Here I before you Brown, color of the mountains, colossal as the Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and Feathers of my wings by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the of the night Frozen by the potential of me, an Afro 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, your radio stations Hopin' he new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in your town, puttin' it You in the car your friends, followin' my limo around Puttin' a bug in my boy's ear, 'S' is for free You'll do anythin' for Omar or Phil, you to me
And then me, by the devil as well Hold out my as an invitation into my hotel No need to RSVP, place your in my palm As all girlfriends 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, down to And I pray the my soul to keep
Afro Angel, against the world You don't to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above forget that you are loved, you know 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 denied He can't take it though he earn it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, abandon he's been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, high Flexin' on every guy that by but don't start pal if the gun came from 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 upside down now, games ain't so cute Bobby's a in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his One shot out then only the stranger stands Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's But for
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell soul and throw away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven 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, though in tenth grade a mom up by some thug named Russ in the drug game But had the cutest kid you ever
Then all the from her mom, she stepped to Russ Told him either them drugs or us either them thugs or us The ultimatum, continue bein' a thug in the world Or start lovin' girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya But to go from dollar 50 gees a 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, straight moved away, without as little as a word Well, needless to say, Russ was a little 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 just stared, he said, "Do you love me for me? You can do the cars, vacations, and jewelry?"
"Down with me? Period, through life's and strife" She said, "Yeah", he said, "In case would you please be my wife?" Then like a sign the sky, the baby cried Like an angel sings, I love y'all more than
Afro Angel, against the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never that you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven forget that you are loved, you know that you are loved