"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.
Post in the back I'm lowkey
Cut it, cut it like royalty
Dunk on yo bitch like Kobe
Yeah yeah yeah
Dunk on yo bed like [?]
Lil bitch throw back like Sean John
Dolla bounce back like Sean Don
Nothing nice (It's nothing )
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah, yah)
Yeah
Lil Tunechi nothing nice
Pull up on yo lil bitch in that ghost, she come to life
Yeah, private plane, masseuses on the flight
We on our way to Houston, straight to Houston for them pints
Oh, yo main bitch my side bitch
Insane lips and side tips
She drain it she dry it OK
She drink it, that's vibrant
She think it, that's awkward
Go anal, that's hybrid OK K K
You ain't lit to fire me
We ain't even thinking we bring this to scientists
Propane and butane drip
That can only mean that Lil Tunechi hit a fire lick
These niggas acting that's all
We got some films to make
I met the devil today
He did not know what the hell to say
Momma told me don't say nothing at all
If you ain't got something nice to say
I got something nice to say
I cannot feel my face
Post in the back I'm lowkey
Cut it, cut it like royalty
Dunk on yo bitch like Kobe
Yeah yeah yeah
Dunk on yo bed like [?]
Lil bitch throw back like Sean John
Dolla bounce back like Sean Don
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Post in the back I'm lowkey
Cut it, cut it like royalty
Dunk on yo bitch like Kobe
Yeah yeah yeah
Dunk on yo bed like [?]
Lil bitch throw back like Sean John
Dolla bounce back like Sean Don
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Cut it, cut it like royalty
Dunk on yo bitch like Kobe
Yeah yeah yeah
Dunk on yo bed like [?]
Lil bitch throw back like Sean John
Dolla bounce back like Sean Don
Nothing nice (It's nothing )
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah, yah)
Yeah
Lil Tunechi nothing nice
Pull up on yo lil bitch in that ghost, she come to life
Yeah, private plane, masseuses on the flight
We on our way to Houston, straight to Houston for them pints
Oh, yo main bitch my side bitch
Insane lips and side tips
She drain it she dry it OK
She drink it, that's vibrant
She think it, that's awkward
Go anal, that's hybrid OK K K
You ain't lit to fire me
We ain't even thinking we bring this to scientists
Propane and butane drip
That can only mean that Lil Tunechi hit a fire lick
These niggas acting that's all
We got some films to make
I met the devil today
He did not know what the hell to say
Momma told me don't say nothing at all
If you ain't got something nice to say
I got something nice to say
I cannot feel my face
Post in the back I'm lowkey
Cut it, cut it like royalty
Dunk on yo bitch like Kobe
Yeah yeah yeah
Dunk on yo bed like [?]
Lil bitch throw back like Sean John
Dolla bounce back like Sean Don
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Post in the back I'm lowkey
Cut it, cut it like royalty
Dunk on yo bitch like Kobe
Yeah yeah yeah
Dunk on yo bed like [?]
Lil bitch throw back like Sean John
Dolla bounce back like Sean Don
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing (It's nothing)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Nothing nice (Nothing nice)
It's nothing, yeah (It's nothing, yeah)
Lyrics submitted by herbertweezy
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