"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.
Yeah
I know
But you know I heard that before though, right?
(D.A. got that dope!)
Uh
How she know what to do with the pack, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why her clothes smell like kush, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she got weed in her nails, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she keep blowin' clouds in the air, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Pack too loud, pack too loud
Smell me in the club when I came through the crowd
Say we can't do it, rollin' up right now
Anything that I rock, niggas takin' my style
All white Benz, think snow gettin plowed
She say I'm the realest nigga that she seen in a while
Blowin' this KK, it got me up in the clouds
I be wakin' and bakin', that mean I puff by the pound
Throwin' this money, they waitin' for it to come down
Fall in the spot, but only real ones allowed
Start from the bottom that mean we built from the ground
Don't want no problems, I want mills in my account
New whips, new shit for my house
Tell her take two puffs, kick her out
Say she was with me, then she lyin' then
We ain't even have sex, we was vibin'
How she know what to do with the pack, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why her clothes smell like kush, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she got weed in her nails, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she keep blowin' clouds in the air, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
Yeah, yeah (keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Roll the gas up
Fully loaded, what you waitin' on?
Ass up (ass up)
She a freak, and that pussy I can pass up
Heard you lookin' for the vibe, should've asked us
For real
Yeah, yes I need a Rollie for walkthrough
Yeah, I don't give a fuck what he bought you (fuck what he bought you)
Ooh, bought me a foreign, bought a watch too (bought me a foreign, bought a watch too)
Yeah, I see you kickin' shit, but who taught you? (ayy)
Love that (love)
Keep a bottle like I'm Tommy, I'm a Rugrat
Throw the pussy 'til you find out where the love at (love)
He got ten, I got ten, this a dub sack
Ayy Wiz, let's get's some more, fool
How she know what to do with the pack, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why her clothes smell like kush, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she got weed in her nails, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she keep blowin' clouds in the air, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
I know
But you know I heard that before though, right?
(D.A. got that dope!)
Uh
How she know what to do with the pack, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why her clothes smell like kush, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she got weed in her nails, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she keep blowin' clouds in the air, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Pack too loud, pack too loud
Smell me in the club when I came through the crowd
Say we can't do it, rollin' up right now
Anything that I rock, niggas takin' my style
All white Benz, think snow gettin plowed
She say I'm the realest nigga that she seen in a while
Blowin' this KK, it got me up in the clouds
I be wakin' and bakin', that mean I puff by the pound
Throwin' this money, they waitin' for it to come down
Fall in the spot, but only real ones allowed
Start from the bottom that mean we built from the ground
Don't want no problems, I want mills in my account
New whips, new shit for my house
Tell her take two puffs, kick her out
Say she was with me, then she lyin' then
We ain't even have sex, we was vibin'
How she know what to do with the pack, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why her clothes smell like kush, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she got weed in her nails, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she keep blowin' clouds in the air, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
Yeah, yeah (keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Roll the gas up
Fully loaded, what you waitin' on?
Ass up (ass up)
She a freak, and that pussy I can pass up
Heard you lookin' for the vibe, should've asked us
For real
Yeah, yes I need a Rollie for walkthrough
Yeah, I don't give a fuck what he bought you (fuck what he bought you)
Ooh, bought me a foreign, bought a watch too (bought me a foreign, bought a watch too)
Yeah, I see you kickin' shit, but who taught you? (ayy)
Love that (love)
Keep a bottle like I'm Tommy, I'm a Rugrat
Throw the pussy 'til you find out where the love at (love)
He got ten, I got ten, this a dub sack
Ayy Wiz, let's get's some more, fool
How she know what to do with the pack, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why her clothes smell like kush, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she got weed in her nails, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Why she keep blowin' clouds in the air, when she keep sayin' that she don't smoke?
(Keep sayin' that she don't smoke)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Clouds in the Air Lyrics as written by David D.a. Doman Cameron Jibril Thomaz
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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