However, it should be noted that Cleopatra was not buried in one of the pyramids because that type of burial was way before her time. “The Pyramid” is the joint where this stripper works and where Frank pimps out this girl to “hit the strip & my bills paid, keep a nigga bills paid.” Nevertheless, Frank really gave a strong content output in this song and indirectly begs for the respectable Black woman back while keeping up with the difficult Cleopatra theme. He then pleads that bring back the respectable Black woman while saying “Run run run, come back for my glory/Bring her back to me/Run run run, the crown of our pharaoh/The throne of our queen is empty.” The song then takes an interesting shift in tempo and the darker beat matches Frank’s lyric content as he talks about a stripper who he epitomizes as the modern day Black woman. Cleopatra is the symbol of beauty, independence, and a Queen, she also happened to Black and Frank starts the song off by alarming his listeners that “There’s a thief out on the move/Underneath our legion’s view/They have taken Cleopatra”. Perhaps I’m reading waaay too much into the lyrics and content of 'Pyramids”, but I think that Frank Ocean is singing about the transformation of the Black woman from the earliest of civilization to today. “Frank Ocean has always been one of the smarter artists in music and I think this song is a great representation of his geniusness. Wake up to your girl for now, let's call her Cleopatra, Cleopatra No more, he has killed Cleopatra, Cleopatra No more, she lives no more serpent in her room Remove her, send the cheetahs to the tomb I found my black queen Cleopatra, bad dreams, Cleopatra

I found you laying down with Samson and his full head of hair How could you run off on me? How could you run off on us? What good is a jewel that ain't still precious? Our skin like bronze and our hair like cashmereĪs we march to the rhythm, on the palace floorĬhandeliers inside the pyramid, tremble from the forceĬymbals crash inside the pyramid, voices fill up the halls We'll run to the future, shining like diamonds The way you say my name makes me feel like You're wet and you're warm just like our bathwater

You showed up after work I'm bathing your body

Top floor motel suite, twisting my cigars Then put your panties on in the mirror, Cleopatra Wake up to your girl for now let's call her Cleopatra, Cleopatra No more, it has killed Cleopatra, Cleopatraīig sun coming strong through the motel blinds No more she lives, no more serpent in her room

Our war is over, our queen has met her doom

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