"Fast Car (Fugee Remix)" is a song by Wyclef Jean featuring Lupe Fiasco. It was released as a single on June 17, 2008, the remix version of the song from Wyclef's sixth studio album, Carnival Vol. II - Memoirs of an Immigrant.[1]
Personnel[]
- Adam Deitch – drums
- Arden Altino – keyboards
- Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
- Dave Clauss, Elvis Aponte, Alonzo Vargas, Idris Washington, Mike Miller – mixing engineer
- Derreck Douget – saxophone
- Glen Marchese – mixing engineer
- Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis – writer, producer
- Keith "Lil Wonda" Duplessis – writer, producer
- Maurice Brown – trumpet, arranger
- Melky "All Hands On Deck" Jean – writer, producer
- Serge Tsai – recording engineering
- Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – vocals
- Wyclef Jean – vocals
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Yeah
It's those Jersey boys
Wyclef, Jerry, Wonda
We gonna take you back
[Verse 1]
I heard a man say Jesus walks
Me, myself, I heard Jesus talk
'Cause when I heard his beat
I felt Jesus voice
I heard it through the wide
And he made it out the coma
From a fast car
It was a fast car
[Verse 2]
Every day is like the wild wild west
Some of us are bad boys
Some of us are outlawed
And some mystery, the killer get away
And livin' this isn't the end of the day
In the fast car
Jump in the fast car
Are you ready to ride?
[Chorus]
You don't gotta be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now, yeah
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]
Lupe!
Soon as they wave the cheque begin to drive reckless
Hope you have a wreck but walk away deathless
And when they rush the car with the extinguishers
You address to the crowd with your fingers that you're okay
That you're so saved, that you're so brave
'Cause you live your life on one foot in your own grave
When you're defying death, that's when you're on stage
With a million on the dash, in the crowd, hoping you crash
So what the devil did and you prepare for this the beat will last
You ran out of gas
[Chorus]
You don't gotta be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now, yeah
Are you ready to ride?
[Verse 4]
Come follow me, come follow me, come follow me, come follow me
I see two kids in the [?] with they ski masks they [?]
One said "you ride shotgun"
We hit the liquor store
We take the cash then we take off in the fast car
Yes, they got the [?]
That's when I heard the shots blast
They tried to speed up but the hearse don't move fast
[Chorus]
You don't gotta be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now, yeah
Are you ready to ride?
[Chorus]
You don't gotta be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now, yeah
Are you ready to ride?
[Verse 5]
We just fly
Everybody just fly
We just push on the pedal and slide
And if you feel what I'm feelin' in your [?] in the club
Then you gotta let somebody else drive now
And ride, everybody just ride now
Pushin' in the club lookin' fly in the ride now
Now all the fellas in the place, man
Easy on the [?] man
We just tryna have a good time now
[Outro]
Oh, oh, ooh-oh, oh, ohh-oh
Yeah! Yeah!
Are you ready to ride?
References[]
- ↑ Zisook, Brian (March 31, 2008). "Wyclef Jean ft. Lupe Fiasco - Fast Car (Fugee Remix)". DJBooth.