Futura Free by Frank Ocean
Futura Free by Frank Ocean

Futura Free

Frank Ocean * Track #17 On Blonde

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Futura Free by Frank Ocean

Release Date
Sat Aug 20 2016
Performed by
Frank Ocean
Produced by
Frank Ocean & Om’Mas Keith & Malay
Writed by
Frank Ocean & Dave Allen & Hugo Burnham & Andy Gill & Jon King & Buddy Ross
About

“Futura Free” is divided into two sections broken by a silent interlude. The song includes the unlisted track “Interviews.”

The first section, “Futura Free,” finds Frank Ocean reflecting on his life and accomplishments thus far in a stream-of-consciousness style. He rambles about fame, religion, an...

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Futura Free Lyrics

[Intro]
Alright, hold on

[Verse 1]
If I was being honest
I'd say long as I could fuck three times a day and not skip a meal, I'm good
I used to work on my feet for seven dollars a hour
Call my mama like, "Mama
I ain't making minimum wage, mama
I'm on, mama, I'm on
Now I'm making 400, 600, 800K, mama
To stand on my feet, mama
Play these songs, it's therapy, mama
They paying me, mama
I should be paying them"
I should be paying y'all, honest to God
I'm just a guy, I'm not a god
Sometimes I feel like I'm a god, but I'm not a god
If I was, I don't know which heaven would have me, mama
Let me run this bitch, I'ma run it into the ground, mama, the whole galaxy
Goddamn, fuck these lames, they don't want none
Fuck these lames, they don't want none
Fuck these niggas
Fuck these niggas, they don't want none
Fuck these niggas
Fuck you niggas and
Fuck me if I hated on you

[Verse 2]
I'ma stick around
I'm gon' let my nuts hang
Nigga, you got some just like me, don't you?
Or maybe not just like me
You know I'm Africano Americano
And even if you're half Japanese, roots run deep
Family tree throw a big shadow (Jamming to the rhythm)
Tech company, please give me immortality (It's a face to face)
I'm going rapidly, fading drastically (Keep me high, Castrati)
Damn (Punani fade the stress)
Or pull the zip down
Wet your lips first, lick the tip now (Bugatti left some stretch marks on that freeway)
Smoke somethin'
(Marks on that freeway)
They tryna find 2Pac
Don't let 'em find 2Pac
He evade the press
He escape the stress
La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la
La-la-la

[Verse 3]
I'll keep quiet and let you run your phone bill up
I know you love to talk
I ain't on your schedule
I ain't on no schedule
I ain't had me a job since 2009
I ain't on no sales floor
You say I'm changing on you
I feel like Selena
They wanna murder a nigga, murder me like Selena
You must ain't get the memo
I don't cuff bitches no more
But your bitch my exception
Come get her outta my photo
I only got one four-door
Remember when I had that Lexus, no
Our friendship don't go back that far
Tyler slept on my sofa, yeah
Niggas go back that far
I ain't smoked all year
This the last song, so I'm finna wipe that off
Tolerance is so low, still smoke a whole 'gar
Ménage on my birthday, tap out on the first stroke
'Cause this ain't no work day, she don't give head anyway
'Cause what niggas say, that's what she tell her man
What a difference distance makes
Niggas wan' fight in the streets
Now shit startin' to make my hands hurt
Jay hit me on the email, said I oughta act my net worth
Dog, this is chess now, not fetch, I ain't runnin' for a nigga
Ain't ran since track meets, that's the only time I ran from a nigga
You can change this track now, could've changed this bitch a long time ago
—know and —know, —know and —know
Shout out to Hollygrove, I'm from that 7th, though
Twins know and Lance know, Clark know and Matt know
Shit went one-eighty on me, please run that back, though

[Skit]
You say some shit about me? Tuck a real sport, my nigga
That shit happened the second time? 'Cause Mark saw both times, nigga, I only saw the first time
That second time, Jerron was there, nigga
On God, he grabbed me in circles, nigga
And the, and the other nigga tried to pull me
Oh yeah, Jerron told me you that your ass especially told him
Yeah, 'cause the nigga tried to boom me in my face
I had AD in a headlock, nigga (The first time I saw?), I had this nigga like—

[Outro: Mikey Alfred, Ryan Breaux, Sage Elsesser, Evan Clark, Na’kel Smith, Frank Ocean]

[Mikey]
Make sure you speak up

[Ryan]
Okay

[Mikey]
What's your name?

[Ryan]
Ryan

[Mikey]
Yo, ayy be quiet, what's your name?
What do you do?
What's your first memory?

