"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.
All the girls, at the school, won't y'all meet us down there.
We gon' take ya, then gon' show you how we do it round here.
We got a party on the roof
If you miss it, oh well
Gotta keep it on the low
Ain't nobody can tell
Sixteen balling like them boys at Menudo
Only difference is our crib is in the hood
We got them jumping out the pool like they're all from Reno
We dance like the Jackson's,
All we're missing is Tito
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
Let me define, what I call a girlfriend!
She will be mine, about two weekends
I'm only sixteen, that means it's show time
When I ain't with her, that means I'm on mine!
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
Cause another a hundred want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We gon' get down on the dance floor
Girls, move them hips though!
Back up in yo speakers,
We gon' smash on the radio
I said for y'all to get down on the dance floor
Smash on the radio
You know what I mean shawty.
Look how fast the cash blow!
We gon' take ya, then gon' show you how we do it round here.
We got a party on the roof
If you miss it, oh well
Gotta keep it on the low
Ain't nobody can tell
Sixteen balling like them boys at Menudo
Only difference is our crib is in the hood
We got them jumping out the pool like they're all from Reno
We dance like the Jackson's,
All we're missing is Tito
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
Let me define, what I call a girlfriend!
She will be mine, about two weekends
I'm only sixteen, that means it's show time
When I ain't with her, that means I'm on mine!
It's a whole lot of y'all that's up in here that's looking for love,
But we go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
Cause another a hundred want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho I got a girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We go breaking hearts and gettin' to the money on tour.
If you my honey, it's only for the moment,
'Cause another 100 want it,
We keep it young, popping off
We gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
Now even tho girl,
But I wanna get some more
Gotta figure how to get 'em
Without messin' up my flow!
Gotta keep her,
Gotta keep her, keep her,
Keep her on the low
Gotta k-k-keep her,
Gotta keep her on the low
It's the One to the Two,
And one that lets it go.
When the DJ plays my music,
We gon' get down on the floor
We gon' get down on the dance floor
Girls, move them hips though!
Back up in yo speakers,
We gon' smash on the radio
I said for y'all to get down on the dance floor
Smash on the radio
You know what I mean shawty.
Look how fast the cash blow!
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Keep Her On the Low Lyrics as written by Candice Clotiel Nelson Sean Garrett
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
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keep her on the low is basically them coming outta there shell and how players act but if read between the line its actually talking about a love triangle how they are stuck between 2 girls that they like and both girls have something about them that they love so they cant choose who they wanna be with and that's why they have to keep her on the low