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我管它叫the most underdog song,是因为我觉得没有哪首歌比这首更underdog了；这首歌描述底层得无奈，挣扎，甚至自暴自弃，下一代重复着上一代的命运。“我”讲述了一个工作一族的女性想去摆脱贫困圈 escape the cycle of poverty。当然这首歌的作者Tracy Chapman是一位颇为成功的音乐人，只要不放任自己，或正在过着即使非贵也即富的生活。
$ B. Q* D4 f# K0 `我第一次听这首歌是多年前，被其旋律与节拍吸引，一个字‘与众不同’。当我听到歌词中我是girl时，我奇怪为什么第一人称是女性？再她的视频回帖里有个音乐专业的学生附言，她的老师在音乐课上以Fast Car举例，她也很惊讶，Tracy Chapman居然是She. Tracy是个中性名字，有兴趣可以搜一下Tracy Chapman，【Fast Car】原版视频， 不仅声音象男声视频中她看着也像个男孩。所以我开始也以为她是He; 这首歌的几个成功的翻唱也都是男声翻唱，翻唱作品也没有改歌词，仍然把自己成为girl.
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7 S2 P: G- R- x' }Fast Car
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Song by Tracy Chapman
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Lyrics5 P3 m% K9 E! u' o/ {- p
You got a fast car
$ B0 s; Z4 L/ f: vI want a ticket to anywhere$ B! G4 o( Y9 w. l* k/ R! l
Maybe we can make a deal
2 { [- @$ W$ \! G" }. TMaybe together we can get somewhere0 O- |8 ?. g; H ?0 _/ }( J
Any place is better
: G+ n* X) G7 Z3 F& F" b1 VStarting from zero, got nothing to lose+ x6 R2 @( y( M8 C
Maybe we'll make something
2 C2 |9 W. c! z2 p& n& zMe, myself, I got nothing to prove
9 B8 B# x" d+ Y8 \+ n, f6 DYou got a fast car0 N, @* W5 T8 r5 C3 d
I got a plan to get us out of here
) p. ^( y" ?+ _3 KI been working at the convenience store6 e. G e2 q' L7 W
Managed to save just a little bit of money
3 C2 K9 I% ~' S; g; s# E( q* ~Won't have to drive too far
5 M" }+ v& w. P9 h+ S8 A$ RJust 'cross the border and into the city. m9 G7 c: ?& {
You and I can both get jobs
0 G; F+ k8 m/ t3 MAnd finally see what it means to be living
9 B" s" z& M' H0 X3 M8 k; O, D$ f6 wSee, my old man's got a problem4 z m) K/ `* o! l2 I `9 X
He live with the bottle, that's the way it is
8 ~3 Z! f$ n6 a* y" k0 `He say his body's too old for working
) \; W" V2 X: `* b2 _His body's too young to look like his! V% e* Q. E% ~$ U$ F! ~8 z
My mama went off and left him
. `; i P1 Z* C) c8 O% l9 W7 N: dShe wanted more from life than he could give4 \3 A$ W& {( G
I said somebody's got to take care of him3 R+ r! u k# L) E
So I quit school and that's what I did
! t; [& l' L$ a% p6 hYou got a fast car
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We gotta make a decision9 o1 [8 y5 j+ z, e. }
Leave tonight or live and die this way+ n z5 m& \- F
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car( a' _3 y0 m( }* @5 G' r( Q
Speed so fast, it felt like I was drunk& S# `5 }: A6 Q
City lights lay out before us
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! e- o% [6 D/ }1 c: _2 o3 _. [And I-I had a feeling that I belonged
5 N, b: S+ B8 Q" f8 k) aI-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone9 K8 ]% y" [) {% Y( `# s. D
You got a fast car
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You still ain't got a job8 | o1 _0 W1 l8 _8 S
And I work in the market as a checkout girl9 @( M& R; L( }4 F! S! k# }- Q7 Z
I know things will get better |9 B. G& h9 k& G& u* ~
You'll find work and I'll get promoted' ]! _5 m. y/ b# u
And we'll move out of the shelter
; [2 R* m C! g* |3 w& }, H3 [Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs
( a$ q9 q- m! q$ z6 a [6 h/ MSo I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
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City lights lay out before us& r2 M: l9 f- n* R
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
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I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone, z2 J# {; I, F) F: g) v3 Y: |
You got a fast car
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You stay out drinking late at the bar1 h9 x: ?$ ~# c
See more of your friends than you do your kids& ^ [6 B4 b# W1 d. ~
I'd always hoped for better
3 l! J8 O a& e- ~9 ^Thought maybe together you and me'd find it4 B& E$ \6 R4 C! P- j7 P
I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere
* `: N7 O+ Z+ ?So take your fast car and keep on driving& A( U6 R( a0 a2 r" Q: i( _5 C
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
) t/ Q, K) ^) e- z# TSpeed so fast, it felt like I was drunk
; @8 d* o z7 M( u, `. U! VCity lights lay out before us
( T/ E, B- @* ]7 Z- X4 AAnd your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder) F8 Q$ j! y' A6 Q' q5 H0 y
And I-I had a feeling that I belonged
# w& M n% n8 c+ c* sI-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
1 }( ]0 f* B2 }$ O5 }. MYou got a fast car
0 H/ D5 r {% I+ XIs it fast enough so you can fly away?
) z* Y5 `0 e+ O# h! Z7 sYou gotta make a decision
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