"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.
Daddy, daddy, please buy me a sweet
I know you got money
I want that big chocolate bunny
In my mother-fucking tummy
Come on daddy, buy me that chocolate
Bunny, I know you got money
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, you'll give it to me!
Yo, uh, baby girl like rap
Baby girl like fun
Baby girl forgot to wear panties
So I smacked her on the bum bum
Baby girl love her daddy
Daddy, he play rough
And daddy like to make his baby girl
Do unusual stuff
Baby girl turn around
Now take off all of your clothes
There you go, thats a good girl
Now let me see you touch your toes
Daddy pop champagne
While he spark that blunt
Now come sit here on daddy's lap
And tell daddy what you want
Don't worry about a thing, fuck the world
We just stay in bed all day
Daddy got game, daddy brought it
From Africa to LA
I could be your daddy
Make everything okay
Shut the fuck up, be a good girl
And do what daddy say
Daddy, daddy, please can you buy me
Those funky pyjamas
The cool baby blue pyjamas
With the big yellow bananas
Come on, daddy, buy me
Those pyjamas, they fucking bananas
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it jesus!
Daddy, daddy please buy me
Those sneaks, I know you got money
The yellow ones you're getting me
The Michael Jordan 23
They just came out of NYC
Come on, daddy, you got money
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, you'll give it to me!
Uh, daddy he rap good
Daddy he get paid
Daddy takes his little angel
On a magical holiday
Daddy rocking his speedo
Baby rock a teenie meenie
Dongadongdongdong
The yellow polka dot bikini
Daddy kicking fucking back
Chillin' by the ocean
Daddy's little girl smiling
While I'm out swimming with the dolphins
Holla at the waiter
Can I get a sex on the beach?
Baby girl want an orgasm
Yo baby, where's your ID?
Don't worry about a thing, fuck the world
We just stay in bed all day
Daddy got game, daddy brought it
From Africa to LA
I could be your daddy
Make everything okay
Shut the fuck up, be a good girl
And do what daddy say
Daddy, daddy, please buy me a puppy
Come on, you'll get it for me
If you really love me
I want a puppy so badly
Come on daddy, buy me a puppy please
You'll make me so happy
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, you'll give it to me!
Daddy, daddy please buy me
A phone in case emergency
You'll probably get a hold of me
I want to have a phone on me
Now I don't want the cheap one, daddy
I want the big one
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it daddy!
I, I, I, I, I love you
I, I, I, I, I love you, daddy
I, I, I, I, I love you
I, I, I, I, I love you, daddy
Your daddy won't even let you say fuck
Your daddy's boring, your daddy sucks
Your daddy's a poes, your daddy's kak!
My daddy will fuck your daddy up!
Don't worry about a thing, fuck the world
We just stay in bed all day
Daddy got game, daddy brought it
From Africa to LA
I could be your daddy
Make everything okay
Shut the fuck up, be a good girl
And do what daddy say
Daddy, daddy, please can you
Buy me a big flat screen TV
I want to watch all my movies
And my cartoonies in 3D
No, not the little cheap one
Daddy, I want the big one
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it daddy!
Daddy, daddy please buy me a car
I know you got money
Come on daddy get it for me
I want a black Lamborghini
A matte black
L A M B to the O
I want it, I want it, I want it
Please, daddy-o!
I, I, I love you
I, I, I love you daddy
I, I, I love you
I, I, I love you daddy
(Hi Tek)
I love you
I love you daddy
I know you got money
I want that big chocolate bunny
In my mother-fucking tummy
Come on daddy, buy me that chocolate
Bunny, I know you got money
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, you'll give it to me!
Yo, uh, baby girl like rap
Baby girl like fun
Baby girl forgot to wear panties
So I smacked her on the bum bum
Baby girl love her daddy
Daddy, he play rough
And daddy like to make his baby girl
Do unusual stuff
Baby girl turn around
Now take off all of your clothes
There you go, thats a good girl
Now let me see you touch your toes
Daddy pop champagne
While he spark that blunt
Now come sit here on daddy's lap
And tell daddy what you want
Don't worry about a thing, fuck the world
We just stay in bed all day
Daddy got game, daddy brought it
From Africa to LA
I could be your daddy
Make everything okay
Shut the fuck up, be a good girl
And do what daddy say
Daddy, daddy, please can you buy me
Those funky pyjamas
The cool baby blue pyjamas
With the big yellow bananas
Come on, daddy, buy me
Those pyjamas, they fucking bananas
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it jesus!
Daddy, daddy please buy me
Those sneaks, I know you got money
The yellow ones you're getting me
The Michael Jordan 23
They just came out of NYC
Come on, daddy, you got money
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, you'll give it to me!
Uh, daddy he rap good
Daddy he get paid
Daddy takes his little angel
On a magical holiday
Daddy rocking his speedo
Baby rock a teenie meenie
Dongadongdongdong
The yellow polka dot bikini
Daddy kicking fucking back
Chillin' by the ocean
Daddy's little girl smiling
While I'm out swimming with the dolphins
Holla at the waiter
Can I get a sex on the beach?
Baby girl want an orgasm
Yo baby, where's your ID?
Don't worry about a thing, fuck the world
We just stay in bed all day
Daddy got game, daddy brought it
From Africa to LA
I could be your daddy
Make everything okay
Shut the fuck up, be a good girl
And do what daddy say
Daddy, daddy, please buy me a puppy
Come on, you'll get it for me
If you really love me
I want a puppy so badly
Come on daddy, buy me a puppy please
You'll make me so happy
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, you'll give it to me!
Daddy, daddy please buy me
A phone in case emergency
You'll probably get a hold of me
I want to have a phone on me
Now I don't want the cheap one, daddy
I want the big one
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it daddy!
I, I, I, I, I love you
I, I, I, I, I love you, daddy
I, I, I, I, I love you
I, I, I, I, I love you, daddy
Your daddy won't even let you say fuck
Your daddy's boring, your daddy sucks
Your daddy's a poes, your daddy's kak!
My daddy will fuck your daddy up!
Don't worry about a thing, fuck the world
We just stay in bed all day
Daddy got game, daddy brought it
From Africa to LA
I could be your daddy
Make everything okay
Shut the fuck up, be a good girl
And do what daddy say
Daddy, daddy, please can you
Buy me a big flat screen TV
I want to watch all my movies
And my cartoonies in 3D
No, not the little cheap one
Daddy, I want the big one
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it daddy!
Daddy, daddy please buy me a car
I know you got money
Come on daddy get it for me
I want a black Lamborghini
A matte black
L A M B to the O
I want it, I want it, I want it
Please, daddy-o!
I, I, I love you
I, I, I love you daddy
I, I, I love you
I, I, I love you daddy
(Hi Tek)
I love you
I love you daddy
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Daddy Lyrics as written by Anri Du Toit Watkin Tudor Jones
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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