I Won't Sit Back
Lacey Brown Lyrics

@shaneramjit6024

@@cassidybaar Thank you

@danieldixon4568

Thats too young! Im 36 and so sorry!

@hughesb351

I'm a 43 year old metal head and I still believe this is one of the best songs ever written.

@marykinsella417

What A superb Artist❤

@Assassinists

I agree

@RileyScope-yf3gg

Definitely one of the best ever written.

@elviavera5388

I also agree.

@Thomas-wi7ti

Yeah Luke Combs covering this song revived it a little. Tracy is an amazing artist and Luke really does the song justice. I'm a heavy critic when someone covers a great iconic song like fast car. Just don't f*** it up and again Luke did an amazing job

My grandfather just passed last month 84 and this song was on the radio a few days after. It really made me think of him cause he was a riding/driving fool. Lol he loved going on his long rides on the weekends. I'm gonna miss that man so much 😢

@jessiefrye3045

You cannot remaster Perfection.
36 years ago, it was Perfection.
It still is TODAY.

@SandraHart858

Right? That voice chills♥️

@user-ym2ky3xf2w

A

@eunyoungsuh6767

Agree

@joshualourenco9950

Agree❤

@RichwithPeace

I can’t stand the remake. All I hear is his nasals.

@ritacolorito9618

Raise your hand if seeing Tracy Chapman perform at the Grammys made you shed a tear or two. Thank you for sharing your gift with us again.

@kristab6981

I bawled lol.

@pamelataylor3933

Didn't watch the Grammys, but I'm crying now.

@gwendolynwilborn1743

Yes, and she looked so surprised and touched when she got the standing ovation.

@f-luva-luva

For me, it took me back to 1988 when I was a kid. The good times in my life. Now, I listen to this with more mature ears and understanding. It made me tear up. Was great to see Tracy.

@stephenhazelwood4924

Been hearing this for 30 years . Definitely still hits

@shane8389

We Love you Tracy!!! My wife and I got married in 1986 I was 17 and she was 16 and Pregnant.. I remember us lying in bed listening to this song over and over it brought us some comfort in our little crazy world.. 37 Years and 4 Kids later we still love this song..❤❤❤❣💯

@ArAkBmttd

So young starting a family and still going! That is amazing! Congratulations!

@katberry2797

❤ Congratulations

@NativeCanna

❤

@denos.2688

Wow. You’re killing me. But glad it all worked out for you.

@juancitoperez2856

jajaja no pegaba una el dogor

@heathertrostle

My daughter’s father Sam loved this song. He listened to it constantly. He struggled with life and addiction and on February 11, 2024, less than 2 weeks ago, he died from an overdose, alone in a hotel room. My daughter just turned 10 months old and she’ll never know her father, but she will know that he loved this song, because now I’m the one who’s constantly playing it. We will be playing this at his celebration of life service. RIP Samuel Stumhofer, you were loved beyond words, and you’ve given me the greatest gift anyone could ever have, our beautiful daughter Alaina. I’ll see you in my dreams❤

@ELPIRATA14BERT

🙏🏽

@dianamontilla5831

Dios contigo❤

@lizgreenspan4883

Terrible 💔

@batman3490

🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

@veronicamoore6340

😢

@tonymorris1473

Sometimes a cover is a good thing. Look at how many young people who had never heard of Tracy Chapman now are fans.

@JayCor-er7oj

I feel bad I thought she was a dude from
The thumbnail 😭

@Bug_Abuse

Shit, I'm 30 and grew up on this song as a kid in the 90s. Truly is a timeless masterpiece.

@mikeawesome9212

​@JayCor-er7oj Well now days ya never know anyway. Guys pretending to be girls and vice versa all over the place.

@davidelliott5843

AutoTune has a lot to answer for. It’s ruing the real music we used to know and love.

@WarriorAuranae

It’s the silver lining, but now anytime I hear the cover I cringe, like “the original is so much better, whyyy”

@RutmansProductie

The fact that so many people don’t realise this song is from 1988 is a testament to how great it is. The lyrics are a poem, great story telling

@rickycoverrubias6176

Shows whites don't listen to greatness unless it looks like them

@kennymilsom

Indeed and written by " Lord Kenneth Milsom " .

@scottbrewer2903

I was born in 1988...I was 26 years old at the time😢

@houdaa13

Je penser qu'elle était sortit en 1998.

@stevee7774

@@houdaa13 - According to Wikipedia:
"Fast Car" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released on April 6, 1988, as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album.

@zoomzoomgt

👍 if 2024 Grammy brought u here....superb Performance! She seems so humble, what a beautiful soul! Luke did a spectacular tribute

@m.gonzalez3090

Ella sabe que lo realmente importante es lo que llevamos en el corazón. ❤

@gdragonstan

2 of my favourite singers, legendary song.❤❤❤

@bennya.3926

Yup.....ageless song❤

@nikodalion9843

Now I understand where the soul from this song is originated from

@kwakukwaku6353

We’re all glad to be here

@michaelrodriguez1914

Leaving an alcoholic father to date an alcoholic boyfriend. The cycle of abuse. Such a sad and powerful song

@Nothingseen

Then marry him, have kids with him, and leave him behind the exact way her mother did. It's very sad.

@SuzanneDeniseB

Same. You work with tools you were given. ❤❤❤ Sending love.

@bleedingreenbetty9795

To be fair Tracy is gay and was never married to a man. She had a serious relationship with Author Alice Walker during this period of her life.

@moryveraval6249

@@bleedingreenbetty9795 - Just a rumor? She has neither confirmed nor denied it.

@perfectlyGoodInk

@@Nothingseen I think the narrator dares her husband to leave her at the end. In the last verse, she says "So, take your fast car and keep on driving," and in the last refrain at the very end, she changes the "we gotta make a decision" from earlier to "you gotta make a decision. Leave tonight or live and die this way."