[Ryan]
The first word I learned to say or that I ever said

[Mikey]
What's the most amazing thing you've ever witnessed?
(Uh, hell no)
(You're not gon' make it, are you?)

[Na'kel]
Friendship and how it controls the world

[Mikey]
Hahaha
Alright, um
What three superpowers do you wish you had?
My bad, say it again

[Ryan]
Flying, contortion, to be invincible

[Mikey]
Alright, make sure you speak up (What's your name?)
Maybe we can get a little— a little bit, little bit, little bit

[Evan]
I wish I could sleep without, like, being dead
But forever at the same time

[Mikey]
Yo, what, what's, what's the year 3000 going to look like? (Dog, stop, stop, what you mean, bro? Stop, stop)

[Na'kel]
Or it could be great and shit can fly
And buildings would be very, very tall and everybody won't know what the ground looks like

[Frank]
That's fucked up
(Excuse me)

[Mikey]
Chloe, shh, okay, start over

[Na'kel]
Best thing about being me is
I got a nice set of friends, feel me?
A pretty clear mind, I feel like, sometimes
What's the worst thing about being me? Probably, uh–

[Sage]
Being Drake

[Na’kel]
I think a lot, a lot, too much
Sometimes I'm very musty

[Mikey]
Talents, got any secret talents?
[Na’kel]
I don't think so, I'm pretty open with all, everything that I do

[Frank]
Talents? Um, I can play the theremin

[Ryan]
Probably my brother, just to see how much work he has in one day

[Sage]
Probably, uh, probably Tyler, his life seems pretty awesome
No, actually, no, fuck him uh
I don't know
Probably Dill, 'cause he doesn't have to do anything at all
Just sits inside his house

[Mikey]
What's your name?

[Sage]
Sage Elsesser

[Mikey]
What do you do?

[Ryan]
I play soccer
And I go to school
Um, I wanna be better at skating

[Evan]
Probably jump off something really high
Super high and try to land in like a handstand or something

[Mikey]
Alright, that's it

[Ryan]
I don't know, there would be a lot of things I'll do
Probably spend a lot of time with my family

[Na’kel]
Spend a couple hours with my family and I would go out and do like everything that I ever thought about trying

[Ryan]
I don't know, there's a lot of things that you could do
That's it

[Mikey]
How far is a light-year? How far is a light-year?
(I'd say like a thousand years?)

Futura Free Q&A

Who wrote Futura Free's ?

Futura Free was written by Frank Ocean & Dave Allen & Hugo Burnham & Andy Gill & Jon King & Buddy Ross.

Who produced Futura Free's ?

Futura Free was produced by Frank Ocean & Om’Mas Keith & Malay.

When did Frank Ocean release Futura Free?

Frank Ocean released Futura Free on Sat Aug 20 2016.

Does this song feature Lil B?

While a Lil B interview is featured in the Boys Don’t Cry magazine that released the same day as Blonde, and Frank posted on Tumblr that he spoke often with BasedGod, the official Liner Notes does not credit him for any direct involvement.

Isn't Futura also Wes Anderson's favorite typeface?

It is! The beloved film director has used it in so many of his movies that the font is a square on the Wes Anderson Bingo card.

Frank also put one of Anderson’s films, The Royal Tenenbaums, on a list of films in the magazine Boys Don’t Cry.

Who did the interview at the end of "Futura Free"?

The interview was held by Frank Ocean’s younger brother, Ryan Breaux.

What is Futura?

Futura is a type font designed in the 1920s for the New Frankfurt Housing Project.

The font is not referenced to in the lyrics, and the purpose in the song’s title is not clear. It is speculated that Ocean’s paying homage to the fact that Futura is the favorite font of movie director Stanley Kubric...

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Who is Sage Elsesser?

Sage Elsesser is a pro skater who is known for his appearance in skateboard shop and clothing brand Supreme’s film cherry. Frank Ocean’s fellow Odd Future member Nakel Smith also appears in cherry.

When is “Love Like Anthrax” by Gang of Four sampled in “Futura Free”?

The repeating, somewhat distorted chords played in the background of “Futura Free” are a slowed sample of the guitar that appears in the 1979 song “Love Like Anthrax” by Gang of Four at around 1:28.

Is the futura font also used for the title blond on the cover, just altered?

No, but the font is very close.

What did Gang of Four say about “Futura Free”?

In a 2016 interview with Pitchfork, contributor Noah Yoo spoke with Gang of Four lead guitarist Andy Gill about Frank Ocean sampling their 1979 song “Love Like Anthrax” for the closing track of his 2016 album Blonde:

Frank Ocean’s management got in touch with me in November of [2015], saying that F...

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