"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.
You can have it all
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter, girl
It's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
Just walked in and my pockets are swollen
So many girls like a hot video now
DJ got it rockin'
808 is knocking like a door to door salesman (Hey! Hey!)
Who's that girl over there I gotta know her
She's so bad I would make us a home now
Shorty is a pretty girl
Gotta go and get it girl
Hope she's ready for what I got
Hey baby, whatchu name is?
Do you mind if I talk to you?
And baby if you're feelin' me
We can do what grown folk do
Hey, I see you with your girlfriends
Maybe we can all be friends
Let me know what your drinkin' (Hey! Hey!)
Go on and put your money back
Baby girl, I got that
I'm gonna give you what you want
You can have it all
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter 'cause it's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
I'm going ham
I think I better slow down
On second thought, on your mark ready go now
Might as well say that girl I wanna play with your body like a 360 (Hey! Hey!)
Nothing but the best 5* when we go out
We go to the Ritz if The W is sold out
Take trips all around the world with ya
Girl you know I had to get ya
Hey baby, whatchu name is?
Do you mind if I talk to you?
And maybe if you're feelin' me
We can do what grown folk do
Hey, I see you with your girlfriends
Maybe we can all be friends
Let me know what your drinkin' (Hey! Hey!)
Go on and put your money back
Baby girl, I got that
I'm gonna give you what you want
You can have it all
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter cuz it's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
Anything you wish, I can get it back
Anything in the world, even if it don't exist
I'll make it, baby, oooo baby
Sit in my lap, with ya heels on high
Looking like a beauty queen, make a young prince cry
Like baby, baby, baby
Oh you can, you can have it all
You can have it all
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter cuz it's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter, girl
It's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
Just walked in and my pockets are swollen
So many girls like a hot video now
DJ got it rockin'
808 is knocking like a door to door salesman (Hey! Hey!)
Who's that girl over there I gotta know her
She's so bad I would make us a home now
Shorty is a pretty girl
Gotta go and get it girl
Hope she's ready for what I got
Hey baby, whatchu name is?
Do you mind if I talk to you?
And baby if you're feelin' me
We can do what grown folk do
Hey, I see you with your girlfriends
Maybe we can all be friends
Let me know what your drinkin' (Hey! Hey!)
Go on and put your money back
Baby girl, I got that
I'm gonna give you what you want
You can have it all
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter 'cause it's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
I'm going ham
I think I better slow down
On second thought, on your mark ready go now
Might as well say that girl I wanna play with your body like a 360 (Hey! Hey!)
Nothing but the best 5* when we go out
We go to the Ritz if The W is sold out
Take trips all around the world with ya
Girl you know I had to get ya
Hey baby, whatchu name is?
Do you mind if I talk to you?
And maybe if you're feelin' me
We can do what grown folk do
Hey, I see you with your girlfriends
Maybe we can all be friends
Let me know what your drinkin' (Hey! Hey!)
Go on and put your money back
Baby girl, I got that
I'm gonna give you what you want
You can have it all
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter cuz it's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
Anything you wish, I can get it back
Anything in the world, even if it don't exist
I'll make it, baby, oooo baby
Sit in my lap, with ya heels on high
Looking like a beauty queen, make a young prince cry
Like baby, baby, baby
Oh you can, you can have it all
You can have it all
Grand Patron on the rocks
Or mix the lemonade with Ciroc
Yeah, you can have it all
Box coupe or the Panamara seat with the dealership tab on me
Yeah, you can have it all
Palm trees (have it all)
Private beach (have it all)
It don't matter cuz it's all on me (have it all)
Yeahhh
Have it, have it all
Yeahhh
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Have It All Lyrics as written by Jesse Mccartney James Rayshawn Smith
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