Futura Free – English Lyrics

• By: Frank Ocean

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Alright, hold on

If I was bein' honest

I'd say long as I could fuck three times a day

And not skip a meal, I'm good, eh

I used to work on my feet for seven dollars a hour

Call my momma like "Momma"

"I ain't makin' minimum wage, momma"

"I'm on, momma, I'm on"

"Now I'm makin' 400, 600, 800K, momma"

"To stand on my feet, momma"

"Play these songs, it's therapy, momma"

"They payin' me, momma"

"I should be payin' them"

I should be payin' 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, momma

Let me run this bitch

I'ma run it into the ground, momma, the whole galaxy

God damn, 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

Fuck me if I hated on you

...

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 (Jammin' to the rhythm)

Tech company, please gimme immortality (It's a face to face)

I'm goin' rapidly, fadin' drastically (Keep me high, Castrati)

Yeah, or pull the zip down (Punani fade the stress)

Wet your lips first, lick the tip now (Bugatti left some stretch marks on that freeway)

Smoke some'n (Marks on that freeway)

They tryna find 2Pac

Don't let 'em find 2Pac

He evade the press

He escape the stress

La, da-da-da-da (La, da-da-da-da)

La, da-da-da-da

La, da-da-da

...

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 changin' 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 cut bitches no more

But your bitch my exception

Come get her outta my four door

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

'Cuz what niggas say, that's what she tell her man

What a difference distance makes

Niggas want fight in the streets

Now shit starting 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 meet, that's the only time I ran from a nigga

You could 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 180 on me, please, run that back though (Tucks 'til 24)

You say some shit about me? Tuck a real sport, nigga

That shit happened the second time?

'Cause Mark saw both times, I only saw the first time

The second time, Jerron was there, nigga

On God he grabbed me

Oh yeah, Jerron told me your ass especially told him

Yeah, 'cause the nigga tried to boom me in the face

I had AD in a headlock, nigga

...

Make sure you speak up

Okay

What's your name?

Ryan

Yo, aye be quiet

What's your name? What do you do?

...

What's your first memory?

The first word I learned to say, or that I ever said

What's the most amazing thing you've ever witnessed?

Uh, hell no

Friendship and how it controls the world

Hahaha, hahaha

Hahaha, alright, um

What three superpowers do you wish you had?

They say they have to be

Flying, super strength

Alright, what's your name?

Maybe we can get a little closer, a little bit, alittle bit, a little bit

I wish I could sleep without, like, being dead

But forever at the same time

Yo, what, what's, what's the... stop, stop, stop (What d'you mean, bro?)

And ships could fly

Buildings would be very, very tall and everybody won't

That's fucked up

...

Chloe!

Okay, start over right now

Best thing about being me is I got a nice set of frames

Pretty clear mind, I feel like sometimes

Probably, uh, being great

I think a lot, a lot, too much (Oh, man)

Talents, got any secret talents?

I don't think so

I'm pretty open and all in everything that I do

Talents? Um, I can play the theremin

Probably, uh, probably Tyler, his life seems pretty awesome

No, actually, no, fuck him

Um, I don't know

Probably Dill 'cause he doesn't have to do anything at all

Just sits inside his house

What's your name?

Sage Elsesser

What do you do?

I play soccer and I go to school

Um, I wanna be better at skating

It's probably... really high

It's super high, I tried to land, like, a handstand or something

Alright, that's it

...

I spend a couple hours with my family

And I go out and do everything that I ever thought about trying

How far is a light year? How far is a light year?

A second

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
momma /ˈmɑːmə/ A2	noun - informal term for mother
god /ɡɒd/ A1	noun - a supreme being worshiped in religions
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot noun - a short period of continuous movement
work /wɜːk/ A1	verb - to do a job or tasks noun - employment or a task
honest /ˈɒnɪst/ B1	adjective - truthful; not lying or cheating
therapy /ˈθerəpi/ B2	noun - treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder
immortality /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ C1	noun - the state of living forever
stress /strɛs/ B2	noun - mental or emotional tension
friendship /ˈfrɛndʃɪp/ B1	noun - the state of being friends
family /ˈfæmɪli/ A1	noun - a group of related people
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - visible electromagnetic radiation that makes things visible
year /jɪə(r)/ A1	noun - a period of 12 months
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers
talent /ˈtælənt/ B1	noun - a natural ability to do something well
strength /streŋkθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being physically strong
superpower /ˈsuːpərˌpaʊər/ C1	noun - an extraordinary ability, often used in fiction
flight /flaɪt/ B1	noun - the act of traveling through the air
handstand /ˈhændstænd/ B2	noun - a position where a person balances on their hands
galaxy /ˈɡæləksi/ C1	noun - a massive system of stars, stellar remnants, gas, dust, and dark matter
fuck /fʌk/ C1	verb - to have sexual intercourse (vulgar)

Key Grammar Structures

• If I **was bein'** honest

  ➔ Past Continuous (conditional)

  ➔ Uses 'was' instead of 'were' with 'I' in a conditional clause, a common feature in informal English. Indicates a hypothetical situation.

• I **should be payin'** them

  ➔ Modal Verb 'should' + Continuous Infinitive

  ➔ Expresses a sense of obligation or moral correctness about an ongoing action or state.

• I'm gon' **let my nuts hang**

  ➔ 'Gonna' (going to) + Base Form, colloquial expression

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contraction of 'going to' used to express future actions in informal English. The phrase 'let my nuts hang' is a vulgar idiom meaning to act freely and without restraint.

• I'm **finna** wipe that off

  ➔ Colloquial future form

  ➔ Slang term often used in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) to mean 'I am going to'. Indicates a future action.

• Ménage **on my birthday**, tap out on the first stroke

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase (time)

  ➔ Uses 'on' to indicate the time of the birthday, which is when the ménage takes place.

• What a difference **distance makes**

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement (Singular)

  ➔ Although 'distance' is plural in meaning (referring to the effects of distance), it's treated as a singular noun here, so the verb 'makes' is used.

• You **could change** this track now

  ➔ Modal Verb 'could' + Base Form

  ➔ Uses 'could' to express possibility or an unrealized action in the past.

• Tyler **slept on** my sofa

  ➔ Past Simple

  ➔ Describes a completed action in the past. Uses the past tense form of the verb 'sleep'.

• I **ain't had** me a job since 2009

  ➔ Present Perfect (Negative) - Informal

  ➔ Uses the negative form of the present perfect to indicate an action that has not happened from a point in the past up to the present. 'Ain't' is a non-standard contraction for 'have not' or 'has not'.