"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.
(She was living in a single room with three other individuals
One of them was a male, and the other two
Well, the other two were females
God only knows what they were up to in there
And furthermore Susan I wouldn't be
The least bit surprised to learn that all four of them
Habitually smoked marijuana cigarettes, reefers)
I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joint at night
I smoke two joint in the afternoon
It makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in time of peace
And two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
And then I smoke two more
(Smoke cigarettes 'til the day she dies!
Toke a big spliff of some good sensimillia
Smoke cigarettes 'til the day she dies!
Toke a big spliff of some good sensamill
Eazy-E were ya ever caught slippin'? Hell nah!)
Daddy he once told me
"Son, you be hard workin' man"
And momma she once told me
"Son, you do the best you can"
Then one day I met a man
He came to me and said
"Hard work good and hard work fine
But first take care of head"
Whoa rock me to the night
Jah say oh oh oh oh oh
One of them was a male, and the other two
Well, the other two were females
God only knows what they were up to in there
And furthermore Susan I wouldn't be
The least bit surprised to learn that all four of them
Habitually smoked marijuana cigarettes, reefers)
I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joint at night
I smoke two joint in the afternoon
It makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in time of peace
And two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
And then I smoke two more
(Smoke cigarettes 'til the day she dies!
Toke a big spliff of some good sensimillia
Smoke cigarettes 'til the day she dies!
Toke a big spliff of some good sensamill
Eazy-E were ya ever caught slippin'? Hell nah!)
Daddy he once told me
"Son, you be hard workin' man"
And momma she once told me
"Son, you do the best you can"
Then one day I met a man
He came to me and said
"Hard work good and hard work fine
But first take care of head"
Whoa rock me to the night
Jah say oh oh oh oh oh
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Smoke Two Joints Lyrics as written by Michael A Kay Chris Kay
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this song makes me laugh, whenever i hear it i always think of my best friend stumbling around singing this
whenever i hear this song i think of this time i showed up to a party stoned and just sat in a room listening to sublime the whole time with some of my friends. good memories.
Probably one of the best sublime songs ever! it def. brings back memories of getting all f*cked up at the beach listening to this CD over and over again.
i love sublime...smokin weed smokin weed.... the band slightly stoopid sings a song called sensimilla.....thats good too!
In case you weren't counting, that's 16 joints. Didn't Sublime cover this song? I seem to remember a line about "I smoke to joints when I play video games, and every 10,000 points...."
wow only 8 posts! OUCH rubs spot on arm where she feels a punch What has the world come to??? :-( Oh well gotta love sublime, don't we all??? This song kicks ass by the way... I'm a firm believer that originals are better but sublime proved me wrong and covered this song nicely! :-D
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dont be suprised --the government watches all-- people dont want to post --the government will get you-- because the Government --the government will get you one of these days they monitor all your shit-- hates Canabis (Technical name for weed for all u dumbshits) and they will bust you for making comments on this Song....<br /> <br /> Did you know that weed didnt become illegal because of the affects it does (Alcohol is worse). its because the Cotton company fought against Hemp and won-- just remember <br /> "FUCK THE GOVERNMENT"
I just wanted to know because i play guitar, does ne1 know how u fuckin play this song? I'ts that wierd high pitched strumming thing that they do in reggae and in a lot of other sublime songs. If ne of u know please tell me.
haha, i can relate to this song, i only wish i had that much weed though, go brad! ;)
gooood song to have a blaze tooo..bestbestbest
bob marley covered it too. it's by the toys i think. good stuff. i was fuckin around on kazaa once when i was high as shit and i found this song. it got me into sublime.
@staleph1sh yeah this song is originally done by the Toyes which is also a good version but i do prefer the Sublime version.