 Genius Lyrics
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Frank Ocean – Start
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Every track on Channel ORANGE is a different program on our journey with Frank who is channel-surfing through his memories, and the intro features the TV and PlayStation being
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Frank Ocean – Sierra Leone
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In “Sierra Leone,” Frank talks to a (fictional) younger version of himself who fooled around and got a girl pregnant.
He uses the extended metaphor of Sierra Leone’s “pink skies
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Frank Ocean – Fertilizer
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A short cover of the song “Fertilizer” by James Fauntleroy. As written in Rap Genius' piece for Esquire:
[Fertilizer is] A short interlude that opens up the darker themes on the
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Frank Ocean – Read the Stars
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“Read The Stars” is a track by Frank Ocean, included on the unofficial release The Lonny Breaux Collection.
In this song, Frank is singing how bad he struggled at school
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Frank Ocean – Ivy
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On “Ivy,” Frank reflects on his mistakes and explores a failed relationship. With Frank’s vocals laid over melancholic production, “Ivy” is a heart-breaker of a song that could be
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Frank Ocean (Ft. Earl Sweatshirt) – Super Rich Kids
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Continuing a major theme on the album, Frank evokes the lux and glamorous like no other (see “Sweet Life” and “Lost”). Only “Super Rich Kids” is a bit more harrowing—there’s
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Frank Ocean – Nights
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“Nights” tells the story of Ocean’s previous relationship, detailing the highs and lows they both faced while dating. It also touches upon the events Frank faced while living in
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Frank Ocean – Provider
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“Provider” premiered on Frank Ocean’s blonded radio episode 007 on August 27th, 2017. The lyric video also premiered on his website blonded.co
There were also several different
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Jacob Hutto – Frank Ocean - Sierra Leone (Jacob Hutto Remix)
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[Instrumental]
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James Fauntleroy – Fertilizer
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This song is about James Fauntleroy trying to gain the attention or reaction from a lover. The song was later briefly covered by Frank Ocean on his debut album, channel ORANGE.
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Frank Ocean – Mitsubishi Sony
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“Mitsubishi Sony” is the final track on Frank Ocean’s visual album, Endless. The song is one of the more conventional on the album, featuring Ocean rapping over trap beats.
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Frank Ocean – Can't Be the Last Time
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“Can’t Be The Last Time” is the 6th song off Frank Ocean’s unofficial mixtape, The Lonny Breaux Collection.
The track is about Frank and a girl fighting. He tells her that they
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Car Seat Headrest – Ivy (Frank Ocean Cover)
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[Chorus] / I thought that I was dreaming / When you said you loved me / The start of nothing / I had no chance to prepare / I couldn't see you coming / The start of nothing new / I
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Rockie Fresh (Ft. Frank Ocean) – Reach for the Stars
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[Hook: Frank Ocean] x3 / Reach for the stars go and reach for 'em baby / Do it up,do it up live it baby / [Intro: Frank Ocean] / Reach for the stars, go-stars go-stars go-stars go
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Frank Ocean – Frank Ocean's Open Letter on Tumblr
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He was an integral part of “No Church in the Wild,”, which featured a hip hop first; Jay-Z rapping about the “Euthyphro Dilemma!” Here, however, Frank is the only exponent of a far
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Calvin Harris (Ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) – Slide
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“Slide” details the story of those who just want to enter into a richer person’s life so they can live like they’re more affluent. It arrived on February 24, becoming the first
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Frank Ocean – Come On World, You Can't Go!
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“Come On World, You Can’t Go!” is a mellow, almost nine-minute freestyle from Frank Ocean, premiered in December 2021 at the end of the third Christmas episode of blonded RADIO.
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Frank Ocean – Novacane
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“Novacane,“ the lead single from Frank Ocean’s debut mixtape nostalgia,ULTRA., describes what it’s like to have sex while on drugs, and it details the relationship between Ocean
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Frank Ocean (Ft. André 3000) – Pink Matter
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A play on the term “gray matter,” the substance that makes up the brain, “Pink Matter” is a meditation on the female anatomy, desire, and fantasy.
