SIERRA LEONE
By
Frank Ocean
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(I was spendin’ too much time alone)
Spendin’ too much time alone…
(And I just ran outta Trojans)
Horses gallop to her throne
(We were behaving like teenagers)
We’re behaving like teenagers
(Makin’ less than minimum wage)
Still inside our parents’ homes
(No I don’t live in Denver)
No, I don’t live in Denver
(I grew up in Sierra Leone)
And her pink skies will keep me warm
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Tid bits of intuition that I been gettin’ abandon admission (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)
And a new day will bring about the dawn
And a new day will bring another cryin’ babe into the world (girl now)
Our daughter’s reachin’ for the nipple cause it’s time for her to eat
Tonight I’ll lay her in the cradle if it’s time for go to sleep
I sing a Lennon lullaby, she can have a pretty dream
Baby girl if you knew what I know, knew what I know
Na, na na, na na, na…
Na, na na, na na, na…
MONKS
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Mosh pits and bare chest
Stage diving sky diver
Spray the crowd with cold water
Now it’s mosh pits and wet tits
I think I need a cold shower
Cool waters
African girl speaks in English accent
Likes to fuck boys in bands
Likes to watch westerns
And ride me without the hands
Show me her passport
She’s on her own tour
But you’re beautiful to me
Wave ’em high girl to the sky
But you’re beautiful to me
(We’re in the clouds)
Wave ’em high girl to the sky
But you’re beautiful to me
(Life in the clouds)
Keep em high y’all
(Beautiful stars)
In the sky
Monks in the mosh pit
Stage diving Dalai Lama
Feet covered in cut flowers
They mosh for enlightenment
Clean chakra, good karma
One with the water
Indian girl sleeps above the temple
Planning a run away young at heart
You found a boyfriend
And now you wanna get away, get away
Just a virgin lover on a getaway, getaway
And at sunset they’re gonna try and get away, get away
Abhaya Mudra
I never ask for much
But please keep up lover
We’ve got no choices left
The running’s fast
Run run run run
You’re beautiful to me
Run run run run, you’d better run
You mean so much to me
In my world
We made it safely
Even with your father’s army trailing us
We escaped him
Even with his archer’s bows at our backs
What a great escape
But there’s a long way still in fact
We’re lost in a jungle underneath these clouds
There’s a monsoon that never ends
A coke white tiger woke us from our slumber
To guide and protect us til the end
We’re in the clouds
Wave ’em high now to the sky
But you’re beautiful to me
Keep ’em high y’all, show you right
But you’re beautiful to me
Beautiful
END
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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 compromise
She could recognize
Voodoo
Our daughters and our sons
Are just candles in the sun
Voodoo
Don’t let him see divide
Don’t you let her see divide
Voodoo
She’s got the whole wide world in her juicy fruit
He’s got the whole wide world in his pants
He wrapped the whole wide world in a wedding band
Then put the whole wide world on her hands
She’s got the whole wide world in her hands
He’s got the whole wide world in his hands
There’s somethin’ about you
I can’t believe I’m even talking to you, tellin’ me this right now
You’re special
I wish you could see what I see
WHITE (FEAT. JOHN MAYER)
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Could this be earth, could this be light
Does this mean everythings going to be alright
One look out my window there’s trees talking like people
I dreamt of storms, I dreamt of sound
I dreamt of gravity keeping us around
I slept in the darkness it was lonely and it was silent
What is this love, I don’t feel the same
Don’t believe what this is, could be given a name
I awoke you there chasing planets on my forehead
But I forget 23 like I forget 17
And I forget my first love, like you forget a day dream
And what of all my wild friends, and the times I’ve had with them
But I’ll fade to grey soon on the tv station
THINKIN’ BOUT YOU
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A tornado flew around my room before you came
Excuse the mess it made, it usually doesn’t rain
In Southern California, much like Arizona
My eyes don’t shed tears, but, boy, they bawl
When I’m thinkin’ ’bout you
(Ooh, no, no, no)
I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you
(You know, know, know)
I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you
Do you think about me still?
Do ya, do ya?
Or do you not think so far ahead? (Ahead)
‘Cause I been thinkin’ ’bout forever (Oooh, oooh)
Or do you not think so far ahead? (Ahead)
‘Cause I been thinkin’ ’bout forever (Oooh, oooh)
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 kiss you
Got a fighter jet, I don’t get fly it, though
I’m lyin’ down thinkin’ ’bout you
(Ooh, no, no, no)
I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you
(You know, know, know)
I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you
Do you think about me still?
Do ya, do ya?
Or do you not think so far ahead? (Ahead)
‘Cause I been thinkin’ ’bout forever (Oooh, oooh)
Or do you not think so far ahead? (Ahead)
‘Cause I been thinkin’ ’bout forever (Oooh, oooh)
Yes, of course
I remember, how could I forget?
How you feel?
And though you were my first time
A new feel
It won’t ever get old, not in my soul
Not in my spirit, keep it alive
We’ll go down this road
‘Til it turns from color to black and white
Or do you not think so far ahead? (Ahead)
‘Cause I been thinkin’ ’bout forever (Oooh, oooh)
Or do you not think so far ahead? (Ahead)
‘Cause I been thinkin’ ’bout forever (Oooh, oooh)
CRACK ROCK
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You don’t know how little you matter
Until you’re all alone
In the middle of Arkansas
With a little rock left in that plastic
Used to date a blonde
You used to hit it raw
Cause she was and you are madly involved
Madly involved
Hittin’ stones in glass homes
You’re smokin’ stones in abandoned homes
You hit them stones and broke your home
Crack rock crack rock
Crack rock crack rock
Hittin’ stones in glass homes
You’re smokin’ stones in abandoned homes
You’re hittin’ stones and broke your home
Crack rock crack rock
Crack rock crack rock
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
You used to get a little cut-up from time to time
But the freaks ain’t trying to sleep with cracky
Hittin’ stones in glass homes
You’re smokin’ stones in abandoned homes
You hit them stones and you broke your home
Crack rock crack rock crack rock
Crooked cop dead cop
How much dope can you push to me
Crooked cop dead cop
No good for community
Fuckin’ pig get shot
300 men will search for me
My brother get popped
And don’t no one hear the sound
Don’t no one hear the rounds, ooh, sound
Don’t no one hear the shells, ooh, shells
Don’t no one hear a sound
Don’t no one disturb the peace for riot
Don’t no one disrupt nirvana
Don’t no one wanna blow the high
Crack rock, ooh
Crack rock, ooh
Crack rock
How you feeling girl
How’s the gutter doing
Crack rock