Fast Car (Fugee Remix)

"**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*.

## 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

**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

1. ↑ Zisook, Brian (March 31, 2008). "Wyclef Jean ft. Lupe Fiasco - Fast Car (Fugee Remix)". *DJBooth*.