Here I before you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the of the night Frozen by the of me, an Afro Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Angel off your pedestal from perchin' above You on the prowl now, downtown, searchin' for In all the wrong places, your radio stations Hopin' he with new hit single, is tryin' to
Today, he is in town, puttin' it down You in the car with your friends, my limo around Puttin' a bug in my ear, your 'S' is for free do anythin' for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, hypnotized by the devil as Hold out my hand as an invitation into my No need to RSVP, your hand in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she the bomb
Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, whack Somethin' small, somethin' simple as a back stage But now I lay me, to creep And I pray the Lord my to keep
Afro Angel, against the world You don't to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil Bobby got a gun now, age Destined to spend his life inside a it seems Rage inside, pride, denied respect He can't take it though he earn it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, abandon he's been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, attitude on every guy that walk by but don't start pal 'Cuz if the gun from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got heart now
Let's it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the crew Surprised he realized, damn dude got one too upside down now, games ain't so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby his commands One shot rings out then only the stands Could of Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wings But for
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are You know you are loved,
Back in school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb 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 ever
Then all the pressure her mom, she stepped to Russ Told him it's either them drugs or us them thugs or us The ultimatum, either bein' a thug in the world Or start your girl
And say God, me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya dear But to go dollar 50 gees a week to dollar 30 gees a year That happenin', I guess he wasn't that strong He came back the next week and the whole was gone
Yo, they moved away, without as little as a word Well, needless to say, Russ was a perturbed Then in a put the pressure 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 last person she to be They just stared, he said, "Do you 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 that case would you 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 have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are
Afro Angel, against the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved