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Write me a song called Pink + White with the following description: Produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé, “Pink + White” details Frank’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.
As sung in the song’s opening lines, the track’s title is a reference to a sunset drive with Frank and his old friend. “Pink and white” describes the sky during the moment he is reminiscing on. Frank has used those colors in songs before—He has a song titled “White” in Odd Future’s The OF Tape Vol. 2 and a song called “Pink Matter” on Channel ORANGE.
Frank uses simple syllabic structure in this verse to keep the back and forth assonance of wordplay working and keep his lines short and understood with a lot of meaning behind each word he uses. He’s describing a situation, an experience he once had, while using as few words as possible to maintain the mood of the song itself.
Prior to the release of his debut album, channel ORANGE, Ocean was credited as a writer on Beyonce’s “I Miss You.” Queen B and Frank have also collaborated on Beyoncé’s track, “Superpower.”
Pharrell seemingly confirmed producing this song with an Instagram post. Make sure the lyrics are different from the original song.
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[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, um (Woo)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
That's the way every day goes
Every time we've no control
If the sky is pink and white
If the ground is black and yellow
It's the same way you showed me
Nod my head, don't close my eyes
Halfway on a slow move
It's the same way you showed me
If you could fly, then you'd feel south
Up north's getting cold soon
The way it is, we're on land
Still, I'm someone to hold true
Keep you cool when it's still alive
Won't let you down when it's all ruin
[Chorus]
Just the same way you showed me, showed me
You showed me love
Glory from above
Regard, my dear
It's all downhill from here [Verse 2]
In the wake of a hurricane
Dark skin of a summer shade
Nosedive into flood lines
Tall tower of milk crates
It's the same way you showed me
Cannonball off the porch side
Older kids trying off the rooves
Just the same way you showed me (You showed)
If you could die and come back to life
Up for air from the swimming pool
You'd kneel down to the dry land
Kiss the earth that birthed you
Gave you tools just to stay alive
And make it out when the sun is ruined
[Chorus]
That's the same way you showed me, showed me
You showed me love
Glory from above
Regard, my dear
It's all downhill from here
[Outro: Frank Ocean & Beyoncé]
Remember life, remember how it was
Climb trees, Michael Jackson, all ends here
Say what up to Matthew, to Shoob
Say what up to Danny
Say what up to life immortality
Bending up my Nikes
Running out of melpomene, nicotine
Stealing granny cigs (Take it easy)
Gimme something sweet
Bitch, I might like immortality
This is life, life immortality