"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.
My lady be trippin' sometimes
I let her get away with it 'cause she God damn fine
My baby loves to argue but I don't pay her no mind
I drop that wood on her and get back on my grind
She know what she doing (yeah yeah yeah)
She know what she want (yeah yeah yeah)
She know how to move me (yeah yeah yeah)
And she know when she wrong (yeah yeah yeah)
That's why we break up, break up, break up
Only to make up, make up, make up
Why we fighting? (Ohh)
When we can do the night thing
I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't let go, can't let go
Said I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't say no, can't say no
Can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no
I know why you never listen
Just want me to put you in that position
Make you say ohh no
And if you was ever missing
The thought of being with other niggas
I be like ohh no
If anything was to happen
You know I'll be the first to take action
For you
'Cause you still got a hold on me, don't you
She know what she doing (yeah yeah yeah)
She know what she want (yeah yeah yeah)
She know how to move me (yeah yeah yeah)
And she know when she wrong (yeah yeah yeah)
That's why we break up, break up, break up
Only to make up, make up, make up
Why we fighting? (Ohh)
When we can do the night thing
I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't let go, can't let go
Said I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't say no, can't say no
Can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no
I let her get away with it 'cause she God damn fine
My baby loves to argue but I don't pay her no mind
I drop that wood on her and get back on my grind
She know what she doing (yeah yeah yeah)
She know what she want (yeah yeah yeah)
She know how to move me (yeah yeah yeah)
And she know when she wrong (yeah yeah yeah)
That's why we break up, break up, break up
Only to make up, make up, make up
Why we fighting? (Ohh)
When we can do the night thing
I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't let go, can't let go
Said I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't say no, can't say no
Can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no
I know why you never listen
Just want me to put you in that position
Make you say ohh no
And if you was ever missing
The thought of being with other niggas
I be like ohh no
If anything was to happen
You know I'll be the first to take action
For you
'Cause you still got a hold on me, don't you
She know what she doing (yeah yeah yeah)
She know what she want (yeah yeah yeah)
She know how to move me (yeah yeah yeah)
And she know when she wrong (yeah yeah yeah)
That's why we break up, break up, break up
Only to make up, make up, make up
Why we fighting? (Ohh)
When we can do the night thing
I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't let go, can't let go
Said I got somebody
That I wanna let go, wanna let go
But it's something 'bout that booty
That I can't say no, can't say no
Can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no, can't say no, can't say no, can't say no
Ohh no
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Can't Say No Lyrics as written by Steve Marsden Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam
Lyrics © Royalty Network
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