"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.
This is DJ security reaching out for Bomfunk MC's
DJ Gismo and be -O-W
They've been spotted at F-K, I repeat
Surround the area, code ten five, code ten five
Surround the area now
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Keeping it real, never coming out cheap
Lock the door down just like cool Keith
God mad bull, got the highest feat
But the media bowl it's just we can swing
Rock with the honeys and roll with the creeps
Only sucker punks get treated like leech
Down with the Bomfunk you have to guarantee
That we rock the crowd so viciously
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Gis is the Wiz behind the dopest beats
Chuckin' while I'm rockin' to all you party peeps
Up flying all the time but breaks that we need
So once again have you been booming in your jeeps
Balling, calling for all your freaky freaks
Like it or not, this is how we proceed
Roll the rizla, got some left over leaves
Light it up, huff and puff and just ease
Take a ride and watch the honeys
Ain't it good, melicious therapy
Got what it takes, yeah, I got the necessary
Ingredients to track the house, very
Unique with the style, skills and technique
Not just momentarily but week after week
Down with the Bomfunk you have to guarantee
That we rock the crowd so viciously
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Rock the crowd (rock, rock, rock)
Rock the crowd (rock, rock, are-rock)
Rock the crowd so viciously
I'm the sure shot master of the ceremony
Yeah we rock the crowd (rock, rock, rock)
Rock the crowd (rock, rock, are-rock)
Rock the crowd so viciously
I'm the sure shot master of the ceremony
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
DJ Gismo and be -O-W
They've been spotted at F-K, I repeat
Surround the area, code ten five, code ten five
Surround the area now
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Keeping it real, never coming out cheap
Lock the door down just like cool Keith
God mad bull, got the highest feat
But the media bowl it's just we can swing
Rock with the honeys and roll with the creeps
Only sucker punks get treated like leech
Down with the Bomfunk you have to guarantee
That we rock the crowd so viciously
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Gis is the Wiz behind the dopest beats
Chuckin' while I'm rockin' to all you party peeps
Up flying all the time but breaks that we need
So once again have you been booming in your jeeps
Balling, calling for all your freaky freaks
Like it or not, this is how we proceed
Roll the rizla, got some left over leaves
Light it up, huff and puff and just ease
Take a ride and watch the honeys
Ain't it good, melicious therapy
Got what it takes, yeah, I got the necessary
Ingredients to track the house, very
Unique with the style, skills and technique
Not just momentarily but week after week
Down with the Bomfunk you have to guarantee
That we rock the crowd so viciously
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Rock the crowd (rock, rock, rock)
Rock the crowd (rock, rock, are-rock)
Rock the crowd so viciously
I'm the sure shot master of the ceremony
Yeah we rock the crowd (rock, rock, rock)
Rock the crowd (rock, rock, are-rock)
Rock the crowd so viciously
I'm the sure shot master of the ceremony
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
Other MC's can't swing with us
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
We shake you off like electric shock
Cause we are the groove that's rocking non-stop
And we got a funky song, so come on baby, sing along
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Other Emcee's Lyrics as written by Raymond Ebanks Jaakko Sakari Salovaara
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