Fast
Man, this is my favorite Juice WRLD song of all time and it's perfect to be the first song I analyze, comment on why I like it, and explain the meaning I gave to the song.
I love this song so much because Juice expresses how his life changed completely after only a few months of being a famous artist. He officially released it 2 years after he recorded it, probably a little bit later than the release of Goodbye & Good Riddance.
Why is this an important fact? Because when he signed his 3 million dollar contract, he probably started to get deeper and deeper into drugs, and that is why his first act talks about that.
This song I will separate into 3 acts.
Fast - Death Race for Love | Act 1
"I took too many pills, count up the bills, uh
Molly in my cup, I can't tell you how I feel, uh
Oh, last call
Oh-oh, that's gnarly
Every day I be counting up, counting up the blues
Count away, sometimes we always lose
I get high as a bitch, still the same dude
I was back then, and now I'm lost and confused"
In the first verse, he is talking to the world about how his addictions blew up, how he started to get lost in his identity, and how later this same feeling would be reflected in Rich and Blind. At this point, he didn’t enter fully into the perks and all that bullshit yet, but we can understand his transformation.
Juice talked in many interviews about how he was getting high in the middle of school, how life was for him, and also his relationships. Goodbye & Good Riddance is an emo rap love album, but Death Race for Love changed more into his drug style, and this had a huge impact on Act 2.
Fast - Death Race for Love | Act 2
"I go through so much, I'm 19 years old
It's been months since I felt at home
But it's okay 'cause I'm rich
Psych, I'm still sad as a bitch, right
I don't want nobody to think that I'm an asshole
I don't try to be mean on purpose, I promise
My mama taught me better than that, I'll be honest
I blame it on the drugs and this life I'm involved in"
Everyone, at some point in their life, experiences this feeling, getting lost, feeling behind everyone else even though you are still trying to keep going.
In this verse, he expresses how money didn’t change his life in the way he wanted. This gets reinforced in Fighting Demons from Legends Never Die. His money was still growing, but his demons were too. At this point, they are not as big as in Legends Never Die, that album is a call for help...
I do not have a similar life like Juice, of course. Everyone has their flaws and sins, but this lifestyle seems to be more intense when you are living it. Lil Peep is a clear example. Seeing it from a fan’s perspective, it seems like they live in a fantasy with a lot of money, cars, jewels, but Juice’s POV is that this lifestyle is bullshit. How everything went faster and faster, how the industry needed more, how he had to deal with all the anxiety and still fight to keep Juice WRLD alive, because he loved making rap music, to tell how he was feeling, his life, but keeping Juice WRLD alive must have been torture.
This is expressed perfectly in Wishing Well, how he deals with himself and how he keeps going.
Wishing Well - Legends Never Die
"Let's be for real
If it wasn't for the pills, I wouldn't be here
But if I keep taking these pills, I won't be here"
This demon he developed, I understand it all came since this song. Fast means a lot, you can understand exactly why he kept going knowing that he would probably be dead soon...
Fast - Death Race for Love | Chorus
"I been living fast, fast, fast, fast
Feeling really bad, bad, bad, bad
Time really moves fast, fast, fast, fast
Better hurry up and get in your bag, bag, bag, bag
I wear Dior, not a fad, 'ad, 'ad, 'ad
I know all these niggas gettin' mad, mad, mad, mad
My hand on my trigger, I'ma die with respect, yeah"
The last act, for a long time, I didn’t understand it, but a few months ago I got it and it feels different...
He expressed how he is changing and still wants to be himself. I think that everyone has their own issues. In my case, I was getting low because of my past relationship. I was engaged, but she wasn't loyal at al with me.... and I didn’t know that issue I had. I tried so many different things thinking that I was okay, but I wasn’t, until the point where I went deep down into myself and started understanding that I’m not the same person I was. This last part makes me feel like I shouldn’t push the issue, as he said, just let it be...
Fast - Death Race for Love | Act 3
"Elevate, elevate, elevate myself
Now I'm on the ground
On the ground haven't been myself
But it's okay, it's cool, won't push the issue
What happens next? Story to be continued, yeah"
Sometimes life is bullshit, but we have to keep going. For me, I experienced a lot of things (in my life experience) that Juice mentions in this song, maybe that is why I love it so much. I can put myself in his shoes and relate his life experience with mine, and it makes me feel understood. That’s why I love Juice WRLD and his music so much, and that’s the purpose of his music. Not only to express his feelings, his true meaning is to find people and help them with his music, and for me, he made it. Since I connected with Fast, it will always be my favorite Juice WRLD song.
Hahaha I don’t know if this is a review, I’m only sharing my thoughts and sharing why I love it and the full meaning I get every time I hear it.
Hope you like it :P