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* LazinessCallout: In the final verse of "Fast Car", the narrator calls out her boyfriend for [[TheChainOfHarm becoming the same lazy, alcoholic deadbeat that her father had been]], going out drinking all night with his friends while she works hard to pay off their bills. Ultimately, she kicks him out for it.
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* IronicEcho: "Fast Car" has the following bridge that illustrates the promise the singer has when they leave their old life behind; it's also the final stanza of the song, changing the "we" to "you" with the singer putting their foot down when their partner refuses to get their act together:
--> You got a fast car
--> Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
--> We gotta make a decision
--> Leave tonight or live and die this way
--> You got a fast car
--> Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
--> We gotta make a decision
--> Leave tonight or live and die this way
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!! You've got a fast trope, but is it fast enough to fly away?
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!! You've got a fast trope, but is it fast enough to so we can fly away?
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!! Related Tropes
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!! Related TropesYou've got a fast trope, but is it fast enough to fly away?
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** The narrator of "Fast Car" has, by the end, realized that her boyfriend and the father of her children is a deadbeat who will never help her or the kids, and she kicks him to the curb. Possibly more of a BittersweetEnding, since the narrator seems to have escaped poverty (she says "I got a job that pays all our bills"), but her boyfriend isn't a good partner or parent.
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** The narrator of "Fast Car" has, by the end, realized that her boyfriend and the father of her children is a deadbeat who will never help her or the kids, and she kicks him to the curb. Possibly more of a BittersweetEnding, since the narrator seems to have escaped poverty (she says "I got a job that pays all our bills"), but her boyfriend isn't a good partner or parent. And instead of her leaving her family like her mother did, she gives her partner an ultimatum: he leave with his fast car, or get his act together.
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His body's too young to look like his.
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His body's too young to look like his."
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Live with the bottle, that's the way it is
He say his body's too old for working
He say his body's too old for working
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Live with the bottle, that's the way it is
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* AlcoholicParent: The father of "Fast Car"'s narrator.
-->''See, my old man's got a problem\\
Live with the bottle, that's the way it is
He say his body's too old for working
His body's too young to look like his.
-->''See, my old man's got a problem\\
Live with the bottle, that's the way it is
He say his body's too old for working
His body's too young to look like his.
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* TheChainOfHarm: The narrator of "Fast Car" remarks that her father is a broken-down alcoholic, and her mother subsequently left because she "wanted more from life than he could give." The singer hopes to break the chain with her boyfriend, but they ultimately end up stuck in the same situation, with the narrator taking on all of the financial and family responsibilities while her partner "stays out drinking late at the bars." At the end of the song, the narrator reveals that she's leaving the deadbeat that night, so she's escaping the chain--but it's not clear if she's taking her kids with her, so they might be the next links.
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* TheChainOfHarm: The narrator of "Fast Car" remarks that her father is a broken-down alcoholic, and her mother subsequently left because she "wanted more from life than he could give." The singer hopes to break the chain with her boyfriend, but they ultimately end up stuck in the same situation, with the narrator taking on all of the financial and family responsibilities while her partner "stays out drinking late at the bars." At the end of the song, the narrator reveals that she's leaving the deadbeat that night, so she's escaping the chain--but it's not clear if she's taking her kids with her, so they might be the next links.kicks him out, telling him to "take your fast car and keep on driving."
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Real Life Troping; this isn't about her music.
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* AmbiguousGender: [[DudeNotFunny Many cruel jokes about her refer to]] [[TakeThat not knowing she was a woman when the observer first saw a picture of her or heard her music]].
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** Also referenced in "Why", which includes the line, "Why is a woman still not safe when she's in her home?"
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** Also referenced in "Why", which includes "Why" with the line, "Why is a woman still not safe when she's in her home?"
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* DoubleSpeak: Invoked in "Why", as Chapman calls out the contradiction of deadly weapons being called "Peace Keepers".
-->Why are there missiles called "Peace Keepers"\\
When they're aimed to kill?
-->Why are there missiles called "Peace Keepers"\\
When they're aimed to kill?
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** Also referenced in "Why", which includes the line, "Why is a woman still not safe when she's in her home?"
* DoubleSpeak: Invoked in "Why", as Chapman calls out the contradiction of deadlyweapons missiles being called "Peace Keepers".
-->Why are there missiles called "Peace Keepers"\\
When they're aimed to kill?Keepers".
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-->Why are there missiles called "Peace Keepers"\\
When they're aimed to kill?
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* DoubleSpeak: Invoked in "Why", as Chapman calls out the contradiction of deadly weapons being called "Peace Keepers".
