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Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
My chain hits my chest
When I'm bangin' on the dashboard
My chain hits my chest
When I'm bangin' on the radio
Get back, get down
Pull me closer if you think you can hang
Hands up, hands tied
Don't go screaming if I blow you with a bang
Suki Zuki
I'm coming in the Cherokee
Gasoline
There's steam on the window screen
Take it, take it
World's bouncing like a trampoline
When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the dashboard
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the radio
Yeah back it, back it
Yeah pull up to the bumper game
Yeah with a signal
Cover me, cause I'm changing lanes
Had a handle on it
My life, I broke it
When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you saying it
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the dashboard
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the radio
Get back, get down
Pull me closer if you think you can hang
Hands up, hands tied
Don't go screaming if I blow you with a bang
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
My chain hits my chest
When I'm bangin' on the dashboard
My chain hits my chest
When I'm bangin' on the radio
Get back, get down
Pull me closer if you think you can hang
Hands up, hands tied
Don't go screaming if I blow you with a bang
Suki Zuki
I'm coming in the Cherokee
Gasoline
There's steam on the window screen
Take it, take it
World's bouncing like a trampoline
When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the dashboard
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the radio
Yeah back it, back it
Yeah pull up to the bumper game
Yeah with a signal
Cover me, cause I'm changing lanes
Had a handle on it
My life, I broke it
When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you saying it
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the dashboard
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the radio
Get back, get down
Pull me closer if you think you can hang
Hands up, hands tied
Don't go screaming if I blow you with a bang
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The lyrics word for word don't necessarily make sense to be honest, it's the overall idea they create that makes sense. "Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well" - it literally implies that women who live the way they want (freely) still in many parts of the world still suffer harsh consequences for it. Whether it be because of their "own fault" because they weren't properly educated (on disease even) or because as soon as they act out of normal ("bad") men hold them accountable violently.
The video is double symbolic to me because the girls are racing ahead while a traditionally clothed man is ("still") riding a horse. Maybe it's supposed to imply that these traditional men try to suppress because these women are the future and they know it. They speed forward but the men can't keep up.
I love it most that she redefines "bad girls". Usually in pop culture "bad girls" are "slutty". She is implying "bad girls" are simply strong and act freely and men sometimes can't keep up with them. Disobedient, non-traditional, intelligent, defiant women. It has meaning everywhere in a way, not just in countries where women are physically suppressed. Even in western countries where we believe women to be "free", they easily become "outcast" for defying certain expectations of what a woman should be.
And it's not M.I.A. if it's not about politics, so this time she is having a go at Saudi Arabia and the inequality among women and men.
Going up to bitch
I’ll see it for a million
Leavin’ boys behind
‘Cause it’s legal just to kill
Shift gear, automatic
Damned if I do