Here I before you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth Wrapped so within my own joy and misery Feathers of my paralyzed by the distance of my mind Here I stand you, the color of the night by the potential of me, an Afro 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, your 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, followin' my around Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, '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 hand as an into my hotel No need to RSVP, your hand in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, she landed the bomb
Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, whack Somethin' small, somethin' simple as a pass stage But now I lay me, down to And I pray the my soul to keep
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil Bobby got a gun now, age Destined to his life inside a cage it seems inside, pride, been denied respect He can't take it though he gotta earn it but he ain't learned yet
Out on the town, reckless he's been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, high Flexin' on 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 when he realized, damn dude got one too Smile's upside down now, games 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 rings out then only the stranger 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 your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven 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 tenth a teenage mom Knocked up by some thug named Russ in the drug But had the cutest kid you seen
Then all the from her mom, she stepped to Russ Told him it's them drugs or us either them thugs or us The ultimatum, continue bein' a thug in the world Or start your girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya But to go dollar 50 gees a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't that He came back the week and the whole family was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, as little as a word Well, needless to say, Russ was a perturbed Then in a fury put the pressure on her Shawn And a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on where they had gone
Schenectady, Tamika answered the door It was the last 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 you please be my wife?" Then like a sign the sky, the baby cried an angel sings, I love y'all more than anything
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved