"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.
Lady...
[montell] (da gents)
You don't understand the physical attraction
Between a (woman and a man)
A woman and a man
See, you don't need to man to be
(calling you) calling you
(spoiling you) spoiling you
You wanna have a good time
And tonight it's all about you
1 - [da gents]
We don't have to be lovers
We don't have to be friends
All I wanna do baby, is hit the skins
[montell]
'cause I, I, I, i...
2 - [montell and da gents]
I wanna get laid, it ain't about love tonight
It ain't about love, all of the time
I wanna get laid, it ain't about love tonight
It ain't about love, all of the time
[montell]
Baby, baby
You don't need no commitment
If it's me you wanna get with
Then let me in, let me in
And show me a little skin
And get laid for the hell of it
For the taste, for the touch
For the smell of it
Don't you be ashamed
I don't even have to know your name
Repeat 1
Repeat 2
[montell]
Take it to the breakdown...
[da gents] (montell)
Every hour of every day
Every second of every minute
(said I want you)
I wanna get laid
(said I lust for you)
I wanna get laid
I wanna...
[montell]
See you naked in the raw (what? )
I'm takin' off your bra (right)
Wassup y'all?
See [i wanna] see dem panties hit da floor (now)
Leave 'em at da door (ta-dow!)
Ya can't move slow, 'cause baby
[i wanna] hit the saddle
Now I'm ridin', ridin' on your backside
And then [i'm gonna] get my roll on deep
I'm deep into a coma like sleep
I got laid
Repeat 2 to fade
[montell] (da gents)
You don't understand the physical attraction
Between a (woman and a man)
A woman and a man
See, you don't need to man to be
(calling you) calling you
(spoiling you) spoiling you
You wanna have a good time
And tonight it's all about you
1 - [da gents]
We don't have to be lovers
We don't have to be friends
All I wanna do baby, is hit the skins
[montell]
'cause I, I, I, i...
2 - [montell and da gents]
I wanna get laid, it ain't about love tonight
It ain't about love, all of the time
I wanna get laid, it ain't about love tonight
It ain't about love, all of the time
[montell]
Baby, baby
You don't need no commitment
If it's me you wanna get with
Then let me in, let me in
And show me a little skin
And get laid for the hell of it
For the taste, for the touch
For the smell of it
Don't you be ashamed
I don't even have to know your name
Repeat 1
Repeat 2
[montell]
Take it to the breakdown...
[da gents] (montell)
Every hour of every day
Every second of every minute
(said I want you)
I wanna get laid
(said I lust for you)
I wanna get laid
I wanna...
[montell]
See you naked in the raw (what? )
I'm takin' off your bra (right)
Wassup y'all?
See [i wanna] see dem panties hit da floor (now)
Leave 'em at da door (ta-dow!)
Ya can't move slow, 'cause baby
[i wanna] hit the saddle
Now I'm ridin', ridin' on your backside
And then [i'm gonna] get my roll on deep
I'm deep into a coma like sleep
I got laid
Repeat 2 to fade
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I Wanna Lyrics as written by Montell Jordan
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