Videoclip
Rica
You got a fast car
– Bo tin un outo lihé
I want a ticket to anywhere
– Mi ke un karchi pa kualke lugá
Maybe we make a deal
– Kisas nos ta hasi un trato
Maybe together we can get somewhere
– Kisas huntu nos por yega na un lugá
Any place is better
– Tur lugá ta mihó
Startin’ from zero, got nothing to lose
– Kuminsando for di zero, mi no tin nada di pèrdè
Maybe we’ll make something
– Kisas nos hasi algu
Me, myself, I got nothing to prove
– Mi mes, mi no tin nada di prueba
You got a fast car
– Bo tin un outo lihé
I got a plan to get us out of here
– Mi tin un plan pa kita nos for di aki
I been working at the convenience store
– Mi tabata traha den e tienda di komodidat
Managed to save just a little bit of money
– E a logra di spar solamente un tiki sèn
Won’t have to drive too far
– E no mester kore muchu leu
Just across the border and into the city
– Otro banda di frontera i den siudat
You and I can both get jobs
– Bo i mi por haña trabou
Finally see what it means to be living
– Finalmente wak kiko ta nifiká ta biba
See, my old man’s got a problem
– Mira, mi bieu tin un problema
He lives with the bottle, that’s the way it is
– E ta biba ku e boter, asina e ta
He says his body’s too old for working
– E ta bisa ku su kurpa ta muchu bieu pa traha kuné
His body’s too young to look like his
– Su kurpa ta muchu hóben pa parse su mes
Mama went off and left him
– Mama a bai i a bandon’é
She wanted more from life than he could give
– E tabata ke mas di bida ku e por a duna
I said, “somebody’s got to take care of him”
– Mi A bis’é: “Algun hende mester kuida dje”
So I quit school and that’s what I did
– Asina mi a bandoná skol i esei ta loke mi a hasi
You got a fast car
– Bo tin un outo lihé
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
– Ta sufisiente lihé pa nos por bula?
Still gotta make a decision
– Mi mester tuma un desishon ainda
Leave tonight, or live and die this way
– Bai awe nochi, òf biba i muri di e manera aki
So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
– Mi ta kòrda ora nos tabata kore, kore den bo outo
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
– Velocidad asina lihe, mi a sinti manera mi tabata borracho
City lights lay out before us
– E lusnan di e siudat ta plama dilanti di nos
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
– I bo brasa a sinti su mes bon envolví rònt di mi skouder
And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged
– I ami, mi, tabatin e sintimentu ku e tabata pertenesé na dje
I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
– Mi, mi, tabatin e sintimentu ku e por ta un hende, ta un hende, ta un hende
You got a fast car
– Bo tin un outo lihé
We go cruisin’, entertain ourselves
– Laga nos bai crucero, entretené nos mes
You still ain’t got a job
– Bo no tin trabou ainda
So I work in a market as a checkout girl
– Mi ta traha den un merkado komo un kasadó
I know things will get better
– Mi sa ku kosnan lo mehorá
You’ll find work and I’ll get promoted
– Bo ta haña trabou i nan ta promové mi
We’ll move out of the shelter
– Nos lo muda for di e refugio
Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs
– Kumpra un kas mas grandi, biba den suburbionan
So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
– Mi ta kòrda ora nos tabata kore, kore den bo outo
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
– Velocidad asina lihe, mi a sinti manera mi tabata borracho
City lights lay out before us
– E lusnan di e siudat ta plama dilanti di nos
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
– I bo brasa a sinti su mes bon envolví rònt di mi skouder
And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged
– I ami, mi, tabatin e sintimentu ku e tabata pertenesé na dje
I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
– Mi, mi, tabatin e sintimentu ku e por ta un hende, ta un hende, ta un hende
You got a fast car
– Bo tin un outo lihé
I got a job that pays all our bills
– Mi tin un trabou ku ta paga tur nos faktura
You stay out drinking late at the bar
– Bo ta keda pafó bebe te lat den e bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
– Bai mas serka bo amigunan ku bo yunan
I’d always hoped for better
– Semper mi a spera algu mihó
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
– Mi a pensa ku kisas bo i mi lo a topa kuné huntu
I got no plans, I ain’t going nowhere
– Mi no tin plan, mi no ta bai niun kaminda
So take your fast car and keep on driving
– Pues tuma bo outo lihé i sigui kore
So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
– Mi ta kòrda ora nos tabata kore, kore den bo outo
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
– Velocidad asina lihe, mi a sinti manera mi tabata borracho
City lights lay out before us
– E lusnan di e siudat ta plama dilanti di nos
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
– I bo brasa a sinti su mes bon envolví rònt di mi skouder
And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged
– I ami, mi, tabatin e sintimentu ku e tabata pertenesé na dje
I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
– Mi, mi, tabatin e sintimentu ku e por ta un hende, ta un hende, ta un hende
You got a fast car
– Bo tin un outo lihé
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
– Ta sufisiente lihé pa bo por bula?
You still gotta make a decision
– Bo mester tuma un desishon ainda
Leave tonight, or live and die this way
– Bai awe nochi, òf biba i muri di e manera aki
