"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.
Why you gotta ask me
Where I been
Why you gotta talk in
That abusing tone
You think the worst of me
You always think I'm
Out doing you wrong
You getting on my
Nerves wit that
Always trusting me when
I'm not home
I really do care for you
But if you keep on girl
We won't last long
[Chorus]
I'm not your last boyfriend
Don't drop that baggage
I won't have it
Stop tripping
I'm not cheating
Please believe me
I'm not your last boyfriend
Don't talk to me like you talk to him
Stop tripping
Stop yelling and accusing
Cause I'm not him
I really can't take all the arguing
Can you talk to me
Without raising your voice
'Cause I'm not understanding you
Sounds like you just
Making a lot of noise
I didn't get down with you
For the things you charged me with
The things he did
Could you please just
Forget the past
'Cause I just can't take much more of this
[Chorus]
Girl I do love you
And you know that I do
But I can't keep on arguing with you
And you say you've been hurt
And I know that's it's true
But I can't keep on paying for what
I didn't do
Yo,yo,yo,yo
You need to stop comparing
'Cause I don't act like
Don't look like
Don't sound like
I'm a treat you right
Got a little more to show
Got more to blow
Talking 'bout more than the one before
Talking 'bout more than the one before
That scrub gotcha, gotcha head all
Messed, up
Gotcha, gotcha rejecting my love
Got me, got me in yo situations
Stuck, stop
[Chorus]
Where I been
Why you gotta talk in
That abusing tone
You think the worst of me
You always think I'm
Out doing you wrong
You getting on my
Nerves wit that
Always trusting me when
I'm not home
I really do care for you
But if you keep on girl
We won't last long
[Chorus]
I'm not your last boyfriend
Don't drop that baggage
I won't have it
Stop tripping
I'm not cheating
Please believe me
I'm not your last boyfriend
Don't talk to me like you talk to him
Stop tripping
Stop yelling and accusing
Cause I'm not him
I really can't take all the arguing
Can you talk to me
Without raising your voice
'Cause I'm not understanding you
Sounds like you just
Making a lot of noise
I didn't get down with you
For the things you charged me with
The things he did
Could you please just
Forget the past
'Cause I just can't take much more of this
[Chorus]
Girl I do love you
And you know that I do
But I can't keep on arguing with you
And you say you've been hurt
And I know that's it's true
But I can't keep on paying for what
I didn't do
Yo,yo,yo,yo
You need to stop comparing
'Cause I don't act like
Don't look like
Don't sound like
I'm a treat you right
Got a little more to show
Got more to blow
Talking 'bout more than the one before
Talking 'bout more than the one before
That scrub gotcha, gotcha head all
Messed, up
Gotcha, gotcha rejecting my love
Got me, got me in yo situations
Stuck, stop
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by caramelpop05
Last Boyfriend Lyrics as written by Kandi L Burruss Kandi Burruss
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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