"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.
I got my granny up knocking at my bedroom door but I'm... Still Slizzard from the night before.
I got my patna in da lac talkin bout let's go but I'm... Still Slizzard from the night before.
He say he bout to let the fire hit the tip of the dro but I'm... Still Slizzard from the night before.
I'm tryna get my shit my shit together but I still move slow 'cause I'm... Still Slizzard from the night
Before.
It was Monday night. I was down at Magic's just me, Jeezy and Jody you know we causin habits. I'm on dat
Henny straight. Dro minus the flake. Wit a mobsta plate, eatin shrimp and steak. They got the music
Bumpin', big ass tities jumpin', we feelin' ignant so we holler at BITCH FUCK SUM you know I'm from the
Dirty, you we keeps it crunk. We past tipsy in this bitch dawg we dead drunk, Jeezy just threw ten
Thousand single on the fuckin floor. That's when I was like Man, it's time for me to go. I can't drank no
Mo' I can't even score. Gots to be up on your toes fuckin round with these hoes. One minute you gettin
Your dick sucked the next minute you ice cold. These bitches ain't really real they just know how top
Play they roll but to a real nigga they game gone always be exposed.
[hook]
I'm in the spot I got ya patna. I'm the doctor. I can spot ya Gee.I'm the one in the back with the
Timbalands on. Got ya man. I'm at the table with the dymes all kind holmes. Finga gettin they clitty
Warm. Drunk as hell
I got my patna in da lac talkin bout let's go but I'm... Still Slizzard from the night before.
He say he bout to let the fire hit the tip of the dro but I'm... Still Slizzard from the night before.
I'm tryna get my shit my shit together but I still move slow 'cause I'm... Still Slizzard from the night
Before.
It was Monday night. I was down at Magic's just me, Jeezy and Jody you know we causin habits. I'm on dat
Henny straight. Dro minus the flake. Wit a mobsta plate, eatin shrimp and steak. They got the music
Bumpin', big ass tities jumpin', we feelin' ignant so we holler at BITCH FUCK SUM you know I'm from the
Dirty, you we keeps it crunk. We past tipsy in this bitch dawg we dead drunk, Jeezy just threw ten
Thousand single on the fuckin floor. That's when I was like Man, it's time for me to go. I can't drank no
Mo' I can't even score. Gots to be up on your toes fuckin round with these hoes. One minute you gettin
Your dick sucked the next minute you ice cold. These bitches ain't really real they just know how top
Play they roll but to a real nigga they game gone always be exposed.
[hook]
I'm in the spot I got ya patna. I'm the doctor. I can spot ya Gee.I'm the one in the back with the
Timbalands on. Got ya man. I'm at the table with the dymes all kind holmes. Finga gettin they clitty
Warm. Drunk as hell
Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings
Still Slizzard Lyrics as written by Jay Jenkins Lee Dixon
Lyrics © Ultra Tunes, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.