"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.
We don't care anymore (care anymore)
We don't share anymore (share anymore)
I'll keep on bringin and singin
Until your ears is ringin
And stingin flingin and gleamin
True MC'n with meanin
It's seemin we fiendin for all the
Cream and all the screamin
The demon got us believin in schemin
Rhymin for no reason
Every weekend we weakened
Discipline is what we needin
But we too busy freakin
To understand divine speakin
Is anyone out there tryin to make it better?
Or is all of hip-hop
About the cheddar? Whatever!
You don't care anymore (care anymore)
We don't share anymore (share anymore)
We don't share and care no more
We think this one's about lust
In every debate we create more
Hate and mistrust in us
Judge not least ye may be judged
Show understandin
You don't know anyone's plan in life
It's so demandin
This one rippin off that one
That one rippin off this one
Listen, givin is livin and livin is givin
You listenin?
Our culture we pissin in, pissin on
Rappin for platinum plaques but when live
Can't get it on
What a response, from the
Bronx, to wreck shit, when it's hectic
Players wanna be stars
Instead of being respected
That's somethin that I won't do of course
I break 'em off
Straight from the source, they
Think they boss, when they lost
Tryin to force it, when it don't fit
I'll bust you down and I won't quit
Mics and money you won't get
When dogs don't do that dope shit
Now turn it around and peep it
Make sure to keep it a secret
I come down with that deep shit
Straight out the sky I speak it
Somehowwwwww, we got lost
And now our sharing, is gone
No one cares, no one shares
We gotta make it right, so we all can unite
We don't share anymore (share anymore)
I'll keep on bringin and singin
Until your ears is ringin
And stingin flingin and gleamin
True MC'n with meanin
It's seemin we fiendin for all the
Cream and all the screamin
The demon got us believin in schemin
Rhymin for no reason
Every weekend we weakened
Discipline is what we needin
But we too busy freakin
To understand divine speakin
Is anyone out there tryin to make it better?
Or is all of hip-hop
About the cheddar? Whatever!
You don't care anymore (care anymore)
We don't share anymore (share anymore)
We don't share and care no more
We think this one's about lust
In every debate we create more
Hate and mistrust in us
Judge not least ye may be judged
Show understandin
You don't know anyone's plan in life
It's so demandin
This one rippin off that one
That one rippin off this one
Listen, givin is livin and livin is givin
You listenin?
Our culture we pissin in, pissin on
Rappin for platinum plaques but when live
Can't get it on
What a response, from the
Bronx, to wreck shit, when it's hectic
Players wanna be stars
Instead of being respected
That's somethin that I won't do of course
I break 'em off
Straight from the source, they
Think they boss, when they lost
Tryin to force it, when it don't fit
I'll bust you down and I won't quit
Mics and money you won't get
When dogs don't do that dope shit
Now turn it around and peep it
Make sure to keep it a secret
I come down with that deep shit
Straight out the sky I speak it
Somehowwwwww, we got lost
And now our sharing, is gone
No one cares, no one shares
We gotta make it right, so we all can unite
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
We Don't Care Anymore Lyrics as written by Dan Marsala Adam Russell
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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