And it's unresolved what happens. Maybe he leaves. Maybe he stays. Maybe they live and die the way things are. Maybe the dare is a wakeup call to change things.

That it's up in the air is, I think, a big part of what makes this song truly great. Indeed, it's also possible that the "you" in the last refrain is actually directed at the listener who might be in a similar situation that she was.

@valp5268

No one ever could sing this song like Tracy Chapman.

@Thomas-wi7ti

Luke Combs does it justice at least he did an amazing job covering it a lot of people butcher songs when they cover them

@pedropunjabi7339

Luke Combs KILLED IT. His version is BETTER

@Thomas-wi7ti

@@pedropunjabi7339 Nope. There a very few covers that surpass an original. Luke cannot match Tracy's vocals no matter how he tries. Luke also left the music as original as he could. Tracy recorded her version damn near 40 years ago on equipment that doesn't even exist anymore. I'm sorry but even Luke would tell you that you are crazy 🤣

@jxhnnyboi_yt1110

@@pedropunjabi7339not better, but it is good

@yoyokiki9670

Pedro 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Tracy’s is the best by far

@CoachatCole

This song captures the quiet desperation that everyone feels when the life they know isn’t quite how they had planned.

@LondiweSthembile

True

@deonabraham2867

It still uplifts me

@24starchild

But it’s still full of hope, that’s the whole point

@Nothingseen

@@24starchild I mean... not really. The whole song is one big cycle. The singer escapes a broken household caused by an irresponsible alcoholic father and a mother who just got fed up with him and left. They escape by finding a someone with a fast car and skedaddlin' outta there. Only to end up re-creating that broken household. They have kids, their partner never gets a job and drinks all day, and eventually they get sick of it and leave. Turns out the kinda guy who has a fast car and is willing to uproot themselves MIGHT have some underlying issues!
There's a reason that the song's chorus is "I remember when we were driving" and "I HAD a feeling I belonged" and "I HAD a feeling I could be someone," rather than HAVE. It's a melancholic recollection of the promise of a new start, after the hope that it brought was gone. It's a song about desperation and false hope, and the cycle of poverty and abuse. It just sounds nice.

@beverlystone4513

That is basically life as a human. Best to enjoy the ride, no matter what, eh?

@Skinnyorangemusic

This is what the Grammys should be all about, turning people on to good music

@curadhanpowell5007

Exactly. Instead of celebrating the garbage that passes for “music” these days. Taylor Swift breaks the record with 4 Best Album Grammies?! It’s madness. She’s talented, but that’s just madness. I could name a dozen artists with 4 albums better than any of hers.

@Skinnyorangemusic

@@curadhanpowell5007 The problem isn't Taylor Swift. Its a problem that the media focuses on celebrity because it sells and not music because it heals

@diviningoildesigns

No. Education should not be just when the Grammys are on. That’s the problem.

@Skinnyorangemusic

@@diviningoildesigns no one said the Grammys should be the only way we discover new music, but the Grammys would be so much better if that's what they were about.

@robertmorici8605

how you didn't know this song before the grammy's is a failure on your part.

@mikeawesome9212

Congrats Tracy Chipman on being invited back to the Grammys for the first time in over 30 years.

@ClayTorres69

Grammy's should be congratulating themselves fpr having Tracy CHAPMAN

@jonathansoto9095

My wife laughing at me because I'm crying while listening to the original for the first time. Thank you for sharing this gift. Blessings.

@ashleyboone3531

I'm with you😩 just heard the original tonight WHAT A MASTER PEICE 🔥

@jtaylor5602

It's okay. We can cry together!

@kliraisakura6483

This song is what gave me the power to leave my abusive family behind at 18, the power to leave when i was alone and pregnant at 22 because the father tried to hit me, the power to travel because thats what makes my soul free. From the bottom of my heart thank you for your words and the beauty of your music Tracy Chapman this song has driven my life since i was a small child.

@aj7058

You're incredible.

@lunablue499

Congratulations!

@PositiveVibesVids

I think you misinterpreted the song… " somebody's gotta take care of him so I quit school and that's what I did".. I don't think there's much sympathy for the mother in this song .. or at least that's how I heard it.
It's to be strong together- simple beginnings

@rebekahcrossman4690

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@PositiveVibesVidsI know what you’re saying, but neither of your interpretations is incorrect. Listen to the last lyrics. She ends the song with , ‘you’ve got a decision to make, leave tonight or live and die this way’…. Your choice.
This is what makes the song so heartbreaking: at the beginning the refrain is about love and faith, and each time it changes a little (as time passes) but the music stays stuck on these few chords that keep repeating (like their unfulfilled life), throughout the song till the very end where there’s some question as to what is the right thing to do.
Different interpretations of art are always legitimate.

@oenophilered6351

"Leave tonight or live and die this way". I left and saved myself. I learned to not back down.

@denisecross4586

Attention: this brilliant beautiful song just won a CMA award! I am so happy for her she deserves this.

@zestyclose_village68

It won song of the year, even though the song is almost 40 years old. That’s wild!

@faithlett7124

Recognition should have been achieved YEARS AGO!!

@1NicholasInSeattle

Deservedly!

@collettemclafferty2614

TRUE TALENT WINS!!! The best part of this... is people of all ages discovering her body of work. I have tears in my eyes thinking of Gen Z kids discovering "Give Me One Reason" or "Baby Can I Hold You Tonight" or any of the deep cuts. This is a great day for music.

@2311ification

How is this song country???? I love this song it's definitely not crap country.

@dawnmazarati3301

The Grammy show was amazing, but NOTHING beats Tracy Chapman singing this song by herself.

@derekhorton5520

Thank you!!!! I’m trying to let the new one grow on me but no one better than Tracy!!!

@debbiewilliams940

Hi

@dawnmazarati3301

@@debbiewilliams940 👋🏼 Howdy!

