Here I before you Brown, color of the mountains, as the earth Wrapped so deliciously my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my Here I stand before you, the 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, outside radio stations Hopin' he new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in your town, puttin' it You in the car with your friends, followin' my limo Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for do anythin' for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, hypnotized by the devil as out my hand as an invitation into my hotel No need to RSVP, place your hand in my As all your girlfriends jealous, damn she landed the bomb
Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, whack small, somethin' simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, to creep And I pray the Lord my to keep
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil Bobby got a gun now, age Destined to his life inside a cage it seems Rage inside, pride, been respect He can't take it though he gotta earn it but he learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's bullied before But now he straps, and no more, attitude Flexin' on every guy that walk by but 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 Surprised when he realized, dude got one too upside down now, games ain't so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, it or I'll shoot
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
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved You you are loved, yeah
Back in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the Hot to death, though in tenth a teenage mom Knocked up by some thug named in the drug game But had the cutest kid you ever
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, either bein' a thug in the world Or start lovin' 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 week and the whole family was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, without as little as a Well, needless to say, Russ was a perturbed Then in a fury put the pressure on her Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on where had gone
Upstate Schenectady, answered the door It was the last person she to be just stared, he said, "Do you love 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 cried Like an sings, I love y'all more than anything
Afro Angel, against the world You don't to sell your soul and throw away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved