"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.
Ladies and gentleman (ladies and gentleman)
This is a Jazze Phizzle (Phizzle, Phizzle)
Productshizzle, woah, woah
Missy (Missy)
The princess is here (she's here)
Ciara!
This beat is
Automatic, supersonic, hypnotic, funky fresh (ha)
Work my body, so melodic, this beat goes right through my chest (yup)
Everybody, ma and papi, came to party, grab somebody
Work ya body, work ya body
Let me see you one, two step (here we go)
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up
We about to get it on
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
This beat is
Outrageous, so contagious, make you crave it
Jazze made it (ha)
So retarded, top-charted, ever since the day I started
Strut my stuff, and yes, I flaunt it
Goodies make the boys jump on it (ha)
No, I can't control myself
Now let me do my one, two step (come on)
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up
We about to get it on
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
We gon' drop it like this (ooh-wee)
It don't matter to me, we can dance slow (ladies and gentleman)
Whichever way the beat drops, our bodies will sow (I like this)
So swing it over here Mr. DJ (hey, hey)
And we will, we will, rock you, oh
It don't matter to me (yeah), we can dance slow (dance slow)
Whichever way the beat drops (yeah-yeah), our bodies will go (go)
So swing it over here Mr. Dj (ladies and gentleman)
And we will, we will, rock you
(Let's shake)
I shake it like Jello, make the boys say hello
'Cause they know I'm rockin' the beat (uh)
I know you heard about a lot of great MC's
But they ain't got nothin' on me
Because I'm five foot two, I wanna dance with you
And I'm sophisticated fun
I eat filet mignon and I'm nice and young
Best believe I'm number one (woo)
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up (woo)
We about to get it on (come on)
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up
We about to get it on
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
This is for the hearing impaired
A Jazze Pha Production
This is a Jazze Phizzle (Phizzle, Phizzle)
Productshizzle, woah, woah
Missy (Missy)
The princess is here (she's here)
Ciara!
This beat is
Automatic, supersonic, hypnotic, funky fresh (ha)
Work my body, so melodic, this beat goes right through my chest (yup)
Everybody, ma and papi, came to party, grab somebody
Work ya body, work ya body
Let me see you one, two step (here we go)
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up
We about to get it on
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
This beat is
Outrageous, so contagious, make you crave it
Jazze made it (ha)
So retarded, top-charted, ever since the day I started
Strut my stuff, and yes, I flaunt it
Goodies make the boys jump on it (ha)
No, I can't control myself
Now let me do my one, two step (come on)
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up
We about to get it on
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
We gon' drop it like this (ooh-wee)
It don't matter to me, we can dance slow (ladies and gentleman)
Whichever way the beat drops, our bodies will sow (I like this)
So swing it over here Mr. DJ (hey, hey)
And we will, we will, rock you, oh
It don't matter to me (yeah), we can dance slow (dance slow)
Whichever way the beat drops (yeah-yeah), our bodies will go (go)
So swing it over here Mr. Dj (ladies and gentleman)
And we will, we will, rock you
(Let's shake)
I shake it like Jello, make the boys say hello
'Cause they know I'm rockin' the beat (uh)
I know you heard about a lot of great MC's
But they ain't got nothin' on me
Because I'm five foot two, I wanna dance with you
And I'm sophisticated fun
I eat filet mignon and I'm nice and young
Best believe I'm number one (woo)
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up (woo)
We about to get it on (come on)
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
Rock it, don't stop it
Everybody get on the floor
Crank the party up
We about to get it on
Let me see you one, two step
I love it when you one, two step
Everybody one, two step
We about to get it on
This is for the hearing impaired
A Jazze Pha Production
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1, 2 Step Lyrics as written by Missy Elliott Ciara Princess Harris
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