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Lost by Frank Ocean

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Frank Ocean

Lost

Release date: 9th July 2012

From channel ORANGE
Track 11
3:54
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About This Track

The eleventh track from Frank Ocean's debut studio album 'channel ORANGE', 'Lost' follows a drug supplier who uses his girlfriend as a mule, the itinerary of cities in the chorus charting her routes across continents. Ocean sings of triple weight and cooking dope, the domestic imagery turned sinister, whilst promising she'll one day be 'whipping meals up for a family of her own'. The lyric toggles between devotion and exploitation, the protagonist's affection inseparable from the work he's got her doing.

Produced by Malay, the track combines pop hooks with old-school Motown vibes, dialogue samples from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas threaded through the verses. Released as the fourth single from 'channel ORANGE', it layers a bright, almost breezy arrangement over a narrative of complicity and risk, the heat and thrill of the title less escape than entrapment.

"Lost" is a track by Frank Ocean, from the album channel ORANGE, released 9th July 2012. The track is 3:54 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Frank Ocean.

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Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean

Lyrics

Lost

Double D
Big full breasts on my baby
(Yo, we going to Florida)
Triple weight
Couldn't weigh the love I've got for the girl
And I just wanna know
Why you ain't been going to work
Boss ain't working you like this
He can't take care of you like this

Now you're lost
Lost in the heat of it all
Girl, you know you're lost
Lost in the thrill of it all
Miami, Amsterdam
Tokyo, Spain, lost
Los Angeles, India
Lost on a train, lost

Got on my buttercream
Silk shirt and it's Versace
(One of God's own prototypes)
Hand me my triple weight
So I can weigh the work I got on your girl
(Too weird to live, too rare to die)
No, I don't really wish
I don't wish the titties would show
Nor have I ever, have I ever let you get caught?
(No)

Lost
Lost in the heat of it all
Girl, you know you're lost
Lost in the thrill of it all
Miami, Amsterdam
Tokyo, Spain, lost
Los Angeles, India
Lost on a train, lost

She's at a stove (who?)
Can't believe I got her out here cooking dope (cooking dope)
I promise she'll be
Whipping meals up for a family of her own
Some day

Nothing wrong (nothing wrong)
No, nothing wrong (ain't nothing wrong)
With a lie (ooh, ooh)
Nothing wrong with another short plane ride (ain't nothing wrong)
Through the sky (up in the sky)
You and I (just you and I)

Uh, lost
Lost in the heat of it all
Girl, you know you're lost
Lost in the thrill of it all
Miami, Amsterdam
Tokyo, Spain, lost
Los Angeles, India
Lost on a train, lost

Luh-uh, lost, lost
Low-ooh-ah, low-ooh-ah
Luh-uh, lost, lost
Low-ooh-ah, low-ooh-ah
Luh-uh, lost
Low-ooh-ah, low-ooh-ah
Luh-uh, lost

(Faith is the substance)
(Monte Liba)
(In the other channel on the)

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Track details

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3:542012
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Frank Ocean
10th July 2012
Track number
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Release year
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Frank Ocean, Malay, Micah Otano, Paul Phamous
    Writer
    Frank Ocean, James Ho, Micah Otano
    Producer
    Frank Ocean, Malay, Om’Mas Keith
    Additional Vocals
    Danielle Miranda-Simms, Stacy Barthe
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Wil Anspach
    Mastering Engineer
    Vlado Meller
    Mixing Engineer
    Frank Ocean, Malay
    Recording Engineer
    Jeff Ellis, Malay
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