Here I stand you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth Wrapped so deliciously my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the of my mind I stand before you, the color of the night Frozen by the 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 places, outside your radio stations Hopin' he with new hit single, is to mingle
Today, he is in town, puttin' it down You in the car your friends, followin' my limo around Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for You'll do for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And me, hypnotized 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 gettin' jealous, damn she landed the bomb
Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, wage Somethin' small, somethin' simple as a back stage But now I lay me, to creep And I pray the my soul to keep
Afro Angel, born 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
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil got a gun now, age fifteen Destined to spend his life inside a it seems inside, pride, been denied respect He can't take it though he earn 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 walk 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, games so cute Bobby's a in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, disobeys his commands One rings out then only the stranger stands Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an wings But for
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you that 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 in the drug game But had the cutest kid you ever
Then all the from her mom, she stepped to Russ Told him it's either them drugs or us them thugs or us The ultimatum, continue bein' a thug in the world Or start lovin' your
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, ya dear But to go from dollar 50 gees a week to dollar 30 a year That ain't happenin', I he wasn't that strong 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 put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy she spilled the beans on where they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, Tamika answered the It was the person 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 stress and strife" She said, "Yeah", he said, "In that case would you be my wife?" Then a sign from the sky, the baby cried Like an angel sings, I y'all more than anything
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above forget that you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved