it ain't me"
[Verse 2: MC Ren]
I heard your bitch ass have me in your conversation
A pussy-Ass-Nigga, it's your occupation
To relation to this size Ten motherfucker
So eat the dick up, you motherfuckin dick sucker
Keep pretendin you the Villain in your morning mirror
And when you want the streets better keep you Gun nearer
To your dick cause the motherfucker's so little
You was a nigga or a bitch is a fuckin riddle
Here is the middle finger that you get, you can't exchange it
Your motherfuckin grill, I'ma rearrange it
See my niggaz in the Regal about to be illegal
Send them to your crib like you Bennie Sigel
Fucker, you wanna be my hoe, here's a black skirt
Now shove this dick off your ass cream
If it's hurt I'll rush it to the dirt
With the motherfuckin pimip clinic
Your ass switchin like a bitch so my niggaz had to go up in it
Until your butt checks start to bleed
Cause these fly playin that I be droppin niggaz wanna feed
What you need is that Compton shit
That make you wanna stomp some shit
Who wanna be the Villain...
[Chorus: repeat 5X]
Who wanna be the fuckin Villain
Niggaz be talkin but ain't never did a killin
Cause niggaz be shady as the motherfuckin tree
"Cause motherfuckers if it ain't rough, it ain't me, yeah"
Look at all these tripe 'n ass motherfuckers
This niggaz don't even seen him, it's a goddamn shame
Niggaz bittin my motherfuckin shit
What time you'll turn this motherfuckin shit up
Ain't none of them motherfuckers the Villain, check this shit
Who the motherfuckin villain "who're you"
[Verse 1: MC Ren]
Motherfuckers be local and Ren'll be above it
Same nigga, nigga grap my nuts and motherfuckers love it
There's a middle finger for you bitches
That be residin this shallow ditches
That I be givin shitty britches
I'll slap you motherfuckers like tricks
And make you be my hooker for the whole year of ninety six
Nigga I'ma food fellow with a crew
You wack niggaz in L.A. is who the fuck we comin to
This motherfuckin rap shit I got it locked
For Cali to Pakistan I own the whole fuckin block
Cause I got some niggaz shit for ninety six
This motherfucker Ren is in the motherfuckin mix
So nigga get your sticks and stones and shit
As I hit your ass with another hit
Come listen to my shit, I'm motherfuckin shack type
In a minute you'll be beepin I ain't Rap tight
Nigga fuck these niggaz, it's me and nigga Rocc
All these rats wanna give up the cock
When they be seein Ren and Rocc on the block
You better step aside when you see us
You might catch a bullet from Pussy-Ass-Niggaz tryin be us
Who wanna be the Villain...
[Chorus]
Who wanna be the fuckin Villain
Niggaz be talkin but ain't never did a killin
Cause niggaz be shady as the motherfuckin tree
"Cause motherfuckers if it ain't rough, it ain't me, yeah"
Now who wanna be the fuckin Villain
Niggaz be talkin but ain't never did a killin
Cause niggaz be shady as the motherfuckin tree
"Cause motherfuckers if it ain't rough, it ain't me"
[Verse 2: MC Ren]
I heard your bitch ass have me in your conversation
A pussy-Ass-Nigga, it's your occupation
To relation to this size Ten motherfucker
So eat the dick up, you motherfuckin dick sucker
Keep pretendin you the Villain in your morning mirror
And when you want the streets better keep you Gun nearer
To your dick cause the motherfucker's so little
You was a nigga or a bitch is a fuckin riddle
Here is the middle finger that you get, you can't exchange it
Your motherfuckin grill, I'ma rearrange it
See my niggaz in the Regal about to be illegal
Send them to your crib like you Bennie Sigel
Fucker, you wanna be my hoe, here's a black skirt
Now shove this dick off your ass cream
If it's hurt I'll rush it to the dirt
With the motherfuckin pimip clinic
Your ass switchin like a bitch so my niggaz had to go up in it
Until your butt checks start to bleed
Cause these fly playin that I be droppin niggaz wanna feed
What you need is that Compton shit
That make you wanna stomp some shit
Who wanna be the Villain...
[Chorus: repeat 5X]
Who wanna be the fuckin Villain
Niggaz be talkin but ain't never did a killin
Cause niggaz be shady as the motherfuckin tree
"Cause motherfuckers if it ain't rough, it ain't me, yeah"
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