Here I before you Brown, color of the mountains, colossal as the Wrapped so within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the of my mind I stand before you, the color of the night Frozen by the potential of me, an Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Angel off your pedestal from perchin' above You on the prowl now, downtown, for love In all the wrong places, outside your stations Hopin' he new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in town, puttin' it down You in the car your friends, followin' my limo around Puttin' a bug in my ear, your 'S' is for free You'll do anythin' for Omar or Phil, you to me
And then me, by the devil as well Hold out my 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 small, somethin' simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, down to And I pray the my soul to keep
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil got a gun now, age fifteen Destined to spend his life a cage it seems inside, pride, been denied respect He can't take it though he gotta it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless he's 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, Cowardly Lion, got now
Let's it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the crew Surprised when he realized, damn got one too Smile's upside down now, ain't so cute Bobby's a in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, disobeys his commands One shot rings out then the stranger stands of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wings But for
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved You know you are loved,
Back in school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, though in grade a teenage mom Knocked up by thug named Russ in the drug game But had the cutest kid you ever
Then all the pressure from her mom, she to Russ Told him it's either them drugs or us either them or us The ultimatum, continue bein' a thug in the world Or lovin' your girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, ya dear But to go from dollar 50 a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't that He back the next week and the whole family was gone
Yo, they straight away, without as little as a word Well, to say, Russ was a little perturbed Then in a fury put the pressure on her Shawn And like a clumsy chef she the beans on where they had gone
Schenectady, Tamika answered 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 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 sings, I love y'all more than anything
Angel, born against the world You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved