"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.
Hee-hee
Hoo
Oh-oh
Oh-oh (hee)
Love ain't what it used to be
That is what they're tellin' me
Push it in, stick it out
That ain't what it's all about (oh)
He wanna do something keen to you
He wanna wrap his arms all around you, girl
He wanna shake it up, shake it down, doin' it right
He wanna jump back, half flap, doin' it right
He wanna lay you down, turn it up, shakin' it loose
He wanna fly high, nigh high, baby for you'se
He wanna motormouth, float around, baby the back
He wanna shake it up, shake it down, movin' 'round ha-ha
Love ain't what it used to be (hee)
That is what they're tellin' me
Push it in, stick it out
That ain't what it's all about (oh)
Susie like to agitate
Get the boy and make him wait
Mother's preachin' Abraham
Brothers, they don't give a damn (oh)
He wanna do something keen to you
He wanna wrap his arms all around you, girl
He wanna glue it up, keep it high, deep in the night
He wanna eyeball, get hard, playin' it right
He wanna turn the key, hurt the sheets, move to the left
He wanna hot scrub, hot love, makin' it wet
He wanna give hot, jump shot, move to the left
He wanna time bar, slam dunk, ha-ha-ha
Hoo
Keep it goin' (hoo)
Party down
Hoo, hoo
Love ain't what it used to be (ow)
That is what they're tellin' me
Push it in, stick it out
That ain't what it's all about (oh)
Sister says she love him some (she's doin' it, she's doin' it)
Got his Jimmy on the run (hoo, hee)
Mother's preaching Abraham (hee)
Brothers, they don't give a damn (oh)
(What? Ho)
Johnny's begging pretty please (keep the brother on his knees)
Keep the brother on his knees (hoo-hee)
Susie likes to agitate (keep doin' it, keep doin' it, hee)
Get the boy and make him wait (oh)
Sister's married to her hood
Sayin' that she got it good
Holy Mary, mercy me
I can't believe the things I see
Thinkin' that they got it made (hoo)
They doin' what they used to hate
Push it in, stick it out (keep doin' it, keep doin' it)
That ain't what it's all about (that ain't what it's all about)
Holy Mary, mercy me (she's holy Mary, moly Mary)
I can't believe the things I see (keep it goin' on now)
Mother's preaching Abraham (she's preachin' Abraham)
(She's doin' it she's doin' it)
Brothers they don't give a damn (hoo, hoo-hoo)
(Holy Mary, moly Mary)
Sister says she love him some (she goin' down, hee)
Got his Jimmy on the run (got his Jimmy, hee-hee)
Holy Mary, mercy me (she's holy Mary, moly Mary)
I can't believe the things I see (keep on goin', hee, hee)
You're doin' it
You're dirty
Keep doin' it
You're dirty
Keep nasty
You're nasty
You're doin' it
You're dirty
You're dirty
You're doin' it
You're nasty
You're doin' it
Keep dirty
Keep dirty
You really don't want it
Hoo
Hoo, ooh
Go on, now
Hoo
(Keep it goin')
(Close your eyes)
(I gotta make)
(Close the door)
(She's doin' it)
(She's dirty)
(She's, ooh)
(She's, hoo)
(Keep on goin')
(Party down)
Holy Mary, mercy me
I can't believe the things I see
Push it in, stick it out (stick it out)
That ain't what it's all about
Hoo
Oh-oh
Oh-oh (hee)
Love ain't what it used to be
That is what they're tellin' me
Push it in, stick it out
That ain't what it's all about (oh)
He wanna do something keen to you
He wanna wrap his arms all around you, girl
He wanna shake it up, shake it down, doin' it right
He wanna jump back, half flap, doin' it right
He wanna lay you down, turn it up, shakin' it loose
He wanna fly high, nigh high, baby for you'se
He wanna motormouth, float around, baby the back
He wanna shake it up, shake it down, movin' 'round ha-ha
Love ain't what it used to be (hee)
That is what they're tellin' me
Push it in, stick it out
That ain't what it's all about (oh)
Susie like to agitate
Get the boy and make him wait
Mother's preachin' Abraham
Brothers, they don't give a damn (oh)
He wanna do something keen to you
He wanna wrap his arms all around you, girl
He wanna glue it up, keep it high, deep in the night
He wanna eyeball, get hard, playin' it right
He wanna turn the key, hurt the sheets, move to the left
He wanna hot scrub, hot love, makin' it wet
He wanna give hot, jump shot, move to the left
He wanna time bar, slam dunk, ha-ha-ha
Hoo
Keep it goin' (hoo)
Party down
Hoo, hoo
Love ain't what it used to be (ow)
That is what they're tellin' me
Push it in, stick it out
That ain't what it's all about (oh)
Sister says she love him some (she's doin' it, she's doin' it)
Got his Jimmy on the run (hoo, hee)
Mother's preaching Abraham (hee)
Brothers, they don't give a damn (oh)
(What? Ho)
Johnny's begging pretty please (keep the brother on his knees)
Keep the brother on his knees (hoo-hee)
Susie likes to agitate (keep doin' it, keep doin' it, hee)
Get the boy and make him wait (oh)
Sister's married to her hood
Sayin' that she got it good
Holy Mary, mercy me
I can't believe the things I see
Thinkin' that they got it made (hoo)
They doin' what they used to hate
Push it in, stick it out (keep doin' it, keep doin' it)
That ain't what it's all about (that ain't what it's all about)
Holy Mary, mercy me (she's holy Mary, moly Mary)
I can't believe the things I see (keep it goin' on now)
Mother's preaching Abraham (she's preachin' Abraham)
(She's doin' it she's doin' it)
Brothers they don't give a damn (hoo, hoo-hoo)
(Holy Mary, moly Mary)
Sister says she love him some (she goin' down, hee)
Got his Jimmy on the run (got his Jimmy, hee-hee)
Holy Mary, mercy me (she's holy Mary, moly Mary)
I can't believe the things I see (keep on goin', hee, hee)
You're doin' it
You're dirty
Keep doin' it
You're dirty
Keep nasty
You're nasty
You're doin' it
You're dirty
You're dirty
You're doin' it
You're nasty
You're doin' it
Keep dirty
Keep dirty
You really don't want it
Hoo
Hoo, ooh
Go on, now
Hoo
(Keep it goin')
(Close your eyes)
(I gotta make)
(Close the door)
(She's doin' it)
(She's dirty)
(She's, ooh)
(She's, hoo)
(Keep on goin')
(Party down)
Holy Mary, mercy me
I can't believe the things I see
Push it in, stick it out (stick it out)
That ain't what it's all about
Lyrics submitted by indianajones014
Superfly Sister Lyrics as written by Bryan Loren Michael Jackson
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
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I kinda think that Mike was shouting out black girls, saying 'get the boy and make him wait." This song seems to state that he found it unbelieveable at some of the things that are going on nowadays in relationships.