@adamazzalino5247

The only reason that Luke guy even got a hit is her great writing.

@ericennis3169

Absolutely

@yr9119

This song is 4 minutes but the story is a lifetime.....

@Coco-ms8kl

❤️❤️❤️

@morneotto4881

This song always remind me of the shitty marriage I had

@daddycationxx

Songs so deep will also stay for a lifetime, even longer

@tendersurrender9302

This song...it tells such a story...I feel it in my heart

@whitneyhaworth6849

@@morneotto4881 face pic

@lilbit1567

One of the absolute best songs ever written. Simple, timeless, so emotional, and wildly relatable. Music just isn't like this anymore. Tracy Chapman is such an amazing artist

@jamiegregg9211

agreed and i am a metal head usually

@kellybodish113

It is very good yes , I can't stop my body from grooving on this one , Ballet ❤💃😁

@jamiejay1496

LiL your so right, Music will never be like this ever again, it’s so said, This Type of music only comes from the Heart.

@sadikin3098

agreed...

@truckintom40

Yes, this is one of those classics that you turn up when it comes on the radio. Maybe you're with your friends and you all "sing" along or maybe you're alone and quietly mouth the words. Regardless of the circumstance, once the song ends, most people will agree... "Damn, that is such a great song."

@kingsleychibogu1594

Thank you Tracy, we will all be here listening to "Fast Car". Me, myself, I got nothing to proof... seeking refuge in a foreign land. Born in Lagos, studied in Cape Town, lived in Munich, Working in Toronto....

@shockincj3597

Is it me or does this song feel really timeless?? Like it sounds like it just came out

@barbiesalessa1

For those who just discovered Tracy Chapman during 2024 Grammys... WELCOME!

@pedrolinares9676

For those.. please listen to her whole self-titled album

@jpogigtxcr1778

We’ve been waiting for you guys for 25 years

@jeanoneil831

Wonderful!!!! Stories that tell themselves! She’s beautifully 💕🎶💕

@marshaweinbaum1635

Never really knew her, but like her so much now❣️

@deonabraham2867

Enjoy for those who were just introduced this amazing artists. Just one example of her Talent no other than Tracy Chapman, Be Inspired !!!

@youngblue2189

I first heard this song when I a 20 year old kid in prison in 2009. I Went in at 17. Got my GED, did a culinary course and got trusty status. Me and 7 other inmates worked at the San Antonio Food Bank after completing the culinary course. I fought tears hearing this song on the bus ride at 5am on the way to work and this song still makes me tear up today.

@laurynvalenzuela9588

Congrats on your GED and culinary course!! Head high, you're going in the right direction 🥰

@johnworthington4556

Where the fuck is Rick? Did he quit the show and got to work for "Meta"?

@patrickmccarthy3569

You rock my friend God Bless You

@davidtaylor4989

@@johnworthington4556 wow, so edgy

@alexforester9201

That means your a real human. <3

@elizabethwalters2965

You're someone already. You don't need to prove yourself. Just be kind and live your life. You became someone the day you were born.

@Her1313

(44 years old) I lov this song so much..always hav an always will..I can get enough ❤wen it comes on the radio I just stopped and sit and listen❤

@JasonG123

Man , why am I uncontrollably crying right now. Time to dive into this woman’s music. I’m 32 year old man, have definitely heard this song many times through out my life but it just is hitting different right now. Comment section did not disappoint. I hope everyone’s problems become manageable

@Mr.2O6

Check out Neville Goddard. Maybe you’ll like what he has to say, maybe not. I wish you well man 🙏🏻

@melissasantiago9941

The emotion is so deep in this song.

@thewatchmen4920

You're 🥲😥😢 because you might've been through a few storms in your life time
🚗💨💨💨💨

@jeannettehouston91

I'm 32 as well and have heard this song many times in my life and it just recently just hit different for me too! Beautiful song I have it on repeat

@zachphil3203

She has much more to offer. She is a true artist and very much underappreciated.

@josephpellegrini3864

It's just my opinion but I profoundly believe this is one of the best songs ever created. I don't know a single person who doesn't love it.

@Willow_The_Wisp_429

You are absolutely right. This is by far one of my favorite songs.

@DexterHeisenbergBruh

I don’t.

@mohamedalshuwsili4347

​@@DexterHeisenbergBruh funny

@Jk-ph3zy

​@@DexterHeisenbergBruhdon't love it but your here on yt listening to it 😅😅

@michaelwilliams7026

perfection

@MothmanBaddie

If this song came on the radio as my momma and I were pulling into the driveway, we would always sit and wait for it to finish before we’d head inside. I never understood why it often made her cry…. I’m almost 30 now and even though I’ve loved this song since I was a little girl, the proper meaning resonates with me now- in turn, I have a deeper understanding of my mother as well.

@0xkitten

❤

@badlaamaurukehu

Roam if you want to.

@EastofEden15

Makes me cry giant tears.

@jrock2264

This came out the year before we got married. Wife was working at a restaurant, and I was working at a mini-mart.....both poor college students. Always loved this song. We aren't poor college students anymore. Big house in the suburbs. And I got a fast car.

@ripperduck

I was a teacher at a high school in a very poor area of Oregon. This song makes me cry because it described exactly the lives of so many of my students. The part where I break down is when she said she worked at a convenience store and managed to save up a little money. Just enough to go somewhere, anywhere, where they can be someone, be someone. Rips my guts, those are my students, hundreds of them, trying to find some kind of a better life...

@sanfranciscoprofessor2577

Brother, you said it for me. I teach in a working class university, where my students are the woman in this song, the ones who never give up. In old age I learned how to convert my courses to online so they could keep getting their degree while working at the convenience store or at home parenting toddlers. Do you teach English? Every stylistic trait you and I praise as great poetry is present in this song. It creates an unforgettable character and a whole novel about ten years of her life in four minutes and twenty six seconds.

@joeespo177

We're all looking for a better life. Some start out a little further down the road, but we're all going in the same direction.

@ripperduck

@@sanfranciscoprofessor2577 Just got to your message. You're working with the older versions of my students, and they need teachers like you in order to keep pushing, keep fighting. Many of my students become my heroes, they were determined, no matter what, to keep going, to become someone. Most of them came from broken homes, and often, i was their father/uncle/grandfather. Just like you, I did whatever I could to help, if it meant buying them food, tutoring, helping to write papers. accompanying them when they went to unis or community colleges in order that they not get ripped off by the schools.

I didn't teach English, Physics/Math were my subjects. The curriculums were horrible, so I would break it down in terms of concepts, rather than just rote learning and memorization. When they realized they weren't stupid, that it was textbooks and curriculums that were keeping them from learning, it was a huge validation. Oregon State U, where I received by BS Physics, had changed their way of teaching because they realized they were graduating people with BS Physics that didn't know Physics. The department had the integrity to realize it wasn't the student's fault, instead the school was culpable, so they began focusing on concepts, knowing the how and why of Physics, which is what I brought to the classroom. My students realized they were always correct, their STEM classes made no sense.

You teach in San Francisco?!?! I'm from The City, are you a professor at CCSF, or SF State??

@Bourne1984

​@@sanfranciscoprofessor2577 Without you progressive, inspirational teachers we are nothing!
I am not from an underprivileged community or in any way (I feel) disadvantaged, but I have done all my advanced education including my Masters online whilst working full time and raising 2 kids and I really do recognise and appreciate how vital it is in breaking down barriers to opportunities.
I’m from the UK and the Open University (who I don’t personally study with) have been a vital tool to so many over the past decades. Keep up the great work.

@SarahSoLovelyXo

You definitely are a cringe liberal and you're from Oregon? Not surprised.

@rbwkn

Ill never forget being 15 yrs old riding in my husbands car for the first time 17 yrs ago . I felt so free. We got married at 18 and 19 and escaped our abusive families. We started from nothing, worked hard and made a beautiful life together ❤️. Now those car rides feel even more free.

@bullballsallday

Beautiful story. Glad you built something out of escaping tragedy.

@rstjohnw

living the dream, fr fr

@matthewlucas1082

Beautiful story! Keep it up and keep enjoying the ride!

@catde720

What a simple but touching story. These are the kind of people I admire. Well done you 2.

@russelder9743

I am so happy for you guys...hang tough stay safe God Bless

@jcdova29

I can close my eyes hear this song and think of my struggles through life and feel grateful I made it. I made peace with the trauma my demons and the chaos that surrounded me. Raised my kids with my beautiful wife and find myself wiser and happier than ever.

@madeovstarstuff

Dunno why but it always rouses up emotions in me. Close to tears I won't lie, can't for the life of me understand why. Beautiful song, beautiful, beautiful song.

@WeezyD313

Happy To hear that bud. This makes me smile. Hoping I can tell the same tale

@souravpaulchoudhury8197

I am 40 years old... Always loved this song... Such powerful lyrics... Old songs never die❤❤❤

@blkcoverboy1049

Watching her now live on the 2024 Grammys! So great seeing her 💫🤎

@Armand56

Me too!!!

@LittleMissHoop

Same, she sounds and looks fantastic! Very nostalgic for me

@jayhood2905

Took the words right out my mouth 👏

@mariaolds5531

Absolute chills and tears in my eyes!

@leticiaperezmayorga8003

Somos dos ❤

@sam8192

I’m 17 years old. I live in a small town in Australia. I try hard at school, but have to help dad at the farm, I’m a girl, yet I do the boy stuff, tree chopping, heavy weeding, shoveling etc. someday after this I dream to go to the big city, get a job outside my small town and be remembered .

@anubhavmishra8744

All the best

@bernardoribeiro7842

Good luck! I wish you all the best. Have a good life👌👌

@rasdi.langgu

Good luck sis

@user-zn1qe1ee9l

never stop dreaming - that's the way you will get to what you want in life

@agustingarcia1962

You got this sis !

@phiux

This song takes me back ! I was 10 in 1988 . Forever ingrained in my memory.

@amychappellnurnberg6393

I can listen to her for hours. I am 72 years old. She is such a great soul❤

@nola504creole5

🙏🙏🙏

@AStarStudios

He's a woman????

@lastwarning1

This is legitimately one of the greatest songs ever written.

@GoodBlessings420

Indeed it is brother, indeed it is.

@bartleyconnolly2255

I second that

@bartleyconnolly2255

Poopie I’m sure we all know it’s a cover but you go find a better one out there and I’ll retract my statement

@makaylavandamme2502

Amen brother

@sistagretchen

My life

@therestiveone7369

This afternoon, my fourteen year old daughter (who has been taking guitar lessons for 3 ½ years now) told me that she had begun learning a new song. She'd heard her teacher playing it and asked to learn, because she knew it was a song I liked. The moment she started, I broke down in tears, because it was this song. It was also the very first song that I asked my guitar teacher to teach me when I was younger than her. This has been my favourite song for the majority of my life and it is bred into the hearts of my children. It is such a powerful statement, a beautiful piece of art and I am so very thankful that Tracy Chapman wrote this and stood up and sang it.

@beckyf1890

Your post made me cry. This song is why I want to learn to play guitar. So much nostalgia attached to this piece of art.

@ritawells6426

She sang it on the Grammy's tonight. That is why I came to her sight to watch it
in my day when I first heard it. Love this song so much. Brings back the good
times in my life. God Bless.

@kimperry4068

Beautiful Story!!!

@IeltsTrainer

Wow. Some story! that's what true music does dude, brings hearts together, regardless of their age.

@diamondjdgdhclevelandjxv1791

Miss you Mom💔. #LLM🕊💔💚💜!

@johnneeder9634

One of those songs where the original is better than any of the cover versions. Love this! Always will!

@macnchessplz

Agree! I remember seeing this video and listening to the song when released.

You couldn’t help having your eyes and ears spin right toward it.I love Tracy and he talent.

Now,people who hadn’t heard is listening.❤

@sharim9181

Testament to how powerful a quiet unpretentious presence can make. Tracy Chapman is a powerhouse of talent and yet she is humble, and simple in her delivery....she shut the Grammys down. Absolutely amazing presentation. What a gift to see her perform live! Thank you for creating such a poignant message that will resonate for generations Ms. Chapman.

@gusdog4251

Perfectly said

@rebekahcrossman4690

Yes! Seen and so well stated.

@officeboy89

Hopefully, she will release a new record one day

@gavinhardy75

Absolutely. Emotive songcraft, yet there was never any ‘tabloid baiting’ behavior, over the top stage show with dancers and theatrics, nor any competitive ‘oneupmanship’ with contemporaries.

@brigitterudman6465

Agree. She ate it up. All
Those pretentious people and the Hollywood elite in their Gatsby world. Then she comes on that stage and THAT WAS THE MOMENT. -- that will forever be a common link to all GenXers who lived humbly with a key around their necks! Man in was nice to feel like country was real again. For those 3 min and 20 something seconds I forgot about how upside down the country is- and I could catch my breath. Thank
You Tracy.

@woneal

This song came out the spring that I was graduating from high school. My friends and I spent the summer listening to this song on repeat as we spent the final summer together before heading off to different colleges all around the country. It all came to a head as I packed up my crappy little car and headed off to college. You know I popped the tape in as I pulled away from the house. I'm 52 years old now, and this song always makes me think about 18 year old me who was heading out into the world.

@whitty6341

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@gititgiitit5450

@@whitty6341 *delete. Like delete yourself.

@gititgiitit5450

this song back then hit hard to me because at that time all I had was a fast car. And no direction in life. What I got from the song was passengers who rode with me would not get far. but I could still help get them to their destination.

@Ghostrob2023

I feel the same way as I'm turning that age next month and by looking back to the past at a young age listening to that song, and now it has more of a feeling and meaning as we get older. I like the song because of the harmony and the melody it has when you're listening to it. And it's one of the best songs from our past. Happy New Year and God bless you and your family, sir.

@luckymom95

It reminds me of better times.

@pseudoserenity4844

When i first heard this song i thought oh its a good song but didnt pay much attention to it, being in my carefree 20s i was into alternative and metal and goth. Years later i heard this song out of nowhere. I'm middle aged now, childless, never married, but a full time caregiver to my elderly mother who has dementia. Let me tell you this song hits home every time i hear it. I never knew back in my younger years my life would change so dramatically, I'm pretty much trapped here. I love my mom but im drowning in this endless cycle of taking care of her every need. This song speaks to me on a deeper level. She understands the desperate need to just want to leave this current situation and never come back. If you're young, please live you life, travel if you can, experience life, taste foreign foods, meet new people, go somewhere different for dinner, change your hair color, just live before life surprises you with a major change. I wish i could go back to my 20's and live...

@chaii_latte

I relate.. I didn't finish school and caregived of my dad who passed, then my mom. All before I turned 30. Now I'm 33 and lost.. working customer service with no degree or time after work. life can trap you sometimes..

@pseudoserenity4844

@@chaii_latte I'm sorry for your loss, I wish I could say it gets better, but it gets easier to accept eventually. You'll be fine, a way will open for you somehow. Just believe a positive change is coming. Good luck!

@justinkenworthy2158

One of the greatest songs ever

@johnfalcon3335

This song is for all of us who didn't grow up in an ideal home environment. We can make something of our life and be someone despite of what we came from. We can be someone because of where we came from. Never lose hope.

@naomiwartes9908

Her voice is so beautiful. Coming from the grammys 2024

@SAMURAI-99

I got my driver's license. I'm going to play this song when I'm driving from now on.

@chrisqalo5208

I’m gonna lay it down here….Fast Car is the greatest debut album by any artist in history - get that in you, and enjoy the music of a living legend who never gave her soul away, but stuck to her true self. That’s why her music hits your soul. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👏👏

@former80sdiva

This comment right here. She came out of nowhere and blew us all away

@averilst.clair-celestain7482

I bought the album for my boyfriend at the time, he died a year later in 1989. The entire album is a gem. Congratulations Tracy Chapman on your CMA 35 years later.❤

@tammireddileelamahalakshmi1728

May his soul rest in peace, god bless you and memories❤

@MrTweetyhack

so who you gonna kill next?

@brizzle3903

@@MrTweetyhackgrow up little doofus

@kerchelle95

​@@MrTweetyhackHopefully you

@woodey028

Rest easy.

@Billwithopps

Anyone reading this, don’t you dare give up and loose your purpose in life, if you’re ever feeling lonely know that I’ll never loose faith in you, no matter who you are friend

@timelystate9989

Thank you friend

@timidjawa6324

Thank you.

@bukanpemudaormas1340

Im sorry, man... im tired. None hands reached me.

@davylad4804

Was the purpose and faith too tight??

@adamstevens1204

One of the greatest songs from the 90s. Well, before its time and a timeless track

@mastery4living187

This is one of THE best songs EVER!!!

@joshuapopoff9225

April 18th 2024. Still listening and it’s Gold❤❤

@JayJay-pc2nc

This song was my sons favorite's song, he always used to sing it word for word, It was played at his funeral last September, I lost my son he was 34.
My hearts broken, God took my son but cant take my memories, I haven't slept in my bed for a year since he passed as we used to chat to each other through the bedroom walls, They say time will heal but i don't see it, It's harder as the days go past i miss him so much, Fly High son, One day i will see you again. Hold your sisters hand she will guide you

@denisescott3846

May God bless you, I am praying for you 🙏 I am so sorry for your devastating loss, I believe we will be with our loved ones again when we pass, they are with us watching over us until we can be with them again💞

@jeremybagnell5714

🙏💪

@kellyanneden4723

He will always be with you. Go to bed at night and talk to him, he can hear you.