-->Why are there missiles called "Peace Keepers"\\
When they're aimed to kill?
-->Why are there missiles called "Peace Keepers"\\
When they're aimed to kill?
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* ARareSentence: "Fast Car" is a variation. It's easily Chapman's biggest hit and an extremely popular song, but its subject matter--generational poverty, an abandoned daughter dropping out of school to care for her alcoholic father, the ChainOfHarm, and ultimately bittersweet liberation--aren't exactly common topics for mainstream radio.
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* ARareSentence: "Fast Car" is a variation. It's easily Chapman's biggest hit and an extremely popular song, but its subject matter--generational poverty, an abandoned daughter dropping out of school to care for her alcoholic father, the ChainOfHarm, TheChainOfHarm, and ultimately bittersweet liberation--aren't exactly common topics for mainstream radio.
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* TheChainOfHarm: The narrator of "Fast Car" remarks that her father is a broken-down alcoholic, and her mother subsequently left because she "wanted more from life than he could give." The singer hopes to break the chain with her boyfriend, but they ultimately end up stuck in the same situation, with the narrator taking on all of the financial and family responsibilities while her partner "stays out drinking late at the bars." At the end of the song, the narrator reveals that she's leaving the deadbeat that night, so she's escaping the chain--but it's not clear if she's taking her kids with her, so they might be the next links.
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* ARareSentence: "Fast Car" is a variation. It's easily Chapman's biggest hit and an extremely popular song, but its subject matter--generational poverty, an abandoned daughter dropping out of school to care for her alcoholic father, the ChainOfHarm, and ultimately bittersweet liberation--aren't exactly common topics for mainstream radio.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Mountain O' Things" is this to people who have a lot of money and fancy things but don't do anything with them.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** "Mountain O' Things" is this to people who have a lot of money and fancy things but don't do anything withthem.them.
** The narrator of "Fast Car" gives one to her alcoholic partner:
-->''You stay out drinking late at the bar\\
See more of your friends than you do of your kids\\
I'd always hoped for better\\
Thought maybe together you and me'd find it\\
I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere\\
Take your fast car and keep on driving''
** "Mountain O' Things" is this to people who have a lot of money and fancy things but don't do anything with
** The narrator of "Fast Car" gives one to her alcoholic partner:
-->''You stay out drinking late at the bar\\
See more of your friends than you do of your kids\\
I'd always hoped for better\\
Thought maybe together you and me'd find it\\
I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere\\
Take your fast car and keep on driving''
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Chapman is also known for her activism, supporting such causes as Amnesty International, Make Poverty History, and has long supported the city school system in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.
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Chapman is also known for her activism, supporting such causes as Amnesty International, Make Poverty History, and has long supported the city school system in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.
Ohio. In fact, her activism was part of what brought her to fame in the first place, with "Fast Car" becoming her first hit after she performed it at a charity concert held to protest UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra and celebrate UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela's 70th birthday.
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* DownerEnding: The narrator of "Fast Car" has, by the end, realized that her boyfriend and the father of her children is a deadbeat who will never help her or the kids, and she kicks him to the curb. Possibly more of a BittersweetEnding, since the narrator seems to have escaped poverty (she says "I got a job that pays all our bills"), but her boyfriend isn't a good partner or parent.
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** The narrator of "Fast Car" has, by the end, realized that her boyfriend and the father of her children is a deadbeat who will never help her or the kids, and she kicks him to the curb. Possibly more of a BittersweetEnding, since the narrator seems to have escaped poverty (she says "I got a job that pays all our bills"), but her boyfriend isn't a good partner orparent.parent.
** "Behind the Wall" ends with an ambulance coming to the building following a horrible silence following the screaming one night, implying that the victim of the abuse that's been going on has either been seriously hurt or killed.
** The narrator of "Fast Car" has, by the end, realized that her boyfriend and the father of her children is a deadbeat who will never help her or the kids, and she kicks him to the curb. Possibly more of a BittersweetEnding, since the narrator seems to have escaped poverty (she says "I got a job that pays all our bills"), but her boyfriend isn't a good partner or
** "Behind the Wall" ends with an ambulance coming to the building following a horrible silence following the screaming one night, implying that the victim of the abuse that's been going on has either been seriously hurt or killed.
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* AbuseDiscretionShot: "Behind the Wall" is about a neighbor having to listen to the loud voices of an ugly and abusive domestic situation going on next door and knowing that she can't do anything about it because [[PoliceAreUseless "the police always come late if they come at all", and even when they come, they say they can't intervene with what's going on.]] The song ends with a horrible silence following the screaming one night, followed by an ambulance coming to the building, implying that the worst has happened.
