"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.
Come on, come on, yeah
Come on, yeah, come on
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (yeah)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (yeah)
If the party's where you're at, then let me know
Said, uh, don't be trippin' when you see us in the club
Just show a little love, represent your side like me
'Cause 'round here, if you slip you catch a hot one (uh)
N- ridin' shotgun, couple of 'em got one (yeah)
Belvedere in the rear of the club
Pulled up on dubs and we 'bout to go and buy the bar up (haha)
So soulful, sure we ain't playin' (uh-uh)
Hang with no lames, hit the park and sayin'
Ayy, where the party at? (Where it at?)
Girls is on the way, where the Bacardi at? (Yes, we do)
Bottles and models, talkin' all of that (uh-huh)
You know I can't forget about my thugs (nah)
Where the party at? And all my girls
Where the party at? Off in the club (where the party at? Oh)
Where the party at?
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (uh-huh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (oh, yeah)
If the party's where you're at, just let me know (yeah)
All the girls in the club in they best outfits (uh)
Just showin' that skin, tryna make a n- wanna spit
Where you been, girl? You and your friend
Need to come to the back where we got it locked down at (yeah, haha)
In your white t-shirt or a three-piece suit
Don't matter what you wear, all that matters is who you with
Some jiggy and some straight grindin' (yeah)
All up in the club just to have a good time (oh)
Ayy, where the party at? (Uh-huh, uh)
Girls is on the way, where the Bacardi at? (Uh)
Bottles and models, talkin' all of that (yeah)
You know I can't forget about my thugs (nah, uh-huh)
Where the party at? And all my girls (Where it at, y'all? Uh)
Where the party at? Off in the club (Where it at? J.E.)
Where the party at? (Nah mean)
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say (uh, uh, uh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (oh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (huh, oh-oh-oh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (uh-huh, uh)
If the party's where you're at, just let me know (Nelly, holla)
Can you show me where that party at, dirty? (Uh)
Somewhere where it's crackin' right around one-thirty (uh-huh)
Never get there too early
Come in as is (ayy), du-rags and Timbs (hahaha)
I'm rollin' past his (ayy, uh), his little Jag' and Benz
With the Rolls, not the one with the stem, the one with the rims
The one that seem to make more enemies than friends
I'm slidin' in past doors (oh), both eyes closed (uh-huh)
Both arms rose (oh), both charms froze
With the S-O-S-O, D-E-dot-F (So So Def)
We buyin' bottles, bottles, until there ain't none left (uh-uh)
I'm quick to go left (yo), I plays with no ref
I jams more than Def, baby, show me the club (haha)
I'm like, "Ayy, where that Bacardi at?" (Uh-huh, uh)
Come and mix it with the Cris', baby, what's wrong with that?
We in the V.I.p. Twisted (twisted)
Damn right, spliffed it (yeah)
Two way a n-, ooh, then make it like you missed it (haha, come on)
Ayy, where the party at? (Oh)
Girls is on the way, where the Bacardi at? (Uh)
Bottles and models, talkin' all of that (uh-huh)
You know I can't forget about my thugs (thugs)
Where the party at? And all my girls
Where the party at? Off in the club (uh-huh, off in the club)
Where the party at? (Uh)
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (huh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
If the party's where you're at, just let me hear you say
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (uh, come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (huh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh
If the party's where you're at, just let me know (come on)
Left side, just put your hands up, throw 'em up
Right side, just put your hands up, throw 'em up
Everybody, put your hands up, throw 'em
When the beat come back around, e'rybody do it again
Do the Eastside run this motha' for ya? (Hell yeah)
Do my Southside run this motha' for ya? (Hell yeah)
And them haters ain't hittin' on
Ain't talkin 'bout us
And they look like
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say
Come on, yeah, come on
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (yeah)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (yeah)
If the party's where you're at, then let me know
Said, uh, don't be trippin' when you see us in the club
Just show a little love, represent your side like me
'Cause 'round here, if you slip you catch a hot one (uh)
N- ridin' shotgun, couple of 'em got one (yeah)
Belvedere in the rear of the club
Pulled up on dubs and we 'bout to go and buy the bar up (haha)
So soulful, sure we ain't playin' (uh-uh)
Hang with no lames, hit the park and sayin'
Ayy, where the party at? (Where it at?)
Girls is on the way, where the Bacardi at? (Yes, we do)
Bottles and models, talkin' all of that (uh-huh)
You know I can't forget about my thugs (nah)
Where the party at? And all my girls
Where the party at? Off in the club (where the party at? Oh)
Where the party at?
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (uh-huh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (oh, yeah)
If the party's where you're at, just let me know (yeah)
All the girls in the club in they best outfits (uh)
Just showin' that skin, tryna make a n- wanna spit
Where you been, girl? You and your friend
Need to come to the back where we got it locked down at (yeah, haha)
In your white t-shirt or a three-piece suit
Don't matter what you wear, all that matters is who you with
Some jiggy and some straight grindin' (yeah)
All up in the club just to have a good time (oh)
Ayy, where the party at? (Uh-huh, uh)
Girls is on the way, where the Bacardi at? (Uh)
Bottles and models, talkin' all of that (yeah)
You know I can't forget about my thugs (nah, uh-huh)
Where the party at? And all my girls (Where it at, y'all? Uh)
Where the party at? Off in the club (Where it at? J.E.)
Where the party at? (Nah mean)
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say (uh, uh, uh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (oh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (huh, oh-oh-oh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (uh-huh, uh)
If the party's where you're at, just let me know (Nelly, holla)
Can you show me where that party at, dirty? (Uh)
Somewhere where it's crackin' right around one-thirty (uh-huh)
Never get there too early
Come in as is (ayy), du-rags and Timbs (hahaha)
I'm rollin' past his (ayy, uh), his little Jag' and Benz
With the Rolls, not the one with the stem, the one with the rims
The one that seem to make more enemies than friends
I'm slidin' in past doors (oh), both eyes closed (uh-huh)
Both arms rose (oh), both charms froze
With the S-O-S-O, D-E-dot-F (So So Def)
We buyin' bottles, bottles, until there ain't none left (uh-uh)
I'm quick to go left (yo), I plays with no ref
I jams more than Def, baby, show me the club (haha)
I'm like, "Ayy, where that Bacardi at?" (Uh-huh, uh)
Come and mix it with the Cris', baby, what's wrong with that?
We in the V.I.p. Twisted (twisted)
Damn right, spliffed it (yeah)
Two way a n-, ooh, then make it like you missed it (haha, come on)
Ayy, where the party at? (Oh)
Girls is on the way, where the Bacardi at? (Uh)
Bottles and models, talkin' all of that (uh-huh)
You know I can't forget about my thugs (thugs)
Where the party at? And all my girls
Where the party at? Off in the club (uh-huh, off in the club)
Where the party at? (Uh)
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (huh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (come on)
If the party's where you're at, just let me hear you say
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (uh, come on)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh (huh)
(Uh-oh) oh-oh-oh-oh
If the party's where you're at, just let me know (come on)
Left side, just put your hands up, throw 'em up
Right side, just put your hands up, throw 'em up
Everybody, put your hands up, throw 'em
When the beat come back around, e'rybody do it again
Do the Eastside run this motha' for ya? (Hell yeah)
Do my Southside run this motha' for ya? (Hell yeah)
And them haters ain't hittin' on
Ain't talkin 'bout us
And they look like
If the party's where you're at, let me hear you say
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Where the Party At Lyrics as written by Brian Casey Brandon Casey
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