Here I stand you Brown, color of the mountains, colossal as the so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my paralyzed by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the 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 from above You on the prowl now, downtown, searchin' for In all the wrong places, outside your radio Hopin' he with new hit single, is to mingle
Today, he is in town, puttin' it down You in the car with friends, followin' my limo around Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, 'S' is for free You'll do anythin' for or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, by the devil as well Hold out my hand as an invitation into my No to RSVP, place your hand in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she landed the
to trade your spirit for some crass, whack wage Somethin' small, somethin' simple as a pass back But now I lay me, down to And I pray the my soul to keep
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above forget that 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 a cage it seems Rage inside, pride, been respect He can't take it though he gotta earn it but he ain't that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's been before But now he straps, and no more, high Flexin' on every guy that by but don't start pal 'Cuz if the gun came the whiz, Cowardly 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, ain't so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, drop it or shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his One shot rings out then the stranger stands Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's But for
Afro Angel, against the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved You know you are loved,
in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, though in tenth grade a mom Knocked up by thug named Russ in the drug game But had the kid you ever seen
Then all the pressure her mom, she stepped to Russ Told him 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 gees a That ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't strong He came back the next and the whole family was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, without as as a word Well, needless to say, was a little perturbed in a fury put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy chef she the beans on where they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, Tamika answered the 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 with me? Period, through stress and strife" She said, "Yeah", he said, "In that case would you be my wife?" Then like a sign the sky, the baby cried Like an angel sings, I love y'all more anything
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are