Here I stand you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the of the night by the potential of me, an Afro Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Afro Angel off your from perchin' above You on the now, downtown, searchin' for love In all the wrong places, your radio stations Hopin' he with new hit single, is to mingle
Today, he is in your town, puttin' it You in the car with your friends, followin' my around Puttin' a bug in my ear, your 'S' is for free You'll do anythin' for Omar or Phil, you to me
And me, hypnotized by the devil as well Hold out my hand as an 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' as a pass back stage But now I lay me, to creep And I the Lord my soul to keep
Angel, born against the world You don't 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
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 denied 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 Flexin' on every guy that walk by but start pal 'Cuz if the gun from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got heart now
Let's pull it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the Surprised when he realized, dude got one too upside down now, games ain't so cute Bobby's a in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his One shot out then only the stranger stands Could of sworn blood formed 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 from above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved You you are loved, yeah
in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, though in tenth a teenage mom Knocked up by some 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 it's them drugs or us either them thugs or us The ultimatum, continue bein' a thug in the world Or start lovin' your
And say God, me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya dear But to go from dollar 50 gees a week to 30 gees a year ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't that strong He came back the next week and the family was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, 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 she spilled the beans on where they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, answered the door It was the last person she 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 case would you please be my wife?" Then like a sign from the sky, the baby an angel sings, I love y'all more than anything
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are