"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.
Ayo, yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Ayo, yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Ayo, yo, yo, yo
Ayo, Missy, fuck that
I just came out here a hour and twenty five minutes
On one of them Gilligan Island shits of New York, Virginia
Word up, came out here to visit your ass
And you playin' shit like this up in my ears
Fuck you think you doin'?
Thinkin' that I ain't gon' get on this motherfucker before I bounce
Yo check this out, let me hit you with this shit real quick, Missy
One shot baby, just let me do my shit
For a minute on your shit
Check it out, hahaha
I continue to disregard all of ya'lls opinion, haha
Blast your whole ass into oblivion, haha haha
Makin' New York with virgin-akins, ah ha
This shit be baggin' ah ha, if you disagree, ah ah
Before I smoke this and get a little drunk and get a little pissy
When I'm finished with music, I'ma make all ya'll motherfuckers miss me
See who is he, you see that girl right there, who is she?
Busta Ryhmes and Missy
Niggas come around Missy, don't act like a fuckin' sissy
No chicken heads allowed here, no time for the kissy kissy (kissy)
And when they askin' who is he? (who, who?)
I be Busta Ryhmes, the phenomenal of get busy, strictly major effected
Y'all niggas know the drilly (drilly), we gettin' money together (woo)
Track the stacks and then count 'em
Y'all niggas stay tuned for the rest of my home girl, Missy, album
Word right, Flip Mode is the mother fuckin' squad (woo)
Busta Ryhmes comin' in right here with this quick lil' drop on ya
Ayo, y'all niggas, stay focused
Keep ya eyes and ears tuned in on this fulfillin' shit
Missy El' be number one, ha
Blossomin', like beautiful flowers on all y'all motherfuckers
Stay tuned
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Ayo, yo, yo, yo
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Ayo, yo, yo, yo
Ayo, Missy, fuck that
I just came out here a hour and twenty five minutes
On one of them Gilligan Island shits of New York, Virginia
Word up, came out here to visit your ass
And you playin' shit like this up in my ears
Fuck you think you doin'?
Thinkin' that I ain't gon' get on this motherfucker before I bounce
Yo check this out, let me hit you with this shit real quick, Missy
One shot baby, just let me do my shit
For a minute on your shit
Check it out, hahaha
I continue to disregard all of ya'lls opinion, haha
Blast your whole ass into oblivion, haha haha
Makin' New York with virgin-akins, ah ha
This shit be baggin' ah ha, if you disagree, ah ah
Before I smoke this and get a little drunk and get a little pissy
When I'm finished with music, I'ma make all ya'll motherfuckers miss me
See who is he, you see that girl right there, who is she?
Busta Ryhmes and Missy
Niggas come around Missy, don't act like a fuckin' sissy
No chicken heads allowed here, no time for the kissy kissy (kissy)
And when they askin' who is he? (who, who?)
I be Busta Ryhmes, the phenomenal of get busy, strictly major effected
Y'all niggas know the drilly (drilly), we gettin' money together (woo)
Track the stacks and then count 'em
Y'all niggas stay tuned for the rest of my home girl, Missy, album
Word right, Flip Mode is the mother fuckin' squad (woo)
Busta Ryhmes comin' in right here with this quick lil' drop on ya
Ayo, y'all niggas, stay focused
Keep ya eyes and ears tuned in on this fulfillin' shit
Missy El' be number one, ha
Blossomin', like beautiful flowers on all y'all motherfuckers
Stay tuned
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Busta's Intro Lyrics as written by Timothy Z. Mosley Busta Rhymes
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