"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.
Seeing if a seven-digit check cleared
All in the connect's ear
Driving cars that come out next year
Block lit, all I did was come out for some fresh air
Big chain, nice watch, fresh gear, heck yeah
Killers respect killers, soft niggas respect fear
Crazy cause I love it but I hate it that I rep there
Sad part about it is that I made it when I left there
Sorry to whoever anticipated my death here
You die, they hope, don't sleep, stay woke
The more money you get, the more it's your fault that they broke
Catch a bullet in your culo
In the hood that's how they do though
'Cause ain't nothin' new, yo
This ain't nothin' new, this ain't nothin' new
Two decker like me man, it's what I do
And you got lied to if they sad to say what I do
This ain't nothin' new, it ain't nothin' new
Nah but maybe to a nigga like you
'Cause round here man, this an everyday thing
No it ain't nothin' new
Never turn down when it's on, I'm front line
Always respected what's real, I want mine
Anytime they shot up the hood was go time
Once you start cuttin' in life, you sold out
If you have some smut on your name, you can't grind
Over reputation and pride we gone die
When the police asked for the truth, I told lies
And when I find God in this booth, my soul cry
Once you off the stoop it's through, you no child
Ain't make no excuse for your youth, or no size
See me, I graduated these streets in 05
Still live and die by these rules, you know why?
This ain't nothin' new, this ain't nothin' new
Two decker like me man, it's what I do
And you got lied to if they sad to say what I do
This ain't nothin' new, it ain't nothin' new
Nah but maybe to a nigga like you
'Cause round here man, this an everyday thing
No it ain't nothin' new
Nah the bars are still lethal
You ain't at the top til the stars are underneath you
God shuffles the deck but the cards come from the people
Speakin' from a place where the odds are under equal
Yeah, end of discussion
Ain't nothin' new, I vocally destroy any production
Go get your crew, put my prints on the semi, I'm bustin'
Grateful, I know the difference between plenty and nothin'
I'm on the block, on the crate, sippin' Henny and puffin'
And even though it's all love, keep your enemies lustin'
Lick a shot off then let two go
Let me off the leash, I'm like Cujo
This ain't nothin' new yo
This ain't nothin' new, this ain't nothin' new
Two decker like me man, it's what I do
And you got lied to if they sad to say what I do
This ain't nothin' new, it ain't nothin' new
Nah but maybe to a nigga like you
'Cause round here man, this an everyday thing
No it ain't nothin' new
All in the connect's ear
Driving cars that come out next year
Block lit, all I did was come out for some fresh air
Big chain, nice watch, fresh gear, heck yeah
Killers respect killers, soft niggas respect fear
Crazy cause I love it but I hate it that I rep there
Sad part about it is that I made it when I left there
Sorry to whoever anticipated my death here
You die, they hope, don't sleep, stay woke
The more money you get, the more it's your fault that they broke
Catch a bullet in your culo
In the hood that's how they do though
'Cause ain't nothin' new, yo
This ain't nothin' new, this ain't nothin' new
Two decker like me man, it's what I do
And you got lied to if they sad to say what I do
This ain't nothin' new, it ain't nothin' new
Nah but maybe to a nigga like you
'Cause round here man, this an everyday thing
No it ain't nothin' new
Never turn down when it's on, I'm front line
Always respected what's real, I want mine
Anytime they shot up the hood was go time
Once you start cuttin' in life, you sold out
If you have some smut on your name, you can't grind
Over reputation and pride we gone die
When the police asked for the truth, I told lies
And when I find God in this booth, my soul cry
Once you off the stoop it's through, you no child
Ain't make no excuse for your youth, or no size
See me, I graduated these streets in 05
Still live and die by these rules, you know why?
This ain't nothin' new, this ain't nothin' new
Two decker like me man, it's what I do
And you got lied to if they sad to say what I do
This ain't nothin' new, it ain't nothin' new
Nah but maybe to a nigga like you
'Cause round here man, this an everyday thing
No it ain't nothin' new
Nah the bars are still lethal
You ain't at the top til the stars are underneath you
God shuffles the deck but the cards come from the people
Speakin' from a place where the odds are under equal
Yeah, end of discussion
Ain't nothin' new, I vocally destroy any production
Go get your crew, put my prints on the semi, I'm bustin'
Grateful, I know the difference between plenty and nothin'
I'm on the block, on the crate, sippin' Henny and puffin'
And even though it's all love, keep your enemies lustin'
Lick a shot off then let two go
Let me off the leash, I'm like Cujo
This ain't nothin' new yo
This ain't nothin' new, this ain't nothin' new
Two decker like me man, it's what I do
And you got lied to if they sad to say what I do
This ain't nothin' new, it ain't nothin' new
Nah but maybe to a nigga like you
'Cause round here man, this an everyday thing
No it ain't nothin' new
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Ain't Nothin New Lyrics as written by Eliot Dubock Shaffer Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
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