Here I stand you Brown, color of the mountains, colossal as the Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my mind Here I 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 prowl now, downtown, for love In all the wrong places, your radio stations he with new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in your town, it down You in the car your friends, followin' my limo around a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for free You'll do for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, hypnotized by the as well Hold out my hand as an invitation my hotel No need to RSVP, place hand in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she the bomb
Willing to trade spirit for some crass, whack wage Somethin' small, simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, to creep And I the Lord my soul to keep
Afro Angel, 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
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil Bobby got a gun now, age Destined to spend his life inside a it seems Rage inside, pride, been denied He can't take it though he gotta earn it but he ain't learned yet
Out on the town, abandon he's been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, attitude Flexin' on every guy that by but don't start pal 'Cuz if the gun came from the whiz, Lion, got heart now
Let's pull it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the Surprised when he realized, damn got one too Smile's upside down now, games ain't so Bobby's a in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his commands One shot rings out only the stranger stands Could of sworn Bobby's blood the shape of an angel's wings But for
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know 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 some thug Russ in the drug game But had the cutest kid you seen
all the pressure from her mom, she stepped to Russ Told him it's either them drugs or us either thugs or us The ultimatum, continue bein' a thug in the world Or start lovin' girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, ya dear But to go from 50 gees a week to dollar 30 gees a year ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't that strong He came back the week and the whole family was gone
Yo, they straight away, without as little as a word Well, needless to say, Russ was a little Then in a fury put the on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy chef she the beans on where they had gone
Schenectady, Tamika answered the door It was the last she expected 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 would you please be my wife?" Then like a sign from the sky, the baby Like an angel sings, I love more than anything
Afro Angel, 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 that you are loved
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved