"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.
(Guy singing)
I need a freak
I need a freak
Girl I need a freak
I'm the one who is the low-key Don
Dick stay hard, call me Pokemon
'Cause I'm the one they call Cutie pie
I'm the one with the Gucci tie
I'm the one with the brand new Benz, droopy eye
That's the one they said "I knew he'd buy"
I'm the one who be fly
I'm the one that hit it from the back, dookie pie
Oh, you ain't gon' sue me right?
What's that there? your coochie (aye!)
I'm the one to play it off
I'm hard already girl, make it soft
Sisqo wants to see your thong, I want to see you take it off
Or I'll pull it to the side, break it off
Right to left, up and down, front to back
Turn around, head down, I want to hit it from the back.
[Chorus:]
I need a freak
I want a freak
That's what I need tonight
At every club I like a freak
I need a freak
I need a nasty girl, girl I need a freak
I met this one girl smokin' a blunt
I went to her house, she starts to front
Nah, I gotta potty, why you teasin'?
Pulled out my dick, why you cheesin'?
Then while I hit it, why you wheezin'?
Hold up girl, why you sneezin'?
Pull out my dick, why you bleedin'?
When I get my clothes, "why you leavin'?"
But Ma had chrome to play wit'
Shoes by Joan and David
When I was in the whip I asked for dome, she gave it
"Ooh, I taste it"
"Ooh, my favorite"
That girl had me out my thug
I liked her a lot but her mouth I loved
Right to left, up and down, front to back
Turn around, head down, I want to hit it from the back.
[Chorus: x2]
Females, go 'head, act surprised
Ya'll like sex more than guys
Pop the question, they get silly
You got your period? "umm, not really"
What's that mean to be polite?
"It's the last day and it's real light"
Yeah right, you leak leaky
Call me next week, I'm not that freaky
Some girls come for a dance
See that fat ass all in a stance
All I do is a touch or a glance
You won't have Killa Cam bust in his pants.
[Chorus: x4]
I need a freak
I need a freak
Girl I need a freak
I'm the one who is the low-key Don
Dick stay hard, call me Pokemon
'Cause I'm the one they call Cutie pie
I'm the one with the Gucci tie
I'm the one with the brand new Benz, droopy eye
That's the one they said "I knew he'd buy"
I'm the one who be fly
I'm the one that hit it from the back, dookie pie
Oh, you ain't gon' sue me right?
What's that there? your coochie (aye!)
I'm the one to play it off
I'm hard already girl, make it soft
Sisqo wants to see your thong, I want to see you take it off
Or I'll pull it to the side, break it off
Right to left, up and down, front to back
Turn around, head down, I want to hit it from the back.
[Chorus:]
I need a freak
I want a freak
That's what I need tonight
At every club I like a freak
I need a freak
I need a nasty girl, girl I need a freak
I met this one girl smokin' a blunt
I went to her house, she starts to front
Nah, I gotta potty, why you teasin'?
Pulled out my dick, why you cheesin'?
Then while I hit it, why you wheezin'?
Hold up girl, why you sneezin'?
Pull out my dick, why you bleedin'?
When I get my clothes, "why you leavin'?"
But Ma had chrome to play wit'
Shoes by Joan and David
When I was in the whip I asked for dome, she gave it
"Ooh, I taste it"
"Ooh, my favorite"
That girl had me out my thug
I liked her a lot but her mouth I loved
Right to left, up and down, front to back
Turn around, head down, I want to hit it from the back.
[Chorus: x2]
Females, go 'head, act surprised
Ya'll like sex more than guys
Pop the question, they get silly
You got your period? "umm, not really"
What's that mean to be polite?
"It's the last day and it's real light"
Yeah right, you leak leaky
Call me next week, I'm not that freaky
Some girls come for a dance
See that fat ass all in a stance
All I do is a touch or a glance
You won't have Killa Cam bust in his pants.
[Chorus: x4]
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Freak Lyrics as written by Larry Gates Darrell Branch
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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