All credits to Frank! This song was released on December 23 2013 and produced by Malay ( who also helped with writing it
Frank wrote “Wiseman” for Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 slavery western Django Unchained but Tarantino couldn’t find the right scene for it and so the song went unused. Frank shared the piece and lyrics via his Tumblr account:
https://twitter.com/frank_ocean/status/282707601706344448µ (https://twitter.com/frank_ocean/status/282707601706344448)
The song was used in the 2015 film “Southpaw (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798684/)” as an emotional tear-jerker for the ending scene, however the song was never credited or included on the movie soundtrack.
Source: https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-wise-man-final-lyrics (https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-wise-man-final-lyrics)
12 Jun 2024
2. Miss you so - Frank Ocean
All credits to Frank! This is an demo track about an ex-girlfriend, It appears on "The Lonny Breaux Collection". It got released on April 7 2011.
The song was ultimately given to singer Conor Manyard (https://genius.com/artists/Conor-maynard), who performed it with the modified title of “Pictures.” (https://genius.com/Conor-maynard-pictures-lyrics)
8 Jun 2024
1. Pink + White - Frank Ocean
All credits to Frank and Pharell who also produced and wrote song togheter with Frank and released on August 20 2016.
As sung in the song’s opening lines, the track’s title is a reference to a sunset drive with Frank Ocean and his old friend. “Pink and white” therefore describes the sky during the moment he is reminiscing upon:
https://images.genius.com/0bd3e11c3104f9798482226e5cf59fed.650x900x1.jpg (https://images.genius.com/0bd3e11c3104f9798482226e5cf59fed.650x900x1.jpg)
Frank has used those colors in songs before. He has a song titled “White” (https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-white-lyrics) in Odd Future (https://genius.com/artists/Odd-future)’s The OF Tape Vol. 2 (https://genius.com/albums/Odd-future/The-of-tape-vol-2), and of course, a song titled “White” (https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-white-lyrics) and a song called “Pink Matter” (https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-pink-matter-lyrics) on channel ORANGE (https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-pink-matter-lyrics).
Featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé (https://genius.com/artists/Beyonce) as well as a singular uncredited word from Kanye West (https://genius.com/artists/Kanye-west), “Pink + White” details Frank Ocean’s memories of his youth and someone close to him who passed away. He remembers this person by recalling the lessons they taught him.
The theme of mortality plays a key role in this song. In the second verse, he sings about a hurricane destroying everything in its path and its aftermath. The hurricane is likely a reference to Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana while Ocean was a student at the University of New Orleans, forcing him to relocate to Houston. It’s possible this person died during Katrina.
Source: https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-pink-white-lyrics (https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-pink-white-lyrics)
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