Provider – English Lyrics

• By: Frank Ocean
• Album: Blonded

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Memo finna start acting out if I don't see him soon

Yeah my best friend ain't backing out, it's still on sight, fool

I'm the only one out here on the night loops

I'm the only one out here on the night loops

Trophy case still light, body need a race stripe

And these minerals on my body break light

And these reds on my body brakelight

New man comin' up ahead on his own two

Is you a natural blondie like Goku?

Sleepin' on my belly in a loop like a serpent

Talking Heads ripplin' on the surface

Eyes low, chin heavy shoegazer

Moonwalkin', R.I.P. Stanley Kubrick

You had you some birthdays, could you prove it?

Show me the wisdom in your movement

Show me some wisdom in your movement

Feelings you provide

Feelings you provide

I know it, I know it

The feelings I, the feelings, I know it, I

Feelings you provide

Feelings you provide

I know it, I know it

The feelings, I know it, the feelings, I, I

Tonight I might change my life

If you lived like I live

You couldn't live without it

Said I'd be your new best friend

But what more? Yeah

Ain't too late to out

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ahhh

Provide, provide

Pro...

Ooh, oooh, oooh

Tonight I might change my life, all for you

All for you (Provide)

Provided, diamond lane that didn't exist

Packed the Astro van and brought my kids through

Prada tee on the eldest, throw the Gildan on the children

Hand-me-down fits

Chest pass, see mist off rotation (Swish, swisha)

Stiff smile just like I'm Aphex Twin (Yeah, come to daddy, yeah)

Pat the Patagonia pockets, tryna find my zip (uh, where it's at? Yeah)

Blunt twist, tightropes, I'm not fallin' off (never that, no)

Watch friends, go pro through fisheye lens, drownin' off clear

I just saw JAWS, divin' under influence

Been feelin' like the Lord just out of reach for me (for me)

How I feel lettin' man speak

How I feel lettin' man speak for me (for me)

Holyfield, keep your ears split for me

Can't show my face if you spit for me

Spit for me, yeah

Eyes low, chin heavy shoegazer

Moonwalkin', R.I.P. Stanley Kubrick

You had you some birthdays, could you prove it?

Show me the wisdom in your movement

Show me some wisdom in your movement

Feelings you provide

Feelings you provide

I know, I know it

The feelings I, the feelings, I know it, I

Feelings you provide

Feelings you provide

I know it, I know it

The feelings, I know it, the feelings, I, I

...

Tonight I might change my life, all for you, all for you

Provide

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Memo finna start acting out **if I don't see him soon**

  ➔ First conditional (if‑clause with present simple)

  ➔ The word **if** introduces a condition that must be met for the action “start acting out” to happen.

• **I'm the only one** out here on the night loops

  ➔ Present simple of "to be" with a superlative construction

  ➔ The phrase **I'm the only one** emphasizes uniqueness using the superlative “only”.

• New man **comin' up** ahead on his own two

  ➔ Present continuous (progressive) used for a future event

  ➔ The verb phrase **comin' up** (coming up) shows an action that is about to happen soon.

• **Sleepin'** on my belly in a loop like a serpent

  ➔ Gerund used as a noun (subject of the clause)

  ➔ The gerund **Sleepin'** functions as the subject, describing the ongoing action.

• You had you some birthdays, **could you prove it?**

  ➔ Past simple with modal verb "could" for a polite request

  ➔ The modal **could** softens the request, turning “prove it” into a polite question.

• **Feelings you provide**

  ➔ Simple present active voice, subject‑verb‑object order

  ➔ The noun **Feelings** is the subject, **you** is the object, and **provide** is the verb.

• Tonight I **might change** my life

  ➔ Modal verb "might" + base verb (expressing possibility)

  ➔ The modal **might** indicates that the action “change my life” is not certain.

• Pat the Patagonia pockets, **tryna find** my zip

  ➔ Bare infinitive after a colloquial expression (trying to)

  ➔ The slang **tryna** is short for “trying to”; the verb **find** follows without “to”.

• **Can't** show my face if you spit for me

  ➔ Negative modal "can't" + base verb + conditional clause

  ➔ The negative modal **can't** expresses impossibility; the clause “if you spit for me” sets a condition.