Here I before you Brown, color of the mountains, colossal as the Wrapped so deliciously my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my Here I stand 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 pedestal from above You on the prowl now, downtown, for love In all the wrong places, outside radio stations he with new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in your town, it down You in the car with your friends, followin' my around a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for free You'll do for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, hypnotized by the as well Hold out my hand as an into my hotel No need to RSVP, place hand in my palm As all your girlfriends jealous, damn she landed the bomb
Willing to trade your spirit for crass, whack wage Somethin' small, somethin' simple as a back stage But now I lay me, down to And I pray the Lord my soul to
Afro Angel, born against the You don't to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget that you are loved, you 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 inside, pride, been denied respect He can't take it he gotta earn it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's been bullied But now he straps, and no more, attitude Flexin' on every guy that walk by but start pal 'Cuz if the gun from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got heart now
pull it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the crew Surprised when he realized, dude got one too Smile's upside down now, games so cute a deer in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby his commands One shot rings out then only the stranger Could of Bobby's blood formed the shape 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 forget that you are loved, you that you are loved You you are loved, yeah
in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, though in grade a teenage mom Knocked up by some thug named in the drug game But had the kid you ever seen
Then all the pressure from her mom, she stepped to him it's 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 a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't that He came back the next week and the family was gone
Yo, straight moved away, without as little as a word Well, needless to say, was a little perturbed Then in a fury put the pressure on her girlfriend And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, answered the door It was the last 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, 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 Like an angel sings, I love more than anything
Afro Angel, born 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, 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 know that you are