"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.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I like the way it's goin 'down (that's that shit right there)
C'mon, c'mon
This for all my (that's that shit right there)
Ladies (that's that shit right there)
Bad Boy, baby (that's that shit right there)
I got that peaches and cream (that's that shit right there)
Peaches and cream (that's that shit right there)
(It's the P the U the F the F) yeah, c'mon, uh
From the car to the bar, from the bar to the telly
From your neck to your bra, your bra to your belly (c'mon)
And she know (yeah), where PD go (uh-huh)
Eff the ego (oh), catch me below (c'mon)
Her belt like a foul boxer
She a freak, but she sweet so I can't knock her (can't knock her)
I just push her legs back 'til she propped up (uh, yeah)
Tongue have her singin' high notes like an opera
And I don't waste a drop 'til I taste the spot
Give me chills but I make it hot (hot)
Watch I'ma prove in time, I'ma make ya lose your mind
In a lengua smooth as mine
And I never question what hon' do (uh-uh)
When she meet me, she knock on door 1-1-2
From the 4-0-4 to 2-1-2
You got peaches and cream, ma, where's my scoop? C'mon
Let me tell you what I wanna do (yeah)
Let me show you that I'm feelin' you
Wanna sex, wanna ride with you
Wanna taste, wanna put my lips all over you
Can't get enough of you
Always taken of you
So sweet, so very wet
So good, girl you make me sweat
Girl, I'm talkin' 'bout
Peaches and cream (oh)
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend (that's right)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
(Girl, you taste so good to me)
It's even better when it's with ice cream (oh, oh)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I never thought that I would be
So addicted to you
On top, underneath, on the side of you
Better yet, baby, inside of you
Love the way you're just flowin' down
And I can feel it all around
In the front, in the back of you
Ooh, I love the taste of you
Girl, you know what I'm talkin' about
Peaches and cream
I need it cause you know that I'm a fiend (ooh)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine (ooh)
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I won't stop and girl you know I can't get enough
Wanna taste it in the mornin' when I'm wakin' up
Like peach cobbler in my stomach when I eat it up
Got your legs around my neck so I can't get up
See them boys 112 we from the A (A)
And when it comes to eatin' peaches, shorty we don't play
So all the ladies in the house if your peach the shit
Put your hands in the air and represent your clique
Peaches and cream (oh)
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend (that's right)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
(Girl, you are so tasty, tasty, oh)
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
(Oh-oh)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
(Girl, you taste so good to me)
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean (oh, oh)
Peaches and cream
Oh, girl I need it (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
I gotta have it (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
It's always on my mind (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I like it in my car (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
Or even in my bed (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
Or, baby, on the stairs (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
Oh, girl I need it (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
I gotta have it (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
It's always on my mind (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I like it in my car (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
Or even in my bed (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
Or, baby, on the stairs (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and-
I like the way it's goin 'down (that's that shit right there)
C'mon, c'mon
This for all my (that's that shit right there)
Ladies (that's that shit right there)
Bad Boy, baby (that's that shit right there)
I got that peaches and cream (that's that shit right there)
Peaches and cream (that's that shit right there)
(It's the P the U the F the F) yeah, c'mon, uh
From the car to the bar, from the bar to the telly
From your neck to your bra, your bra to your belly (c'mon)
And she know (yeah), where PD go (uh-huh)
Eff the ego (oh), catch me below (c'mon)
Her belt like a foul boxer
She a freak, but she sweet so I can't knock her (can't knock her)
I just push her legs back 'til she propped up (uh, yeah)
Tongue have her singin' high notes like an opera
And I don't waste a drop 'til I taste the spot
Give me chills but I make it hot (hot)
Watch I'ma prove in time, I'ma make ya lose your mind
In a lengua smooth as mine
And I never question what hon' do (uh-uh)
When she meet me, she knock on door 1-1-2
From the 4-0-4 to 2-1-2
You got peaches and cream, ma, where's my scoop? C'mon
Let me tell you what I wanna do (yeah)
Let me show you that I'm feelin' you
Wanna sex, wanna ride with you
Wanna taste, wanna put my lips all over you
Can't get enough of you
Always taken of you
So sweet, so very wet
So good, girl you make me sweat
Girl, I'm talkin' 'bout
Peaches and cream (oh)
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend (that's right)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
(Girl, you taste so good to me)
It's even better when it's with ice cream (oh, oh)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I never thought that I would be
So addicted to you
On top, underneath, on the side of you
Better yet, baby, inside of you
Love the way you're just flowin' down
And I can feel it all around
In the front, in the back of you
Ooh, I love the taste of you
Girl, you know what I'm talkin' about
Peaches and cream
I need it cause you know that I'm a fiend (ooh)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine (ooh)
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I won't stop and girl you know I can't get enough
Wanna taste it in the mornin' when I'm wakin' up
Like peach cobbler in my stomach when I eat it up
Got your legs around my neck so I can't get up
See them boys 112 we from the A (A)
And when it comes to eatin' peaches, shorty we don't play
So all the ladies in the house if your peach the shit
Put your hands in the air and represent your clique
Peaches and cream (oh)
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend (that's right)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
(Girl, you are so tasty, tasty, oh)
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
(Oh-oh)
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
(Girl, you taste so good to me)
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean (oh, oh)
Peaches and cream
Oh, girl I need it (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
I gotta have it (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
It's always on my mind (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I like it in my car (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
Or even in my bed (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
Or, baby, on the stairs (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
Oh, girl I need it (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
I gotta have it (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
It's always on my mind (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I like it in my car (I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend)
Or even in my bed (gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine)
Or, baby, on the stairs (it's even better when it's with ice cream)
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and cream
I need it 'cause you know that I'm a fiend
Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine
It's even better when it's with ice cream
Know what I mean
Peaches and-
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