Here I before you Brown, color of the mountains, as the earth Wrapped so within my own joy and misery Feathers of my paralyzed by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the color of the Frozen by the potential of me, an Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Angel off your pedestal from perchin' above You on the prowl now, downtown, searchin' for In all the wrong places, outside your stations Hopin' he with new hit single, is tryin' to
Today, he is in town, puttin' it down You in the car your friends, followin' my limo around Puttin' a bug in my ear, your 'S' is for free do anythin' for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, by the devil as well out my hand as an invitation into my hotel No need to RSVP, your hand in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she the bomb
Willing to trade your for some crass, whack 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 and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent 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 to spend his life inside a cage it seems Rage inside, pride, been denied He can't take it though he gotta earn it but he ain't learned yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's been bullied But now he straps, and no more, attitude on every guy that 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 when he realized, damn dude got one too Smile's down now, games ain't so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, drop it or shoot
Then like a sniper, his rifle, Bobby disobeys his commands One shot rings out only the stranger stands Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the of an angel's wings But for
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to sell your and throw away your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved You you are loved, yeah
Back in 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 cutest kid you seen
Then all the pressure from her mom, she stepped to Told him either them drugs or us either them thugs or us The ultimatum, either bein' a thug in the world Or start your girl
And say God, me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya dear But to go from dollar 50 gees a week to dollar 30 gees a That ain't happenin', I guess he that strong He came back the next week and the family was gone
Yo, they straight away, without as little as a word Well, to say, Russ was a little perturbed Then in a fury put the on her girlfriend Shawn And like a chef she spilled the beans on where they had gone
Schenectady, Tamika answered the door It was the last she expected to be They just stared, he said, "Do you 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 baby Like an angel sings, I y'all more than anything
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved