Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Tracy Chapman - Fast Car!

Give me one reason another hit. Tracy Chapman deserves so many accolades. Her voice is so beautiful

I grew up outside Boston and saw her busking in Harvard Square in 1986 or so. About two years later I was in my dorm at UMass Amherst and I heard THIS song coming from somewhere down the hall. I coud never forget her voice and went down the hall and asked the girls who they were listening too and they held up the ablum cover and it was her! It was the woman I saw busking in Harvard Square.

Country star Luke Combs covered this last year, saying it was his fave song of all time. As a result, the COUNTRY Music Association acknowledged Tracy Chapman as the songwriter. This made her the first person-of-color AND the first lesbian songwriter to receive this honor. Combs’version was a smash on the country charts, and was nominated for a Grammy. He performed it at this year’s Grammy show. Unbeknownst to the crowd, the music comes up and on stage, singing with Combs was the legend herself, TRACY CHAPMAN. She’s nearly 60 now. And she hadn’t performed in public since 2009. They were AMAZING together. Please react to this LIVE performance, 2024 Grammy Awards Show!

The first time I heard this song I cried. Now I'm a 65 year old man and I just teared up again. Deep, deep song.

Tracy Chapman is one of the most highly underrated talented storytellers of our time. It is a crime that she doesn't get the recognition she truly deserves. You have to check out the rest of her catalog, there are songs there that you will carry with you for the rest of your life.

The character in the story repeats the cycle. She got together with a man that acted like her father. A drunk that cared more about himself then about the people around him.

This song is about NOT being able to break the cycle. She quit school to care for her dad that “Lived with the bottle”. Then she just wants to make it out and finds a man who is just like her father “Stay out drinkin late at the bars, see more of your friends than you do your kids.” She still will not leave “I ain’t got no plans, ain’t goin nowhere.” It is such a relatable song to so many! Tracy Chapman is a treasure! ♥️

I will never forget 1988, the "Free Nelson Mandela" concert in Wembley. All the big name bands and musicians of the era on those stages with all their up to date equipment... and then, inbetween all the big names and shows, there was this young lady, stepping onto the stage. In a sweat shirt and jeans with nothing but her acustic guitar. And she made the world stop and listen. Blew up over night because of her performance there.

The song wasn't written about Chapman, but written from pure empathy and understanding a person who wants to leave poverty behind....

Also, at the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards in November 2023, she became the first Black woman to ever take home a CMA Award, winning Song of the Year for "Fast Car", which also made her the first Black songwriter to win that award.

"You'll get a job & I'll get promoted." He never got a job. He lived off her.

Tracy Chapman “The Promise”, one of the most beautiful songs ever written. It is a must listen. Vote this up peoples👍🏻

Tracys net worth is now 6 million. She made it! I love her music.

She's the one working. She's the responsible one. He's the deadbeat. She's then telling him that he's got a choice to leave or do his share.

The recent duet Tracy did with Luke Combs is precious, she never really seeks the limelight and the audience reaction is fab.

Tracy Chapman has one of the most beautiful, and immediately identifiable voices in music. She’s brilliant.

Tracy is an American treasure. This album was nominated for Album of the year, Fast Car was nominated for Song and Record of the year. She won Best New Artist and Best Female performance that year. She's a story teller.

Chapman said that "Fast Car" wasn't her personal story. It was the world as she saw it growing up in Cleveland. People in her community were struggling. Everyone worked hard, hoping that their situations would improve.

The verse is -you still ain’t got a job - he is partying and not trying like she is , it’s the crushing defeat of generational poverty. Tracy used to Busk near my apartment in Cambridge. She was mesmerizing even then . Her has so much great music first 3 albums are so gorgeous

I'd had a hell day at work and was stuck behind a fender bender in rush hour - this song came on the radio and when she sang about her fathers alcoholism and leaving school to take care of him I burst into tears. This song will stay with me forever.