"She is smaller and more delicate than she appears in pictures, her voice higher and more nasal than on her records. There is a solidity about her, a muscular spirituality. Her element is earth, not air. A master of silence, she does not talk about what she doesn't know. Mostly, she is wary, skeptical". This quote from the article we were assigned to read on Tracy Chapman really stands out to me because I could notice all that about her just from listening to her song. I believe "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman is a meaningful song even though a part of it seems like just a regular song.  In the song she says "Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose, maybe we'll make something, but me myself I got nothing to prove", which shows that the song is all about freedom, escaping, and starting over.  Another part of the lyrics that stood out to me was when she said “You got a fast car, but is it fast enough so you can fly away, you got to make a decision, you leave tonight or live and die this way”. This quote was a bit confusing but, powerful. What I believe she was saying in that part was that either go away or, live a life you don’t want to live and die at the end.