Here I stand you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and of my wings 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 off your pedestal from perchin' above You on the now, downtown, searchin' for love In all the wrong places, outside your radio Hopin' he new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in your town, it down You in the car with your friends, my limo 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 hand 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' simple as a pass back But now I lay me, to creep And I pray the Lord my soul to
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Afro Angel, 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 inside, pride, been denied respect He take it though he gotta earn it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, high Flexin' on every guy that walk by but start pal if the gun came 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 Smile's upside down now, ain't so cute 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 of sworn Bobby's 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 away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved You you are loved, yeah
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 cutest kid you seen
Then all the 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 your girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya But to go from dollar 50 a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't strong He came back the next week and the whole family was
Yo, straight moved away, without as little as a word Well, needless to say, Russ was a little Then in a fury put the pressure on her Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the on where they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, Tamika answered the 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 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 cried Like an angel sings, I love y'all more than
Afro Angel, 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
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved