"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 for my ghetto motherfuckers
Uh hey
Are you really a hot boy
Oh check me
What's your name, cause I'm impressed
Can you treat me good, I won't settle for less
You a hot boy, a rock boy
A fun toy, tote a glock boy
Where you live is it by yourself
Can I move wit' you do you need some help
I'll cook boy, I'll give you more
I'ma fly girl, and I like those
Hot boyz
Baby YOU got what I want
See y'all be drivin' those Lexus jeeps, and Benz jeeps and the Lincoln jeeps
Nothin' cheaper wit' the Platinum Visa
Hot boyz
Baby you got what I want
See y'all be drivin' Jaguars, and the Bentley's, and the Rolls Royce
Playin' hardball wit' the Platinum Visa
Is that your car, the skate
Are you ridin' alone, can I be your date
Come get me, get me
Don't dis me, don't trick me
I got some friends, can they come too
Can you hook 'em up wit' some boyz like you
A hot boy, a rock boy
A top boy, and I like those
Hot boyz
Baby, you got what I want
See y'all be drivin' those Lexus jeeps, and Benz jeeps and the Lincoln jeeps
Nothin' cheaper wit' the Platinum Visa
Hot boyz
Baby you got what I want
See y'all be drivin' Jaguars, and the Bentley's, and the Rolls Royce
Playin' hardball wit' the Platinum Visa
Yo, I'ma dig in yo pockets
Dig in yo wallets
Money I'm foundin'
Yea you got my heart poundin'
You a hot boy, drive a drop boy
With a lot boy, and you tote a glock boy
Don't give me no reason
I know that you treatin', these diamonds I'm needin'
Make me believe it
I want a lot boy, with a hot boy
Got a fun toy, and you tote a glock boy
Hot boyz
Baby you got what I want
Won't you really come and satisfy me
I be lovin' you like instantly
Where the Lexus jeeps, and the Benz jeeps, and the Lincoln jeeps (ooh ooh)
And the Bentley's, and the Jaguars, and the fly cars (ooh ooh)
Where you at (ooh ooh)
Where the Lexus jeeps, and the Benz jeeps, and the Lincoln jeeps (ooh ooh)
And the Bentley's, and the Jaguars, and the fly cars (ooh ooh)
Where you at (ooh ooh, yea yea, yea yea, my boyz)
Hot boyz
Hot boyz, I like 'em like that
Uh hey
Are you really a hot boy
Oh check me
What's your name, cause I'm impressed
Can you treat me good, I won't settle for less
You a hot boy, a rock boy
A fun toy, tote a glock boy
Where you live is it by yourself
Can I move wit' you do you need some help
I'll cook boy, I'll give you more
I'ma fly girl, and I like those
Hot boyz
Baby YOU got what I want
See y'all be drivin' those Lexus jeeps, and Benz jeeps and the Lincoln jeeps
Nothin' cheaper wit' the Platinum Visa
Hot boyz
Baby you got what I want
See y'all be drivin' Jaguars, and the Bentley's, and the Rolls Royce
Playin' hardball wit' the Platinum Visa
Is that your car, the skate
Are you ridin' alone, can I be your date
Come get me, get me
Don't dis me, don't trick me
I got some friends, can they come too
Can you hook 'em up wit' some boyz like you
A hot boy, a rock boy
A top boy, and I like those
Hot boyz
Baby, you got what I want
See y'all be drivin' those Lexus jeeps, and Benz jeeps and the Lincoln jeeps
Nothin' cheaper wit' the Platinum Visa
Hot boyz
Baby you got what I want
See y'all be drivin' Jaguars, and the Bentley's, and the Rolls Royce
Playin' hardball wit' the Platinum Visa
Yo, I'ma dig in yo pockets
Dig in yo wallets
Money I'm foundin'
Yea you got my heart poundin'
You a hot boy, drive a drop boy
With a lot boy, and you tote a glock boy
Don't give me no reason
I know that you treatin', these diamonds I'm needin'
Make me believe it
I want a lot boy, with a hot boy
Got a fun toy, and you tote a glock boy
Hot boyz
Baby you got what I want
Won't you really come and satisfy me
I be lovin' you like instantly
Where the Lexus jeeps, and the Benz jeeps, and the Lincoln jeeps (ooh ooh)
And the Bentley's, and the Jaguars, and the fly cars (ooh ooh)
Where you at (ooh ooh)
Where the Lexus jeeps, and the Benz jeeps, and the Lincoln jeeps (ooh ooh)
And the Bentley's, and the Jaguars, and the fly cars (ooh ooh)
Where you at (ooh ooh, yea yea, yea yea, my boyz)
Hot boyz
Hot boyz, I like 'em like that
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Hot Boyz Lyrics as written by Missy Elliott Timothy Mosley
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