How Do You Want It

The song moves between sexual confidence and the pressures of a dangerous, high-profile life. The repeated questions, “How do you want it” and “How do you feel,” invite a partner to express what they want, while also echoing the song’s larger concern with how it feels to live amid money, speed, conflict, and scrutiny. The speaker sounds boastful and self-assured, but also hints at fear and a wish to survive.

“Living in the fast lane” suggests a reckless, intense lifestyle, not simply driving quickly. The image of doing 80 on the freeway while avoiding police makes that danger concrete. “Body talking” means the woman’s movements seem to communicate attraction, though the speaker says he cannot understand their meaning; this points to desire mixed with uncertainty. “All I want is money, not fame” presents wealth as a practical goal, even as the lyrics describe public attention and media intrusion.

The song’s tone is deliberately provocative, and its repeated refrain can sound like a straightforward question about sexual preference as well as a broader question about personal experience. The speaker presents himself as tough and successful, yet references enemies, death, censorship, and legal pressure. These tensions leave room to hear the bravado as both celebration of freedom and a response to vulnerability; the lyrics do not settle on just one mood.