Here I before you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth Wrapped so deliciously my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings by the distance of my mind I stand before you, the color of the night Frozen by the potential of me, an 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 wrong places, outside your radio 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 for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
And then me, hypnotized by the devil as Hold out my hand as an invitation into my No need to RSVP, place your hand in my As all your girlfriends jealous, damn she landed the bomb
Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, whack Somethin' small, simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, to creep And I pray the my soul to keep
Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil Bobby got a gun now, age Destined to spend his inside a cage it seems Rage inside, pride, been respect He can't take it though he earn it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's been before 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
pull it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the crew Surprised when he realized, damn got one too Smile's upside down now, games so cute Bobby's a deer in a headlights, pump, it or I'll shoot
Then a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his commands One shot rings out then only the stands of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wings But for
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved You you are loved, yeah
Back in school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, in tenth grade a teenage mom Knocked up by some named Russ in the drug game But had the kid you ever seen
Then all the pressure from her mom, she stepped to Told him it's either them drugs or us them thugs or us The ultimatum, either continue bein' a in the world Or start lovin' girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, ya dear But to go from dollar 50 a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I guess he that strong He came back the next week and the family was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, as little as a word Well, to say, Russ was a little perturbed Then in a put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, answered the door It was the last person she to be They just stared, he said, "Do you 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 case would you please be my wife?" like a sign from the sky, the baby cried Like an sings, I love y'all more than anything
Afro Angel, against the world You don't to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from above Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to sell your and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved