10 May 2024
american wedding - Frank Ocean (nostalgia,ultra.)
[Intro: Frank Ocean]
American love
American me
American you
American tears
American heartbreak
Oh, oh, oh
[Verse 1: Frank Ocean]
I took a walk with the palm trees
As the daylight fell
Sangria in a canteen
Talking to myself (I can't remember)
This tattoo on my left hand
Is turning purple-ish blue
Daydreams of the romance
Daydreams of you (You)
My pretty woman in a ballgown
I'm Richard Gere in a tux
Getting married in a courthouse
Writing vows in a rush
Making out before the judge
With my teenage wife
Got a wedding band done
That I just might die with
[Chorus: Frank Ocean]
It's an American wedding
They don't mean too much
But we were so in love
We had an American wedding
Now what's mine is yours
That's American law
[Verse 2: Frank Ocean]
M-R-S dot Kennedy
She signed her name in pen (Oh)
In the fancy, fancy cursive (Oh)
Then turned her term papers in (Oh, oh)
A thesis on Islamic (Oh)
Virgin brides and arranged marriage (Ah, ah)
Hijabs and polygamist husbands
Those poor un-American girls
After school she ran to me
Jumped in my 5.0
This is the home of the brave, land of the free
But your parents still didn't know (Oh)
She said, "I've had a hell of a summer
So, baby, don't take this hard
But maybe we should get an annulment
Before this goes way too far" (Oh)
[Chorus: Frank Ocean]
It's just an American wedding
They don't mean too much
They don't last enough
We had an American wedding
Now what's mine is yours
American divorce
[Verse 3: Frank Ocean]
Well, you can have my Mustang
That's all I've got in my name
But Jesus Christ, don't break my heart
This wedding ring won't ever wipe off
But if you stay
Oh, if you stay (Stay)
You'll probably leave later, anyway
It's love made in the USA
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro: James Fauntleroy]
Don't let 'em front you, they sayin' you can't move
Without 'em, fuck 'em, I tell 'em this ain't new
We been some hustlers since it began, dude
Ain't gon' be trippin' over some bitch-ass dude
They so vain, I tell 'em this ain't you
You could get sensitive, but this shit ain't true
These niggas can't do nothin' that I can't do
That she can't do, that he can't do
That you can't do, that we can't do
Man, I had a dream and then this shit came true
And nigga, if I did it, I think you can too
These niggas can't do nothin' that I can't do
That she can't do, that he can't do
That you can't do, that we can't do
Man, I had a dream and then this shit came true
These niggas can't do nothin' that I can't do
That she can't do, that he can't do
That you can't do
“American Wedding” is heavily (if not completely) over a beat consistent with the 1977 hit “Hotel California” by the Eagles. Since nostalgia, ULTRA was officially considered a mixtape and released for free via Tumblr, it wasn’t illegal for Frank Ocean to do it. However, due to the profile of the project, it was played all over the internet, and he would perform it live, so the band “threatened to sue if I perform it again,” Ocean explained on tumblr. “I think that’s fuckin' awesome …” Again, since it was released for free, Ocean legally respected the copyright, but that didn’t change much for the Eagles or the media. The new vision of “Hotel California”, as Lonny intended for it to be, was actually complimented by most contemporary and rock critics.
Band member Don Henley’s still hasn’t gotten over “American Wedding” or Ocean, calling him a “talentless prick” as lately as October 2015. Henley also criticized Okkervil River for doing a similar thing.
The climax of Frank Ocean’s mixtape/album nostalgia, ULTRA. This song’s sample of “Hotel California” created a major controversy when the Eagles demanded to be paid for every time Ocean performed “American Wedding” live.