The song features OutKast member
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Frank Ocean – Lonny (New Mix)
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“Lonny (New Mix)” is a track by Frank Ocean, fittingly released on the informal mixtape The Lonny Breaux Collection.
In the song, Frank has been gone for a long time and doesn’t
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Frank Ocean – Lost
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“Lost” is the fourth single from Frank Ocean’s critically acclaimed debut studio album, Channel Orange.
The protagonist in the song is a drug supplier who uses his girlfriend as a
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Frank Ocean – Futura Free
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“Futura Free” is divided into two sections broken by a silent interlude.
The first finds Frank reflecting on his life and accomplishments thus far in a stream of consciousness
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Frank Ocean – U-N-I-T-Y
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The 5th track off of Frank’s visual project Endless, “UNITY” hosts a slow, melodic, chilled out beat and features Frank Ocean rapping for the majority of the track.
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Frank Ocean – Not Just Money
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This is actually just one of Frank’s friend’s mom, Rosie Watson, scolding him. The homie recorded it (cuz it’s just too damn funny) and gave it to Frank to use on the album
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Frank Ocean – You Are Luhh
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Frank Ocean released a cover of the Isley Brothers‘ song “(At Your Best) You Are Love” via Tumblr on January 17, 2015, performed in the rendition of Aaliyah’s 1994 cover “At Your
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Frank Ocean – Bad Religion
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Frank Ocean initiates a makeshift therapy session in the backseat of a cab on this sorrowful track.
The night channel ORANGE was released on iTunes, Frank premiered this song on
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Frank Ocean – Nikes
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“Nikes” is a critique of the trappings of materialistic hedonism, with a frequent mention of Nike shoes, shiny gold and glitter, and fantasies of pleasure. The video version of
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Frank Ocean – At Your Best (You Are Love)
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Originally released under the title “You Are Luhh,” “At Your Best (You Are Love)” was released on what would’ve been Aaliyah’s 36th birthday. The song ended up being on Frank Ocean
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Midi Mafia (Ft. Frank Ocean & Rockie Fresh) – Reach For The Stars
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This is a completed version of the track “Reach For The Stars” by Rockie Fresh that leaked in 2012. The Midi Mafia recruited Belgian team Tronixx for additional production on the
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Frank Ocean & Lætitia Sadier) – PartyIsntOver/Campfire/Bimmer
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On Valentine’s Day 2013, Tyler released the first single for his then-upcoming album Wolf, “Domo 23.” Appended to the end of that music video was a music video for a snippet of
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Frank Ocean – DHL
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“DHL” is Frank Ocean’s first original track since 2017, which debuted at the end of the first blonded RADIO episode of the year, on October 19, 2019. It was originally teased on
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Frank Ocean – End
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[Verse] / Darker times / They're telling boulder-heavy lies / Looks like all we've got is each other / The truth is obsolete / Remember when all I had was my mother / She didn't
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Frank Ocean – Acura Integurl
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The title “Acura Integurl” is a play on the name of the discontinued Honda Acura Integra car. This song is also a metaphor for a girl that Frank had a relationship with.
This car
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Frank Ocean – Wither
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Wither is the ninth track on Ocean’s visual album, Endless. It features backing vocals by Jazmine Sullivan.
Wither is a play on words – “wither” and “with her” are used as
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Frank Ocean – Crack Rock
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On the 9th track off channel ORANGE, Ocean speaks about a man overcome by an addiction to crack cocaine, and comments on the issues of the so-called “War on Drugs” in America. In
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Polskie tłumaczenia Genius – Frank Ocean - Start (Polskie Tłumaczenie)
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[Śmiech] / Oni wyglądają jak bliźniacy / To było zawstydzające
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Frank Ocean – Pink + White
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Produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé, “Pink + White” details Frank’s memories of his youth and someone close to him who passed away
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Frank Ocean – Rocket Love
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This is track one from Frank Ocean’s unofficial unreleased, MISC. Interestingly, this song uses the same sample of the Apollo 11 launch that Kanye West & Jay-Z would later use in
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Malanee Grant – AP Lit - Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids
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Too many bottles of this wine we can’t pronounce / Too many bowls of that green, no Lucky Charms / The maids come around too much / Parents ain’t around enough / Too many joy rides
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