Here I stand you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the color of the by the potential 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, searchin' for In all the wrong places, outside your stations Hopin' he with new hit single, is to mingle
Today, he is in your town, puttin' it You in the car with your friends, followin' my limo a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for free You'll do anythin' for or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, hypnotized by the devil as Hold out my hand as an into my hotel No need to RSVP, place your in my palm As all your girlfriends jealous, damn she landed the bomb
Willing to your spirit for some crass, whack wage Somethin' small, simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, down to And I pray the Lord my to keep
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your 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 spend his life inside a it seems Rage inside, pride, denied respect He can't take it though he gotta earn it but he 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 don't pal 'Cuz if the gun from 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 upside down now, games so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby his commands One shot out then only the stranger stands Could of Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wings But for
Angel, born against the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget that you are loved, you know 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 up by some thug named Russ in the drug game But had the cutest kid you seen
Then all the pressure her mom, she stepped to Russ him it's either them drugs or us either them thugs or us The ultimatum, either continue bein' a thug in the Or start lovin' girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya But to go from 50 gees a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I he wasn't that strong He came back the next week and the whole was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, as little as a word Well, needless to say, was a little perturbed Then in a fury put the on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the on where they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, answered the door It was the last person she to be They 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 the sky, the baby cried an angel sings, I love y'all more than anything
Afro Angel, born the world You don't to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are
Angel, born against the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved