Frank Ocean
Nov. 30, 2020
Read time: 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
tags:
El Chapo, de facto
Unmatched lyricism and wordplay that will have your head spinning with every play. Frank Ocean’s music provides one with such unique playback experience when listening to his music due to his great ability of embracing femininity and masuclinity. The sheer fidelity of each bar, note, and pause kindly bakes this delicate ear croissant ready for your consumption.
Channel Orange
No, I don’t like you, I just thought you were cool enough to kick it
Got a beach house I could sell you in Idaho
Since you think I don’t love you, I just thought you were cute
That’s why I kissed you
Got a fighter jet, I don’t get to fly it though, I’m lying down
Thinkin Bout You
Tid bits of intuition that I be gettin’ abandon mission
(Sierra Leone)
Abandon mission, you must be kiddin’, this shit feelin’ different
Shit feelin’ too good to me
Glistening, shimmerin’ underneath the sunlight, the sunlight
(Sierra Leone)
Sierra Leone
You’re shuckin’ and jivin’, stealin’ and robbin’
To get the fixing that you’re itching for
Your family stopped inviting you to things
Won’t let you hold their infant
Crack Rock
Monks in the mosh pit
Stage diving Dalai Lama
Feet covered in cut flowers
They mosh for enlightenment
Clean chakra, good karma
Monks
Blonde
Speaking of the, don’t know what got into people
Devil be possessin’ homies
Demons try to body-jump
Why you think I’m in this bitch wearing a fucking Yarmulke?
Nikes
That’s a pretty fucking fast year flew by
That’s a pretty long third gear in this car
Glidin’ on the five
The deer run across, kill the headlights
Skyline To
Bad luck to talk on these rides
Mind on the road, your dilated eyes watch the clouds float
White Ferrari
The markings on your surface
Your speckled face
Flawed crystals hang from your ears
I couldn’t gauge your fears
I can’t relate to my peers
I’d rather live outside
I’d rather chip my pride than lose my mind out here
Seigfried
Endless
A continuous playback masterpiece
‘Cause when you’re at your best you are love
You’re a positive motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know
At Your Best (You Are Love)
U-N-I-T-Y, Neptunes and peace signs
Chiraq, Palestine like
Iberville 1995
You’d think that was airstrikes on outside
I put refugees in my villa, play kids the Fu-Gee-La
All this space Atlanta
U.N.I.T.Y
Boys in the building give me updates like they know the weather
If you ain’t in the streets you can’t see the sky, I’m out here
I could see the sky and it’s paradise
On the regular
Slide on Me
Is it a deathwish to doze off helpless?
Leave myself at the mercy of you
At the mercy, of you
And I be needing my sleep in peace
Need to trust you
At the mercy of you
Impietas + Deathwish (ASR)
Twin peaking, highs and lows, we shaded off and on
Bygones but we’re still here, ride around in my two wheels
I love the way you make me feel
(What happens to me)
Bet you wish you was me
Rushes
Lots of Love (LOL)
I have LOL for Frank and his ability to use broad strokes lyrics to convey very relatable emotional experiences mixed with feminine and masculine features. My favourite album, Endless, is one I still manage to play from start to finish on repeat while I work, cook, run, bike or sit to enjoy it.