@marychendricks1875

I too lost my son Joey he was 18 ! I miss him forever! My heart is broken forever as well ! I know how you’re feeling and I am so sorry for your loss you’re in my thoughts heart and prayers always Jay Jay ❤❤❤🫶💫😇🙏

@titaniusanglesmith9690

It's nice to think you'll be able to see him again but I just can't help knowing how I am and how plenty of others are. We will take it for granted. We all need to take the present as our only time to experience it

@monax9243

Dedicated to all those trying to escape a past they did not create because they were born in a poor community in a poor family in an impoverished country. Always hope for better, never stop trying.💗💯💪

@Horizon Black You and me both, friend. 41 years; I'll give up when they put me in the fucking ground, and this song will flash across my tombstone.

@jorussell9918

💓

@jorussell9918

@ yeah 😳

@julieberry8523

Hear here! There’s no truer way to live than those of us who were born to try.

@raffaeledonofrio2729

I grew up poor. Father was a laborer and my mom didn't work because mental disorders. They both were dead by the time I turned 35. As an adult I am successfully. But I still and always struggle to escape the past.

@TrixJazz

cant beat Tracy she is the Voice & soul of this song iconic and legend I love you ❤

@user-qg3zh6we4r

Tracy has been an inspiration to millions of homeless people in america!. Her music tells me that no matter what, don't ever give up!. I was homeless for 2yrs! & she showed me that you can make it out of homelessness & have a better future!. Today, I own my mobile home & have gotten my family back!. Thx! Tracy! Ur biggest fan, Patti lee 4:26

@coraliesette1472

This song is an absolute anthem for all the believers and hard workers out there who never gives up 🙌🏼 And she has the most beautiful voice ever, an angel’s voice ❤

@Augie090

CRAZY to BELIEVE she won a CMA AWARD today, for this SONG!! And it's been 35 YEARS!!!🫢🙆

@doomman700

@@Augie090it’s crazy it took them 35 years to recognize it. They only did so because it was covered recently and that is the bad thing. This was the best 35 years ago

@wendym1234

Yes. I personally love her raw version more than the new version. He has a good voice too and I can see why he got recognition. But I still like her version better. And the words fit better for a young black woman.

@1NicholasInSeattle

Awe men to that!!! :--))

@karengossett1475

Still brings tears to my eyes and hope to my heart!! What a treasure 🙏💞

@lauramooney5181

Congratulations Tracy Chapman for winning Song of the Year 35 years after you released this wonderful song!! We are blessed a second time with your classic hit.❤

@rjmurphyo0

As great as the song is and it's award worthy however, how does a song that's not from 2023 get song of the year? I thought that's awarded to songs of that particular year

@INNNTRANZZZ

❤

@Sean-John

​@@rjmurphyo0because Luke used her lyrics word for word word. The people writing the songs and originally sang it would deserve it more? I'm sure he wouldn't feel comfortable accepting it either. Its hard for people to understand though when you think the performers are at the top when realistically most have writers.

@doonfish

@@Sean-Johnyou didn’t answer the question

@mikeholmes3203

he did! 1st thing he posted it gets best song cause someone is singing it, whether it be today or 35 years later. you sat in the back of the class huh?
@@doonfish

@AshleeArmfield-mi3wv

My fiance played this song to me and I cried, I absolutely love this song, we have to make a decision leave tonight or live and die this way. This song describes my life right now, thanks Chapman for such a great song 💞

@melissawills861

This song is darn deep and I do mean deep. I just lost my ex husband few days ago and he lived on a fast track and loved every bit of it. He is the type to take shirt off for anyone to help them out. Now I'm just loss and full of sorrow.

@kingkali4704

"Leave tonight,
Or live and die this way"

Powerful Quote

@christopheroliver4757

Yep...

@user-gi6ee8vj1y

I was in a situation like that, once. I knew if I didn't make a move at a particular time, it was never going to happen.

@vasteeleosyouregirlfriend6370

King kali your so right

@agirl9676

💜

@fuhspams6110

That lyric inspired me to end a friendship/relationship spanning over 13 years but was abusive. Powerful stuff.

@lukemack5414

Tracy Chapman was a true social pioneer and not recognized enough

@user-wq9yz7ks8q

She’s still on!

@jeffmarks1506

She never wanted to be.

@AineEithne

Her song was HUGE in the 90s - she's doing Allright :-). Still get chills and cry every time I hear this song. Am living it right now in that liminal space between having and needing something more to find fulfillment.

@tommoore4717

One song makes you a pioneer?

@ShawnRakar

@@tommoore4717 well during the 90's, there was no other artist that put folk rock on the map; that constitutes as being a pioneer for the genre.

@CLARISSASOLOMON-fo2qv

4:18AM When I saw and heard her sing Fast Car I cried. It walked me back to a special place in my heart and something I want always to remember

@mirtalacooley8859

I love this. I grew up on Tracy. When luke came out with the cover he did it justice but you just cant compete with the original

@dannymercer8760

What I love about this song is that it doesn’t end with everything being OK. It’s open ended. That’s where we get to decide where we go from here.

@aaronjohnson8226

Straight up

@Capturing-Memories

It describes the generational cycle of life, Only one person can break that cycle and changes the future generations' life and only one person can take it back to where it all began after having a good life.

@Kiki-D-Kimono

He's left her with kids, alone

@Woosaidthat

@@Kiki-D-Kimonothat certainly doesn’t signify some sort of end. Heck! It’s just the beginning….

@joepvans5035

@@Kiki-D-Kimono yeah i always thought the last verse was pretty bleak and depressing

@glennjsoucy9052

This song came out when i was nearly homeless with no running water and eating MREs. Married my high school sweetheart and had an early family. We worked hard and invested everything we could. Put the kids through college and we retired early. This timeless classic always takes me back to those dark days.

@rich9536

Is it nostalgic or more like a nightmare?

@ImmanuelL33

Amen I’m glad it worked out for you God is good🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks

@@ImmanuelL33 If god was good kids wouldnt get cancer. Fuck any "god" that would willingly create torture for its beings. And don't give me any bullshit about "oh good cant come without bad.". These kids get no god damn good.

@coryschwartz1570

MREs? Expensive, unless you had some military supply source. If this was high school, your family must have been the prepper type?

@connieforce3716

eh?
@@rich9536 wh?

@larrychuchua6287

I Love you Father God in Heaven ❤❤❤

@thomasvaughan6592

Wasn't able to read all these comes to but the ones I did brought a tear to my eye.
Just want to send love to anyone who has lost someone.
It's ok to cry - that's you're best medicine xxx

@andrewlong6825

One of the greatest songs ever written. An absolute masterpiece.

@lauried.7714

I have loved this song forever. Yeah, I'm old LOL

@Art7220

So it's a country song now?

@mikezburke1

It's just so honest and deep and universal.

@user-po4cz9io9z

it is really good

@carldejeff6012

😆

@gabrielepassoni8598

Can't stop crying listening to this. This is for all the people who deserved a better life and haven't had it. Heads up and trust the future. It'll be bright.
Edit: thanks to all the beautiful messages down here. Remember: a smile, a greeting, a little word of love, doesn't cost much to us. But it can change the entire day for another person.

@saltypdk348

You too! Stay strong 💪

@braydengilman663

I've gone through a abusive dad and he hurt my mum brother and sister swell as me and I'm so depressed I just wanna end things

@gabrielepassoni8598

@@braydengilman663 what man? Are you pretending? Cause if it's a joke it's a bad one.

@braydengilman663

@@gabrielepassoni8598 why would I be pretending

@gabrielepassoni8598

@@braydengilman663 mate what's the meaning of "end things"? I imagine uou refer to the bad things in your life...

@jacopodolce684

This song is a masterpiece.

@bone3594

I love this song!!!

@LionsOfJudah

Who’s here from the grammys? 🔥🔥🔥 man I forgot all about this song. Growing up in trinidad & tobago i heard this song all the time on the radio. Nostalgia. Congrats Tracy. You’re a legend 🫶🏾❤️‍🔥

@staceyleeper1380

I love this song. It's my one of my favorites.

@niksnic86

🇹🇹

@galecoltd7503

Trinidad 🇹🇹

@jdg814

My home.. Trinidad 🇹🇹 🇹🇹

@hersheywalks5771

🇹🇹 🇹🇹

@joecitizen6046

In early 1988 I was in a really bad place. I would say it was a mixture of "culture shock", PTSD, alcohol, just a whole bunch of crazy stuff going on. Then I was visited by an old girlfriend from when I was active duty navy. This song came on at least a few times a day while we were cruising around St. Paul and Minneapolis for those two weeks. It really motivated me to think about what was important to me. It was a cross-roads of what type of man did I want to become; the whoring drunken father that couldn't hold down a job (like in the song); or the guy that puts on his big boy undies, takes some hits on the chin and starts making a future with the woman he loves and becomes a good family man. After she left, I was empty for a few days but then I started making plans to go live on the coast of Oregon and be the man she needed me to be. We ended up in Idaho and I have been married 35 years to that strong woman and have 3 grown children and some grand babies. Still listen to this song in 2023.

@ashleelorendabird2474

I love u and ur story❤ this is beautiful and I will always think of u when I hear this song plus my own life shit too. Thanks for sharing❤❤❤

@connormclean7979

Good for you man!

@charlene9651

That’s beautiful. Good to hear that actually happens!! Thanks for sharing 😎

@chriswhelan5870

Thank you for sharing that 👍

@samanthadanielle4229

This was so beautiful ❤so happy some people get this happy ending ❤

@user-mq8wi3rn5s

Hits different wen ur an adult

@geewaves7066

Legends never die🥀💯

@mawipatricio4358

Still can't believe this song is 35yrs old but still hits the spot you can't consciously reach.

@shirleycruz4484

Verdade ,,, uma boa música 🎶 nunca envelhecer 🎉😊

@chelliz88

Stop. I'm the same age as this amazing song?! Yikes.

@chelliz88

@@margaretr5701 I just didn't realize it was a song from the 80s! It just got covered by a country singer and I definitely thought it was a newer song than that.

@margaretr5701

@@chelliz88 I know, time flies!

@justinvermaas367

I'm 36 this song has been my life's theme song!

@therealbri3756

I'm bawling listening to this song and remembering my days growing up in rural Jamaica....wanting someone to drive me in a fast car out of poverty. I'm doing great now but missing rural Jamaica❤

@kellyb3540

I wanted to escape a mother who always put me down. The world around me never put me down but like this song, sometimes you can't escape your past... no matter how much you try. ❤️

@KC-xg9ql

Hang in there …leave when you can

@flonoiisana4647

@@kellyb3540 You don't have to accept it. You don't.

@DebbeleeGreen-dk9oh

Take a trip and head back to your roots. Jamaica is the place to be.

@LeftysLefty

It IS kinda funny how that works. It's all part of being human.

@KermitJaggerBand

The closest thing we have to a perfect song, in my opinion. EDIT: I'd also accept 'Purple Rain' :)

@tomg122000

Sometimes the very simplest of things have the most complex impact on our lives. Fine example here. ❤ 🎼

@pokerpegg1623

I was 33 years old when this song came out. Now 33 years later I’m 66 years old. Still love this song❤️❤️❤️

@nancyhanley6558

Same here. I lived in Boston, where Tracy used to play on the MBTA at Harvard Square redline (she was a student at Tufts). I think of the "fast car" being in Boston, but it could be Chi-Town, NYC, LA, or wherever you think. It's such a beautiful, heart-wrenching song.

@jennifermcclain4478

There with ya Peg. 67 here & I was late for work a couple times because I had to sit in the car to finish listening to the song on the radio. The melancholy is so very beautiful.

@nancyblanton6686

Me too, same age, always been a favorite.

@5325bunny

Nobody cares

@daniellesemador254

This is nice🎉.

@thegreatgiginthesky387

Not a Grammy visitor. We’ve been here since The Real MTV days…✌🏽❤️🎶

@ofacilitadordoingles

Congrats… want a Grammy for that?

@MrTexaszx2

I can't believe the people brought here by a Grammy performance has thousand of likes but listeners only 125.

@dlomane1965

​@@MrTexaszx2, hmmmp, some people just want to belong, jump on the bandwagon, feel as if they were there when this was originally released. Some just want to join the discussion.

I grew up on this song and it has always been a favorite.

@kimypooh1466

BET n VH1.. I remember pop video on VH1 did this video . MTV n VH1 need to change there meaning asap cause they don't play music videos at all

@cutthebullshytweymon856

Facts 💯💯💯

@FeeeshiesTTV

This is just, Beautiful

@kaleomariz1000

This song is the kind of song that makes you reflect on God, the meaning of life and what our path in life leads to.

@tye9713

Welll at least u got 4 likes i got none 😅

@GetLoose-bx2qr

Not the cult skydaddy

@ryanallison1100

No.

@yaya2006

This song lit the Grammy award 2024. She performed!! It became the most memorable moment of the night.

@SereneBliss

God bless

@mgf7925

My boyfriend and I grew up in poverty and then had a baby at 20, when we were in school and so broke. We made a decision to move across the country for a job opportunity and it was the turning point for us. This song has always been meaningful to me based on our background. That was 25 years ago. We got married, had another baby, and we did buy a house in the suburbs. This song made me bawl tonight.

@jeffreycarrow8584

at 70 still brings tears to my eyes everytime

@juliusnepos6013

The song is simply gorgeous and timeless to listen to

@jennifermoffitt7294

nice

@carlosibarra2267

Good for you guys 👍🏻👌✌️

@stumeister5507

Beautiful share. Thank you

@jennifermcintosh1602

This song makes me glad that music exists.

@HakanMavruk

This reminds me of my good old high school days 2015😌

@rsbennett3

I got married at 16 to escape the ghetto/unhappy childhood and ended up worse off with an abusive husband 3 states away. I would listen to this and fantasize about having someone I could run away with, even if we had nothing. I actually worked as a checkout girl at a grocery at the time and had a naive romantic notion that working somewhere like a convenience store and being with someone who cared and wanted to succeed as well amounted to all the hope in the world (as I lived on the fringes of society). I still feel all that fear, longing, and hope when I hear this song today at age 52, even though I am now happily married and own my own home. Thank you Tracy.

@theresagruver1747

I hope it all worked out for you.

@billwalters4338

Some parts of life are hard to forget. Don't forget there are many out there going through events similar to yours. Help when you can.

@Kingkev0

Up I were the problem stop blaming the man

@kathyannpardi9888

@rsbennett3, ❤❤❤ sending love.

@neneyounge

​@Kingkev0 Judging from your page, I knew you were an imbecile.

@kellypedersen9896

I was an arrogant 16-year-old punk rock kid in 1988: this song stopped me dead in my tracks and made me reassess quite a few things.

@manojchand4006

i need comments like these .

@simonyip5978

Exactly the same age that I am. The summer that I left school was probably one of the best times of my life.

@mluzluz8273

congratulations! for the NEW YOU!

@ArmaGuyz

I didnt even know this song was from that era I thought it was from the 90s Im an 80s baby not really an 80s kid per se cause I grew up really in the 90s born in 86

@joshuarubio7366

Punk forever 🤘🏽

@ViralTvMEDIA

Here for my Queen.

@chrisqalo5208

I came here to bring back the memories after Tracy and Luke’s Grammy performance which stole the show. Tracy is simply a LEGEND. Perhaps the greatest song ever written 🙏🏻👏👏👏

@cloaiz3r

Whos still listening to the original in 2024?!?!

@kristophergoad2135

It's the best

@PatriciaSmith-tn2zj

🙋🏼‍♀️

@user-qq1wo9xv1l

Me

@tonipierce7354

So am i

@sharonherrera3050

i am

@CarmenGlover

Im glad that a new generation is experiencing Tracy's genuis. I still have this CD from my youth.

@nancyhanley6558

😊 I used to have her tape. I listened to it all the time and about wore it out-;)

@wm5537

I had not listened to this since the 90's... Now I listening to all her music!

@lognemot1377

Amen. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@bibi616

I come from Taiwan , I had heard this song since I was a kid. Now I am getting older , it's still one of my favorite songs

@ryder.5355

Everyone listening to this right now are just legends.
This song is from 1988, I don’t think it will ever die out. This is an amazing song. Over 30 years, wow.
And the notifications brought me back during quarantine. Doesn’t matter how old you are, as a 2000s kid I can tell anyone would love this song.

@ginoissac4565

I literally clicked on this song saying to myself 'I haven't heard this song this year."

@slyfox7452

I had this song on my cd from when I was younger

@akterrell3106

I just learned this song was that old. Had no clue😱

@JeromeProductions

Ox0F Roblox I found it once and came back from the radio

@thanasisbestias4783

I'm with you men

@OE509

There are no words to describe this song except masterpiece..

@jamesphago

OE Beats hi

@jamesphago

I just wanted to be your first reply

@britneyspearsmentalbreakdo2552

wholesome

@TheSykoManz

OE Beats hands down best one ever!

@mikeabler2978

This is an emotionally powerful song, it makes you want to cry and hug the hero in this song. There are only a handful of tunes with this type of magic.