"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.
Don't pretend you don't need me, daily monthly and weekly
Sean da Paul, pon the girl them, intermediately, weh me sey, dutty
Yeah, Don Corleone, deh ya fi' make the girl ride pon the pony
Sean Paul no phony, hear me tell the girl them say
My girl, from head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with would a
Mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
Girl, you physique a speak
And if a talk you a talk it make man heart a beat
When you out a street
The walk wey you walk make this world look counterfeit
Cause you no incomplete
Everything weh you got on sexy everything look neat
We can feel the heat
I guy must be blind if him haffi look hard fi' see it
Cause from you set on me ready fi' go put on the sweat on
Gal' 'cause you body it a beckon
Every minute every second me turn on the threat on
Gal', you goin' get wet on
Just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble when you feel the bassline, 'cause
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
Girl, come roll with we
If you man a pose up like him just don't know how fi' do it
Him lack energy
Him nah work you right never work it fi' you properly
And give you memories
Inn'a di bathroom, sofa, hammock up between the trees
Up in the evening breeze
C'mon, baby girl, this is not a good time fi' tease
So off let it, you will not forget it
Sean a Paul a youth wey naw go pamper nor pet it
Pump it hard but no me naw offset it
'Nough how fi' turn it don't fret it
Girl, just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble now to the bass line, 'cause
Girl, you physique a speak
And if a talk you a talk it make man heart a beat
When you out a street
The walk wey you walk make this world look counterfeit
'Cause you no incomplete
Everything weh you got on sexy everything look neat
We can feel the heat
I guy must be blind if him haffi look hard fi' see it
'Cause from you set on me ready fi' go put on the sweat on
Gal' 'cause you body it a beckon
Every minute every second me turn on the threat on
Gal', you goin' get wet on
Just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble when you feel the bassline, 'cause
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
Come roll with we
If you man a pose up like him just don't know how fi' do it
Him lack energy
Him nah work you right never work it fi' you properly
And give you memories
Inn'a di bathroom, sofa, hammock up between the trees
Up in the evening breeze
C'mon, baby girl, this is not a good time fi' tease
So off let it, you will not forget it
Sean a Paul a youth wey naw go pamper nor pet it
Pump it hard but no me naw offset it
'Nough how fi' turn it don't fret it
Girl, just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble now to the bass line, 'cause
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would a mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would a mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
Sean da Paul, pon the girl them, intermediately, weh me sey, dutty
Yeah, Don Corleone, deh ya fi' make the girl ride pon the pony
Sean Paul no phony, hear me tell the girl them say
My girl, from head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with would a
Mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
Girl, you physique a speak
And if a talk you a talk it make man heart a beat
When you out a street
The walk wey you walk make this world look counterfeit
Cause you no incomplete
Everything weh you got on sexy everything look neat
We can feel the heat
I guy must be blind if him haffi look hard fi' see it
Cause from you set on me ready fi' go put on the sweat on
Gal' 'cause you body it a beckon
Every minute every second me turn on the threat on
Gal', you goin' get wet on
Just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble when you feel the bassline, 'cause
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
Girl, come roll with we
If you man a pose up like him just don't know how fi' do it
Him lack energy
Him nah work you right never work it fi' you properly
And give you memories
Inn'a di bathroom, sofa, hammock up between the trees
Up in the evening breeze
C'mon, baby girl, this is not a good time fi' tease
So off let it, you will not forget it
Sean a Paul a youth wey naw go pamper nor pet it
Pump it hard but no me naw offset it
'Nough how fi' turn it don't fret it
Girl, just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble now to the bass line, 'cause
Girl, you physique a speak
And if a talk you a talk it make man heart a beat
When you out a street
The walk wey you walk make this world look counterfeit
'Cause you no incomplete
Everything weh you got on sexy everything look neat
We can feel the heat
I guy must be blind if him haffi look hard fi' see it
'Cause from you set on me ready fi' go put on the sweat on
Gal' 'cause you body it a beckon
Every minute every second me turn on the threat on
Gal', you goin' get wet on
Just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble when you feel the bassline, 'cause
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
Come roll with we
If you man a pose up like him just don't know how fi' do it
Him lack energy
Him nah work you right never work it fi' you properly
And give you memories
Inn'a di bathroom, sofa, hammock up between the trees
Up in the evening breeze
C'mon, baby girl, this is not a good time fi' tease
So off let it, you will not forget it
Sean a Paul a youth wey naw go pamper nor pet it
Pump it hard but no me naw offset it
'Nough how fi' turn it don't fret it
Girl, just ease you mind up one time
Flex tonight because it's not a crime
Relax you vibe because hype we no join
Gal', bubble now to the bass line, 'cause
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would a mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
From head to toe you finesse
Jah Jah bless you with
Would a mash up man head to toe, most naturally
Anytime me want it, girl, just gimme the pre
I'll set you free, I give you my love and you know it's guaranteed
I got what you need, believe in you and me
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Head to Toe Lyrics as written by Donovan Keith Bennett Andre Quentin Christopher Gray
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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