Here I before you Brown, color of the mountains, colossal as the Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and Feathers of my paralyzed by the distance of my mind I stand before you, the color of the night Frozen by the of me, an Afro Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Afro Angel off your pedestal from perchin' You on the now, downtown, searchin' for love In all the wrong places, outside radio stations Hopin' he with new hit single, is tryin' to
Today, he is in your town, it down You in the car with your friends, my limo around Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, 'S' is for free You'll do for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, hypnotized by the as well out my hand as an invitation into my hotel No need to RSVP, place your in my palm As all girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she landed the bomb
to trade your spirit for some crass, whack wage Somethin' small, somethin' simple as a 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 your soul and throw your pride Afro Angel, sent from above 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 spend his life 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 been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, high Flexin' on every guy that by but don't start pal if the gun came from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got heart now
Let's it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the crew 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 only the stands Could of sworn 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 from above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are You you are loved, yeah
Back in school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, though in tenth grade a mom Knocked up by some thug Russ in the drug game But had the kid you ever seen
Then all the from her mom, she stepped to Russ him it's either them drugs or us either them thugs or us The ultimatum, either continue bein' a in the world Or start your girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, ya dear But to go from dollar 50 gees a week to dollar 30 a year That ain't happenin', I he wasn't that strong He back the next week and the whole family was gone
Yo, they moved away, without as little as a word Well, needless to say, was a little perturbed Then in a fury put the pressure on her Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on where had gone
Schenectady, Tamika answered the door It was the last she expected to be They stared, he said, "Do you love me for me? You can do the cars, vacations, and jewelry?"
"Down with me? Period, life's stress and strife" She said, "Yeah", he said, "In that 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
Afro Angel, born the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved