"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.
featuring Busta Rhymes LL Cool J MC Lyte
[J. Gill]
Tumbling dice
Seven on 'em baby
Yeah come on yeah come on
LSG LSG
[LL Cool J]
When I rise in the morning and face the sunlight
You bounce all my love and Uh it's air tight
Sometimes I'm curious on how you feel
When you're screaming out my name
Is it really for re ality originality
My Mentality
Explore every possibility
Let's get down
Shorty time will reveal
The only true test is pain
You know the deal
Love appears like bright lights in the night sky
Disappears in the blink of a teary eye, that's why I'm
"see" caught up in your love
"you" are incredible, your love is a drug
"are" you the one that can hold me down
"I" don't know, but
"O" I like the sound
"you" are amazing, there's no doubt, top it off with a
"S" cause you smooth me out
[K. Sweat]
So get ready
And let me love you
I got the answer
Right here beside me, girl
Love is a gamble
I want to take with you
So let me win girl
I want to know what's on your mind
1- I'm curious
About your lovin'
I'm curious
I want to know what's on your mind, baby
I'm curious
About your lovin', girl
I'm curious
I want to know what's on your mind, baby
[Busta Rhymes]
Hey yo, I'm so serious
Your whole package baby
Lookin' so rambunctious
Got me wide open to golf
I'm really anxious to get familiar
Get in your subconscious and discuss
The many different various
Issues that affiliate the best of both of us
Word the mother
And as we ride up on the Bus
Conversation is making the whole situation a plus
Just figure it out
Is we dealing wit us?
Or do we capture that feeling that
Makes you curious
About whether or not we minimize the fuss
Just to move on, you must trust in Bussa Bus
And from the bus, horse carriages carry us
Singin' Sarafina, a little ghetto fabulous
[J. Gill]
Lovely Lady
Here's my attention
I've gotta have you
Right here beside me
Love is a gamble
I want to take with you
I want to win girl
So let me know what's on your mind
Repeat 1
[LSG]
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
[MC Lyte]
Curiosity killed the cat
Satisfaction brought it back
So how you likin' that
While you're digging on me
I'm digging on your moves
But I'm curious daddy
Can you show and prove
'cause I want to feel more than ever what you got
The smell of a cool water makes me hot
Run-dada, he knows the G-spot
And wear me or go dime and forget you're not
Ya see, the way that you be leaves me intrigued
And I do believe tonight you're feeling me
We can make music easily
And I'd readily give you the best of me, see
[LSG]
what's on your mind baby
So get ready
For my love tonight
I'm gonna make you feel
I'm gonna make you feel alright
Repeat 1
[J. Gill]
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I want to know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I want to know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
Ad lib until fade
[J. Gill]
Tumbling dice
Seven on 'em baby
Yeah come on yeah come on
LSG LSG
[LL Cool J]
When I rise in the morning and face the sunlight
You bounce all my love and Uh it's air tight
Sometimes I'm curious on how you feel
When you're screaming out my name
Is it really for re ality originality
My Mentality
Explore every possibility
Let's get down
Shorty time will reveal
The only true test is pain
You know the deal
Love appears like bright lights in the night sky
Disappears in the blink of a teary eye, that's why I'm
"see" caught up in your love
"you" are incredible, your love is a drug
"are" you the one that can hold me down
"I" don't know, but
"O" I like the sound
"you" are amazing, there's no doubt, top it off with a
"S" cause you smooth me out
[K. Sweat]
So get ready
And let me love you
I got the answer
Right here beside me, girl
Love is a gamble
I want to take with you
So let me win girl
I want to know what's on your mind
1- I'm curious
About your lovin'
I'm curious
I want to know what's on your mind, baby
I'm curious
About your lovin', girl
I'm curious
I want to know what's on your mind, baby
[Busta Rhymes]
Hey yo, I'm so serious
Your whole package baby
Lookin' so rambunctious
Got me wide open to golf
I'm really anxious to get familiar
Get in your subconscious and discuss
The many different various
Issues that affiliate the best of both of us
Word the mother
And as we ride up on the Bus
Conversation is making the whole situation a plus
Just figure it out
Is we dealing wit us?
Or do we capture that feeling that
Makes you curious
About whether or not we minimize the fuss
Just to move on, you must trust in Bussa Bus
And from the bus, horse carriages carry us
Singin' Sarafina, a little ghetto fabulous
[J. Gill]
Lovely Lady
Here's my attention
I've gotta have you
Right here beside me
Love is a gamble
I want to take with you
I want to win girl
So let me know what's on your mind
Repeat 1
[LSG]
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
[MC Lyte]
Curiosity killed the cat
Satisfaction brought it back
So how you likin' that
While you're digging on me
I'm digging on your moves
But I'm curious daddy
Can you show and prove
'cause I want to feel more than ever what you got
The smell of a cool water makes me hot
Run-dada, he knows the G-spot
And wear me or go dime and forget you're not
Ya see, the way that you be leaves me intrigued
And I do believe tonight you're feeling me
We can make music easily
And I'd readily give you the best of me, see
[LSG]
what's on your mind baby
So get ready
For my love tonight
I'm gonna make you feel
I'm gonna make you feel alright
Repeat 1
[J. Gill]
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I want to know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I want to know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
Ad lib until fade
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Curious Lyrics as written by Melvin Gentry Bobby Lovelace
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