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Kanye West Poem About McDonald's Included in Sold-Out Frank Ocean Zine, Boys Don't Cry

Originally Published: August 23, 2016

As you've undoubtedly heard by now, Frank Ocean's new album, Blonde, has a three-cover publication-accompaniment called Boys Don’t Cry that was sold at various pop-ups in Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, and London this weekend. Consequence of Sound tells us that it features a poem by Kanye West about McDonald's? "The poem — entitled 'The McDonald’s Man' — includes photographs of Kanye driving through a McDonald’s drive-thru in his Lamborghini, shot by Nabil." Here you go:

The McDonald’s Man
Calabassas, California

McDonalds man
McDonalds man
The French fries had a plan
The French fries had a plan
The salad bad and the ketchup made a band
Cus the French fries had a plan
The French fries had a plan

McDonalds man
McDonalds man
I know them French fries had a plan
I know them French fries had a plan
The cheeseburger and the shakes formed a band
To overthrow the French fries plan
I always knew them French fries was evil man
Smelling all good and shit
I don’t trust no food that smells that good man
I don’t trust it
I just can’t

McDonalds man
McDonalds man
McDonalds, damn
Them French fries look good tho
I knew the diet Coke was jealous of the fries
I knew the McNuggets was jealous of the fries
I could see it through his artificial meat eyes
And he only be there some of the time
Everyone was jealous of them French fries
Expect for that one special guy
That smooth apple pie

Also included in Boys Don't Cry is text and work from Andrew Durbin, Wolfgang Tillmans, Tom Sachs, Tyrone Lebon, and more. But apparently the zine is already sold out!