"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.
God exists 360 degrees
Like unsolved mysteries yo mind's tortured by demonic beast
It's so fatal no instrumental
They hit yo central nervous system you die without a funeral
For real my eyes still exist with a terror
Living without the guide of my father
Everyday is like a war we're going through
Agent orange man is coming after you
So get cut like ninja movie with a drama
All the way from Hong-kong straight up to China
Who needs yah chigidycheck with the mistah
The devil talkin on the fuckin speakah
You lay back you turn back you push back you come back
Save the fuckin day like yo Master Kojak
As the clock tigiditac
You be runnin like a maniac
You be talkin' ghetto well I just think you suck
Chorus:
Agent Orange get up get up get up
Agent Orange come up come up come up
Agent Orange get up get up get up
Agent Orange you better get up now
Agent Orange get up get up get up
Agent Orange come up come up come up
Agent Orange get up get up get up
You better get up now
It's the year 99 come and don't waste your time
I'm just a young man oh boy spittin rhyme
I shine the pain's penetrating to my spine
Unexplainable it can't be defined
They're hating me stabbing me playing me
Still I deal with the hate of the enemy
I'm hunted by fear when you speak and you mimic
Terrorize my mind like I'm Johnny Mnemonic
Explode like atomic, deadly with the technic
Dance to a song even though without the music
So diggidy slide diggidy jump watch the way I flow
We all gonna die if you mess with the crow
So get victimized when you close your eyes
Hit one two and you mesmerize
Surprise I never tell you lies
Muthafucka rise before they televise get wise
Repeat Chorus:
Instrumental:
(Whisper)
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
(Shout)
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
Repeat Chorus:
Like unsolved mysteries yo mind's tortured by demonic beast
It's so fatal no instrumental
They hit yo central nervous system you die without a funeral
For real my eyes still exist with a terror
Living without the guide of my father
Everyday is like a war we're going through
Agent orange man is coming after you
So get cut like ninja movie with a drama
All the way from Hong-kong straight up to China
Who needs yah chigidycheck with the mistah
The devil talkin on the fuckin speakah
You lay back you turn back you push back you come back
Save the fuckin day like yo Master Kojak
As the clock tigiditac
You be runnin like a maniac
You be talkin' ghetto well I just think you suck
Chorus:
Agent Orange get up get up get up
Agent Orange come up come up come up
Agent Orange get up get up get up
Agent Orange you better get up now
Agent Orange get up get up get up
Agent Orange come up come up come up
Agent Orange get up get up get up
You better get up now
It's the year 99 come and don't waste your time
I'm just a young man oh boy spittin rhyme
I shine the pain's penetrating to my spine
Unexplainable it can't be defined
They're hating me stabbing me playing me
Still I deal with the hate of the enemy
I'm hunted by fear when you speak and you mimic
Terrorize my mind like I'm Johnny Mnemonic
Explode like atomic, deadly with the technic
Dance to a song even though without the music
So diggidy slide diggidy jump watch the way I flow
We all gonna die if you mess with the crow
So get victimized when you close your eyes
Hit one two and you mesmerize
Surprise I never tell you lies
Muthafucka rise before they televise get wise
Repeat Chorus:
Instrumental:
(Whisper)
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
(Shout)
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
I close my eyes I close my mind still I burn inside
Repeat Chorus:
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What the hell is "evil clown" doin here? Anyway, in WWII, agent orange was used for plants. It is a contaminant used to make the leaves fall off, so enemies cant hide under them. So "Agent orange man" is I think the "Death Angel" thus referring to "Everyday is like a war we're going through, Agent orange man yo is coming after you". Hope that helps, 'Showbiz Hardcore' fans.