"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.
All them niggas duckin', we ain't never duckin' shit, nigga
How he run up, hit you in yo' face, man, you a bitch, nigga
Had to throw the set up, cause them niggas tryn tweak wit us
Shoutout my nigga tae, he P.O.P. cause he a big member
Steppin' on them niggas, bought whatever, cause this shit for fun
Smokin' on Exotic, take one puff of this, yo' ass is done
Booted off the molly in the party, he forgot his gun
All my niggas creepin' in them bushes, dressed up like a nun
Caught that nigga lackin' in the schoolhouse, he wasn't on that shit
Niggas keep on tweakin' like my niggas nem is not no pitz
Almost had to push up on the plug, cause he was talkin' slick
Almost had to give my girl a dub the way she suck my dick
I know that them niggas fraud, I know they be counterfeit
All my niggas tryn ball, see a play, I'm scoutin' it
Niggas trappin' hard, I ain't never had no drought in it
Can't let down my guard, pussy niggas tryn line you in
I'm wit baby A, yeah, we spittin' blocks and all them niggas down
Got a button on the back, so when we spinnin', shoot like 100 rounds
Catch me all up in your town, fuck around, get fucked around
All them niggas slangin' on them choppers, and they just bussin out
They bussin' out the window, hop out, get on feet
Are you down for a chase, you better run like it's a meet
I ain't playin' track field, I'm tryn run right where you sleep
I'm slangin' dope like I'm big meech, them niggas talkin', get on feet
We gon' spin the block again, we gon' spin that block
We gon' spin the block until they dead, we gon' spin the block
Pulled da 19 out the pocket, I'm like, nigga, don't you move
I'm with Ro, he act a fool, you know that nigga don't follow rules
They call me Ghost, bitch it's C.U fuckin T
Bitch it's grimy gang, it's MBO, don't motherfuckin' tweak
I put the D in the deceased, that nigga play, then we gon' meet
Put my ski on in the street, I left that nigga rest in peace, damn
How he run up, hit you in yo' face, man, you a bitch, nigga
Had to throw the set up, cause them niggas tryn tweak wit us
Shoutout my nigga tae, he P.O.P. cause he a big member
Steppin' on them niggas, bought whatever, cause this shit for fun
Smokin' on Exotic, take one puff of this, yo' ass is done
Booted off the molly in the party, he forgot his gun
All my niggas creepin' in them bushes, dressed up like a nun
Caught that nigga lackin' in the schoolhouse, he wasn't on that shit
Niggas keep on tweakin' like my niggas nem is not no pitz
Almost had to push up on the plug, cause he was talkin' slick
Almost had to give my girl a dub the way she suck my dick
I know that them niggas fraud, I know they be counterfeit
All my niggas tryn ball, see a play, I'm scoutin' it
Niggas trappin' hard, I ain't never had no drought in it
Can't let down my guard, pussy niggas tryn line you in
I'm wit baby A, yeah, we spittin' blocks and all them niggas down
Got a button on the back, so when we spinnin', shoot like 100 rounds
Catch me all up in your town, fuck around, get fucked around
All them niggas slangin' on them choppers, and they just bussin out
They bussin' out the window, hop out, get on feet
Are you down for a chase, you better run like it's a meet
I ain't playin' track field, I'm tryn run right where you sleep
I'm slangin' dope like I'm big meech, them niggas talkin', get on feet
We gon' spin the block again, we gon' spin that block
We gon' spin the block until they dead, we gon' spin the block
Pulled da 19 out the pocket, I'm like, nigga, don't you move
I'm with Ro, he act a fool, you know that nigga don't follow rules
They call me Ghost, bitch it's C.U fuckin T
Bitch it's grimy gang, it's MBO, don't motherfuckin' tweak
I put the D in the deceased, that nigga play, then we gon' meet
Put my ski on in the street, I left that nigga rest in peace, damn
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
TWEAK WIT US (feat. C.U.T Ghost) Lyrics as written by Santino Stafford Jordan Williams
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