Here I before you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my Here I stand before you, the color of the Frozen by the potential of me, an Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Afro Angel off your pedestal from perchin' You on the prowl now, downtown, searchin' for In all the wrong places, outside radio stations Hopin' he with new hit single, is tryin' to
Today, he is in town, puttin' it down You in the car your friends, followin' my limo around Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for You'll do anythin' for Omar or Phil, you to me
And then me, by the devil as well Hold out my hand as an invitation my hotel No need to RSVP, place your in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she landed the
Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, whack small, somethin' simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, down to And I the Lord my soul to keep
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil got a gun now, age fifteen Destined to his life inside a cage it seems Rage inside, pride, been respect He can't take it though he earn it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's been bullied But now he straps, and no more, attitude Flexin' on every guy that walk by but don't pal 'Cuz if the gun came from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got now
Let's pull it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the when he realized, damn dude got one too Smile's upside down now, ain't so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll
like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his commands One shot rings out then the stranger stands Could of Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wings But for
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved You you are loved, yeah
Back in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the Hot to death, though in tenth grade a mom up by some thug named Russ in the drug game But had the cutest kid you seen
Then all the pressure from her mom, she stepped to Told him it's either them drugs or us either thugs or us The ultimatum, either continue bein' a thug in the Or start lovin' your
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya But to go from 50 gees a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I guess he that strong He came back the next week and the whole was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, as little as a word Well, needless to say, Russ was a perturbed Then in a fury put the pressure on her Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, Tamika answered the It was the last person she to be just stared, he said, "Do you love me for me? You can do the cars, vacations, and jewelry?"
"Down with me? Period, through life's and strife" She said, "Yeah", he said, "In that case would you be my wife?" Then like a sign from the sky, the cried Like an angel sings, I love more than anything
Afro Angel, against the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are