"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.
Dear God, bring our p-o-ws' home
And our brothers on lockdown, home
Amen!
Jeah! back blocked on everybody laptop
Hittin' niggas from da shower, hold a note like da guy who said da British is comin'
Oh yeah da niggas is comin' get out ya good dishes or somethin' like it's thanksgiving
And non other than da "are" and without further a due like Freddy get ready it's .....
Whatever happen Lord, don't pass me by
'Cause whenever I did wrong it was ya name I cried
I heard you forgave over and over again
But when I found out I love you, you became ammune to my sins
Laid wide awake in da middle of my sleep (I see dead people)
And sometimes it's me Lord
I never wanted to be a thug father
I only wanted to be a son of a father
That's how it sounds inside, worse than da war in Iraq, when it's me against I
I gave up da weed and somehow I'm still high
Three years still seein' them three guys lord (whoo)
Sometimes I don't know what you want from me, but I do know you know what I want from you
(Give it to me)
(Come on) take away this Hennessey, take away me runnin' da streets
Stop people from rapin' me, take away all this jealously and prejudicy
Lord you said it was better place, I grew up around pimps, hustlers, hoes and project gates
It's hard to believe in what I can't see
I got to get this money and feed my family
Whatever in me guides my life, dear lord don't let me die tonight
But if I shall before I wake, what shall I say
Its been a good run from hoodlum to outin' da states
How could one who made so much foul mistakes, still be allowed to have a smile on my face
How whatever da case I'm glad it wasn't murder, in a town you never heard of
From a nickel plated burner
Now my life straight like a perm, tried to take da spot I earn
Muthafucka better learn
[Chorus]
Back blocked on everybody laptop
Hit niggas from da shower, hold a note like da guy who said da british is comin'
Oh yeah da niggas is comin get out ya good dishes or somethin' like its thanksgiving
And non other than da "are" and without further a due like freddy get ready
Lord hear me out, got a few more things to say
These demons be chasin' me like everyday (come here)
Nah my life on crutches, never say I never walk again
But da devil is a lie cause I believe within'
You're da reason that I'm still here, even though I don't act like it
Even though I hear my callin' and fight it
Fools do me so wrong, its hard to stay righteous
Pimpin' was allowed to happen I'll hide it
Believe me lord I want you, got money and fame but still it just won't do
Sometimes I don't like who I am, when I look in da mirror my reflection is uncle sam (uncle sam)
And every night I have these weird dreams, that a preacher trapped inside of me wake up and can't
Breathe
I feel like its twenty of me, goin' twenty different directions on a one way street lord
I got houses, money and cars, and met every single superstar
I got da whole music industry sold, but it still don't matter
When I'm gone and my casket closed!
Whatever in me guides my life, dear lord don't let me die tonight
But if I shall before I wake, I'd accept my fate
I did what I did my heart was in da right place (ohhh)
I guess so I can live it put food on my plate
You must still love me not to let it in by three that day
Well whatever da case I'm glad it wasn't murder, in a town you never heard of
From a nickel plated burner
I guess I'm not finished wit my journey, please forgive me for my sins
Shit I'm still tryna learn me
[Chorus]
From da back block on everybody laptop
Hit niggas from da shower, hold a note like da guy who said da British was comin'
Oh yeah da niggas is comin get out ya good dishes or somethin' like its thanksgiving
And non other than da "are" and without further a due like Freddy get ready
Many men (whoo) have come and gone in these streets (feel me)
Walked alone in these streets (ohhh) waitin' to hear from you (come on lord)
Oh lord,(whoo)wrap your arms (wrap your arms around us god)around da hood
(Lift every peace from war, bring our soldiers home, let us pray)
And our brothers on lockdown, home
Amen!
Jeah! back blocked on everybody laptop
Hittin' niggas from da shower, hold a note like da guy who said da British is comin'
Oh yeah da niggas is comin' get out ya good dishes or somethin' like it's thanksgiving
And non other than da "are" and without further a due like Freddy get ready it's .....
Whatever happen Lord, don't pass me by
'Cause whenever I did wrong it was ya name I cried
I heard you forgave over and over again
But when I found out I love you, you became ammune to my sins
Laid wide awake in da middle of my sleep (I see dead people)
And sometimes it's me Lord
I never wanted to be a thug father
I only wanted to be a son of a father
That's how it sounds inside, worse than da war in Iraq, when it's me against I
I gave up da weed and somehow I'm still high
Three years still seein' them three guys lord (whoo)
Sometimes I don't know what you want from me, but I do know you know what I want from you
(Give it to me)
(Come on) take away this Hennessey, take away me runnin' da streets
Stop people from rapin' me, take away all this jealously and prejudicy
Lord you said it was better place, I grew up around pimps, hustlers, hoes and project gates
It's hard to believe in what I can't see
I got to get this money and feed my family
Whatever in me guides my life, dear lord don't let me die tonight
But if I shall before I wake, what shall I say
Its been a good run from hoodlum to outin' da states
How could one who made so much foul mistakes, still be allowed to have a smile on my face
How whatever da case I'm glad it wasn't murder, in a town you never heard of
From a nickel plated burner
Now my life straight like a perm, tried to take da spot I earn
Muthafucka better learn
[Chorus]
Back blocked on everybody laptop
Hit niggas from da shower, hold a note like da guy who said da british is comin'
Oh yeah da niggas is comin get out ya good dishes or somethin' like its thanksgiving
And non other than da "are" and without further a due like freddy get ready
Lord hear me out, got a few more things to say
These demons be chasin' me like everyday (come here)
Nah my life on crutches, never say I never walk again
But da devil is a lie cause I believe within'
You're da reason that I'm still here, even though I don't act like it
Even though I hear my callin' and fight it
Fools do me so wrong, its hard to stay righteous
Pimpin' was allowed to happen I'll hide it
Believe me lord I want you, got money and fame but still it just won't do
Sometimes I don't like who I am, when I look in da mirror my reflection is uncle sam (uncle sam)
And every night I have these weird dreams, that a preacher trapped inside of me wake up and can't
Breathe
I feel like its twenty of me, goin' twenty different directions on a one way street lord
I got houses, money and cars, and met every single superstar
I got da whole music industry sold, but it still don't matter
When I'm gone and my casket closed!
Whatever in me guides my life, dear lord don't let me die tonight
But if I shall before I wake, I'd accept my fate
I did what I did my heart was in da right place (ohhh)
I guess so I can live it put food on my plate
You must still love me not to let it in by three that day
Well whatever da case I'm glad it wasn't murder, in a town you never heard of
From a nickel plated burner
I guess I'm not finished wit my journey, please forgive me for my sins
Shit I'm still tryna learn me
[Chorus]
From da back block on everybody laptop
Hit niggas from da shower, hold a note like da guy who said da British was comin'
Oh yeah da niggas is comin get out ya good dishes or somethin' like its thanksgiving
And non other than da "are" and without further a due like Freddy get ready
Many men (whoo) have come and gone in these streets (feel me)
Walked alone in these streets (ohhh) waitin' to hear from you (come on lord)
Oh lord,(whoo)wrap your arms (wrap your arms around us god)around da hood
(Lift every peace from war, bring our soldiers home, let us pray)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Don't Let Me Die Lyrics as written by Jean Olivier Samuel Barnes
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network
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