"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.
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
Another day on the grind, it ain't much to do
Fuck with some bitches, hit a couple switches
This nigga's talkin' shit, I had to bomb on him
Had to get checked, niggaz best respect
Everyday you see me on the paper chase
I'm G, Warren to the G you know me
Throw your hands high, where all my G's at?
They all comin', to where Warren G's at
I keep my game tight, money and money and mo' money
And ain't a damn thing funny
How could I live like that? I just can
And when it comes to this game, I'm just too far advanced
I'll leave you waiting, homey what's crackulating
Is it cracking or not? In the back of the lot?
But this is all I got, I thought it was known
Warren G, Neb Luv, K-Bar and it's on
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
Ride with Nine Inch Nails last night and shit
I'm on some more rock 'n' roll, hip hop shit
Keepin' it locked like my zip drive
We goin' stay high
Out for the Motza, get you strung out like pasta
All into the roster lady, baby
I'll drive ya crazy, pull your car for the diamonds
I'm gettin' shady, swayzie in the plush
Too quick to be touched, give you the head rush
To the front of the stage, like you bout to get paid
I'm lights, camera, watch you blow like grenades
I never serenade, I just party
Marinate, get your cash everybody
Come on and ride with me, dip with me
Get rich with me, sip some Hennessey
If you's a rider, a world wide, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
Big bank tank, little bank, nigga what you think?
I'm a pass on this million dollar hustle, you a fool now
Give me some portraits of some dead niggaz
Take two shots of the best made nigga
These niggaz, talkin' too much, they flossin' too much
Instead of makin' they bucks, bank account runnin' out of luck
Now you stuck, do deals fulfill your dreams make cream
Keep my pockets long like streams, no strings
Attached, attack any nigga plottin' on my stack
Mo bounce to this, smoke an ounce to this
Make more gold than fish, one wish
Live on top of the world
And better livin' for ghetto boys and girls
Peanuts is for the squirrels
Neb Luv, Warren G and me
Talkin' bout thick wallets and livin' lavishly
Mash on thee enemy
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
Another day on the grind, it ain't much to do
Fuck with some bitches, hit a couple switches
This nigga's talkin' shit, I had to bomb on him
Had to get checked, niggaz best respect
Everyday you see me on the paper chase
I'm G, Warren to the G you know me
Throw your hands high, where all my G's at?
They all comin', to where Warren G's at
I keep my game tight, money and money and mo' money
And ain't a damn thing funny
How could I live like that? I just can
And when it comes to this game, I'm just too far advanced
I'll leave you waiting, homey what's crackulating
Is it cracking or not? In the back of the lot?
But this is all I got, I thought it was known
Warren G, Neb Luv, K-Bar and it's on
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
Ride with Nine Inch Nails last night and shit
I'm on some more rock 'n' roll, hip hop shit
Keepin' it locked like my zip drive
We goin' stay high
Out for the Motza, get you strung out like pasta
All into the roster lady, baby
I'll drive ya crazy, pull your car for the diamonds
I'm gettin' shady, swayzie in the plush
Too quick to be touched, give you the head rush
To the front of the stage, like you bout to get paid
I'm lights, camera, watch you blow like grenades
I never serenade, I just party
Marinate, get your cash everybody
Come on and ride with me, dip with me
Get rich with me, sip some Hennessey
If you's a rider, a world wide, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
Big bank tank, little bank, nigga what you think?
I'm a pass on this million dollar hustle, you a fool now
Give me some portraits of some dead niggaz
Take two shots of the best made nigga
These niggaz, talkin' too much, they flossin' too much
Instead of makin' they bucks, bank account runnin' out of luck
Now you stuck, do deals fulfill your dreams make cream
Keep my pockets long like streams, no strings
Attached, attack any nigga plottin' on my stack
Mo bounce to this, smoke an ounce to this
Make more gold than fish, one wish
Live on top of the world
And better livin' for ghetto boys and girls
Peanuts is for the squirrels
Neb Luv, Warren G and me
Talkin' bout thick wallets and livin' lavishly
Mash on thee enemy
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
If you wanna dip with me, trip with me, get rich with me
Then you a world wide rider, rider
You a world wide rider, rider
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