"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.
We are CSD
What you know about a kickback
Show you how to kickback
Show where the chicks at
CSD we havin' a kickback
I'm bringin' in treats
I don't know where the tricks at
I make the flyers, the chicks are flyer
When I say it's gon' be rosed I ain't no liar
M-Bone gon' get them bottles
But they gon' be strapped with a couple of holla's
So it, won't be drama, well at least entirely
We gon' turn this night up like we in the Bahamas
Smokin' like Bob Marley was
Bog hogs so I ride in a Harley truck
We got a wild drink I put in a safari cup
No our hands on the edge screamin'
Turn, bring it up
The night just started
We 'bout to show y'all how the new edge party
We gon' keep it crackin' but the haters gotta leave
All the ladies can stay,
I got some tricks up my sleeve
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up) Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up) (turn me up)
Keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin' we smoke in the wind
I make the door ring they like it's a kickback
How you gon' charge no time for the chit chat
Give me money if not, you can get back
Ladies go ahead, here's a cup my sip's at
Line is long, and we got the homies also
So if you ain't payin' me, then get the heck on
So now we movin' got the bros cruisin'
People walkin' out but I still ain't losin'
Pockets full and people still parkin'
Drinkers still pourin', fire's still sparkin'
It's cold as ice, but I'm still at the door
Women pay less, makin' haters pay more
Now we turned up, fucked about the shut down
People still comin' and I'm thinkin' man what now
Gettin' money and I deep when they after me
Lock the door then I scream, capacity
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up) Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Aye keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin', we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback (haha)
Hell yeah it's a kickback
Aye keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin' we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback
Hell yeah it's a kickback
Kickback, it's way too lot
Got a bunch of girls that's turned inside
The music on and we hasty that we,
Can't drive home and even make it
We've been here since nine o'clock it's 'bout
Time to go so y'all get out
Girls is stayin' but dudes is leavin' we,
Close it down I feel like sleepin'
The girls are stayin' over the weekend so you,
Know it's about to be some freakin'
In the mornin', we got some cleanin'
Moppin', washin', and vacuum sweepin'
We wreck the house but we have fun and,
Nothin' stoppin' them girls from comin'
Count the money after the function,
Wake up then go spend somethin' aye
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up) Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin', we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback(haha)
Hell yeah it's a kickbak
Keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin', we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback
Hell yeah it's a kickback
Say what? (say what)
Uh huh (uh huh)
It's a kickback (it's a kickback)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down (don't turn me down)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down (don't turn me down)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
What you know about a kickback
Show you how to kickback
Show where the chicks at
CSD we havin' a kickback
I'm bringin' in treats
I don't know where the tricks at
I make the flyers, the chicks are flyer
When I say it's gon' be rosed I ain't no liar
M-Bone gon' get them bottles
But they gon' be strapped with a couple of holla's
So it, won't be drama, well at least entirely
We gon' turn this night up like we in the Bahamas
Smokin' like Bob Marley was
Bog hogs so I ride in a Harley truck
We got a wild drink I put in a safari cup
No our hands on the edge screamin'
Turn, bring it up
The night just started
We 'bout to show y'all how the new edge party
We gon' keep it crackin' but the haters gotta leave
All the ladies can stay,
I got some tricks up my sleeve
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up) Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up) (turn me up)
Keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin' we smoke in the wind
I make the door ring they like it's a kickback
How you gon' charge no time for the chit chat
Give me money if not, you can get back
Ladies go ahead, here's a cup my sip's at
Line is long, and we got the homies also
So if you ain't payin' me, then get the heck on
So now we movin' got the bros cruisin'
People walkin' out but I still ain't losin'
Pockets full and people still parkin'
Drinkers still pourin', fire's still sparkin'
It's cold as ice, but I'm still at the door
Women pay less, makin' haters pay more
Now we turned up, fucked about the shut down
People still comin' and I'm thinkin' man what now
Gettin' money and I deep when they after me
Lock the door then I scream, capacity
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up) Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Aye keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin', we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback (haha)
Hell yeah it's a kickback
Aye keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin' we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback
Hell yeah it's a kickback
Kickback, it's way too lot
Got a bunch of girls that's turned inside
The music on and we hasty that we,
Can't drive home and even make it
We've been here since nine o'clock it's 'bout
Time to go so y'all get out
Girls is stayin' but dudes is leavin' we,
Close it down I feel like sleepin'
The girls are stayin' over the weekend so you,
Know it's about to be some freakin'
In the mornin', we got some cleanin'
Moppin', washin', and vacuum sweepin'
We wreck the house but we have fun and,
Nothin' stoppin' them girls from comin'
Count the money after the function,
Wake up then go spend somethin' aye
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up) Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down just turn me up (turn me up)
Keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin', we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback(haha)
Hell yeah it's a kickbak
Keep the haters out, bring the women in
Keep the drinks comin', we smoke in the wind
Ya daddy it's a kickback
Hell yeah it's a kickback
Say what? (say what)
Uh huh (uh huh)
It's a kickback (it's a kickback)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down (don't turn me down)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Don't turn me down (don't turn me down)
Turn me up (turn me up)
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
Turn it up now!
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Kickback Lyrics as written by Wytony Dillion Marquinarius Sanchez Holmes
Lyrics © 319 MUSIC GROUP AND FILM, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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