"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.
Ya cold want to be with me
[Chorus]
Hey girl, you want to be with me?
Because I need someone to be with, someone to talk to
You cold want to be with me
Because you need someone to be with, someone to talk to
You want to be with me?
Because I need someone to be with, someone to talk to
You cold want to be with me
Because you need someone to be with, someone to talk to
Because the way I live nowadays
People are different, they act real funny towards me
They say, I think, I'm nice
Why, because I'm makin' records? But I'm still the same Doctor Ice
The same with me, they make me laugh
People gettin' jealous (cause we be signin' autographs)
I try to figure it out, no doubt
(But the way things are goin') I'm ready to jet out
Word, gettin' a girl is hard, it ain't funny
Kangol don't know if she want me or my money
So I'm bein' picky, cause I ain't sure
And I'm livin' a life you might call insecure
I want a nice individualistic that's not materialistic
Not bein' egotistic, ???I decide consentualistic???
The body artistic, a little bit of lipstick
Those the type of girls that make the Doc lovesick
Well, I'm definitely a lover, hard when I'm undercover
I'll do kinky things to you if you swear not to tell your mother
I'll push, but I won't shove ya, as long as I'm above ya
When I leave just promise me, "Kangol ???? I love ya"
I want a girl with action, 'control' like Janet Jackson
I hate the dark, I'm on the light so I can see reaction
Against all relaxin', prepare for steady waxin'
When you leave you must pay E for what? Satisfaction
[Chorus]
Tired of these girls tryin' to play the role
Every time I see em, they're on a stroll
Teasin' the fellas, wearin' tight pants
Leadin' us on after a slow dance
But in search of love that's how I'm livin'
I want a girl to give me the same thing that I am givin'
To her, from now till the day I depart
But she's got to be a redbone, a beautiful work of art
That is the way this pisces views
Like Gigi Williams on the Eye-Witness News
I hate a girl that knows every guy
Before you introduce, he already says hi
I feel like punchin' her dead in the grill
But that's ill, so Doc just chills
'Cause if it's meant to happen, that's how it'll be
She wants to be with me and I know this for sure
I can tell as soon as she walks through the door
Swings and sways and shakes her stuff like Jello
Waitin' for EMD to say hello
Skin-tight clothing with everything left hangin'
And all the boys admit that she's well worth bangin'
She only talks the talk, never walks the walk
She must be the most ???? up in all New York
Acts like an angel, pretends that she's a saint
A least that's the pretty picture she would love to paint
She's extraordinary, definitely rare
And anyway you want me, baby, I'll be there
I make you feel 'protect', fill you with bliss
'Send a chill up' your body with just one kiss
But if you don't show, I won't be stunned
Give your mother my number, I know she'll come
[Chorus]
I want a girl that'll turn me on
When I say 'go', I want to hear her say 'gone'
When I say 'leave', I want to hear her say 'left'
And if I say 'was it good', she better say 'def'
'Cause that's the kinda girl that I am lookin' for
I really don't think there are anymore
But if one appears one day
I walk up to her and gently say
I've been starin' at you a while
And every time you see me starin' you crack a smile
You cold want to be with me, it's true
If you didn't, I wouldn't be next to you
So please stop perpetrating
Girl, I'm tired of waiting
For you to hurry up and make your so-called move
That you been talkin' about makin', girl, show and prove
There's really no need to talk about it
You know what I want, so what about it?
We can either go fast or slow
Cause I'll be in and out before you know
You say you're resisting
But yet you're still kissing
Everybody know that I been wantin' you to kiss
Hey girl, here's a spot you missed
So cold
[Chorus]
Hey girl, you want to be with me?
Because I need someone to be with, someone to talk to
You cold want to be with me
Because you need someone to be with, someone to talk to
You want to be with me?
Because I need someone to be with, someone to talk to
You cold want to be with me
Because you need someone to be with, someone to talk to
Because the way I live nowadays
People are different, they act real funny towards me
They say, I think, I'm nice
Why, because I'm makin' records? But I'm still the same Doctor Ice
The same with me, they make me laugh
People gettin' jealous (cause we be signin' autographs)
I try to figure it out, no doubt
(But the way things are goin') I'm ready to jet out
Word, gettin' a girl is hard, it ain't funny
Kangol don't know if she want me or my money
So I'm bein' picky, cause I ain't sure
And I'm livin' a life you might call insecure
I want a nice individualistic that's not materialistic
Not bein' egotistic, ???I decide consentualistic???
The body artistic, a little bit of lipstick
Those the type of girls that make the Doc lovesick
Well, I'm definitely a lover, hard when I'm undercover
I'll do kinky things to you if you swear not to tell your mother
I'll push, but I won't shove ya, as long as I'm above ya
When I leave just promise me, "Kangol ???? I love ya"
I want a girl with action, 'control' like Janet Jackson
I hate the dark, I'm on the light so I can see reaction
Against all relaxin', prepare for steady waxin'
When you leave you must pay E for what? Satisfaction
[Chorus]
Tired of these girls tryin' to play the role
Every time I see em, they're on a stroll
Teasin' the fellas, wearin' tight pants
Leadin' us on after a slow dance
But in search of love that's how I'm livin'
I want a girl to give me the same thing that I am givin'
To her, from now till the day I depart
But she's got to be a redbone, a beautiful work of art
That is the way this pisces views
Like Gigi Williams on the Eye-Witness News
I hate a girl that knows every guy
Before you introduce, he already says hi
I feel like punchin' her dead in the grill
But that's ill, so Doc just chills
'Cause if it's meant to happen, that's how it'll be
She wants to be with me and I know this for sure
I can tell as soon as she walks through the door
Swings and sways and shakes her stuff like Jello
Waitin' for EMD to say hello
Skin-tight clothing with everything left hangin'
And all the boys admit that she's well worth bangin'
She only talks the talk, never walks the walk
She must be the most ???? up in all New York
Acts like an angel, pretends that she's a saint
A least that's the pretty picture she would love to paint
She's extraordinary, definitely rare
And anyway you want me, baby, I'll be there
I make you feel 'protect', fill you with bliss
'Send a chill up' your body with just one kiss
But if you don't show, I won't be stunned
Give your mother my number, I know she'll come
[Chorus]
I want a girl that'll turn me on
When I say 'go', I want to hear her say 'gone'
When I say 'leave', I want to hear her say 'left'
And if I say 'was it good', she better say 'def'
'Cause that's the kinda girl that I am lookin' for
I really don't think there are anymore
But if one appears one day
I walk up to her and gently say
I've been starin' at you a while
And every time you see me starin' you crack a smile
You cold want to be with me, it's true
If you didn't, I wouldn't be next to you
So please stop perpetrating
Girl, I'm tired of waiting
For you to hurry up and make your so-called move
That you been talkin' about makin', girl, show and prove
There's really no need to talk about it
You know what I want, so what about it?
We can either go fast or slow
Cause I'll be in and out before you know
You say you're resisting
But yet you're still kissing
Everybody know that I been wantin' you to kiss
Hey girl, here's a spot you missed
So cold
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Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me Lyrics as written by Curtis T. Bedeau Brian P. George
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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