Here I stand you Brown, color of the mountains, as the earth so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings by the distance of my mind Here I before you, the color of the night Frozen by the potential of me, an Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Afro Angel off your pedestal perchin' above You on the prowl now, downtown, for love In all the wrong places, outside your radio Hopin' he new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in your town, puttin' it You in the car with your friends, followin' my limo Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for You'll do anythin' for Omar or Phil, you to me
And me, hypnotized by the devil as well out my hand as an invitation into my hotel No need to RSVP, place your hand in my As all girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she landed the bomb
Willing to trade spirit for some crass, whack wage Somethin' small, simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, down to And I pray the my soul to keep
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil Bobby got a gun now, age Destined to his life inside a cage it seems Rage inside, pride, denied respect He can't take it he gotta earn it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, high on every guy that walk by but don't start pal 'Cuz if the gun came from the whiz, Lion, got heart now
pull it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the crew Surprised he realized, damn dude got one too Smile's upside down now, games so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, drop it or shoot
Then a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his commands One shot rings out then the stranger stands Could of sworn Bobby's blood the shape of an angel's wings But for
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved You you are loved, yeah
in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, in tenth grade a teenage mom Knocked up by some thug Russ in the drug game But had the kid you ever seen
Then all the pressure from her mom, she to Russ Told him it's either drugs or us either them thugs or us The ultimatum, either continue bein' a in the world Or start lovin' girl
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 wasn't strong He came back the next week and the whole family was
Yo, straight moved away, without as little as a word Well, needless to say, Russ was a perturbed Then in a fury put the on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, Tamika the door It was the person she expected to be just stared, he said, "Do you love me for me? You can do the cars, vacations, and jewelry?"
"Down me? Period, through life's stress and strife" She said, "Yeah", he said, "In case would you please be my wife?" Then like a sign from the sky, the cried Like an angel sings, I love y'all more anything
Angel, born against the world You don't to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved
Angel, born against the world You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved