[INTRO — instrumental, pounding bass hits, menacing keys] [VERSE 1 — ferocious rapid-fire flow] Cut me off so close I could read his inspection (tch) Left lane hog doing ninety, no direction I flash the beams, I ride the bumper, I'm the law now Every ugly word I know is in my jaw now Swerve around him, slow down in his face Teach this man a lesson 'bout the rules of the race Where you racing to, big shot, what's the emergency Some of us got places — you ain't more than me Horn held down like I'm sounding a charge My anger got a engine and it's running large He cuts across three lanes, nearly clips the divider And I follow — yeah, I follow — I'm the wrong-right-fighter Then I see the blinker — hospital exit, blue sign And the whole shape of my anger drops its spine [HOOK — short, barked] Left lane, wrong frame (slow down) You don't know what that car contains Left lane, wrong frame (slow down) Not every hurry is a power game [BEAT SWITCH — darker slower bounce, low deliberate growl] I remember driving like that once March, four years back, my daughter with the croup Couldn't catch her breath and I couldn't catch the lights Every red a century, every car a slight I bet somebody chased me with a horn that night Thinking I was reckless, thinking they were right Now this guy — I back off, let him pass, let him through Hazard lights, a little wave, least that I can do Watch him take the ramp at a speed I understand Hope whoever's in there got a steady hand My dashboard quiet now, my hands at ten and two Funny how the wheel teach you what the mirror never do [HOOK — short, barked] Left lane, wrong frame (slow down) You don't know what that car contains Left lane, wrong frame (slow down) Not every hurry is a power game [OUTRO — bass hits slow, voice low] (slow down... slow down...) You don't know what that car contains
