Here I stand you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth Wrapped so within my own joy and misery of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my mind 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 perchin' above You on the prowl now, downtown, searchin' for In all the places, outside your radio stations Hopin' he new hit single, is tryin' to mingle
Today, he is in your town, it down You in the car with your friends, my limo around a bug in my boy's ear, your 'S' is for free You'll do anythin' for or Phil, bring you to me
And me, hypnotized by the devil as well Hold out my hand as an into my hotel No need to RSVP, place hand in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, damn she the bomb
Willing to trade spirit for some crass, whack wage small, somethin' simple as a pass back stage But now I lay me, to creep And I the Lord my soul to keep
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Lil got a gun now, age fifteen to spend his life 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, reckless he's been bullied before But now he straps, and no more, attitude on every guy that walk by but don't start pal 'Cuz if the gun from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got heart now
Let's it on a stranger, ahh, fun for the crew Surprised he realized, damn dude got one too Smile's upside down now, ain't so cute Bobby's a in a headlights, pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, his rifle, Bobby disobeys his commands One shot rings out then only the stranger Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an wings But for
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are You you are loved, yeah
Back in high school, was the sweetest, the bomb Hot to death, though in tenth grade a mom Knocked up by some thug Russ in the drug game But had the kid you ever seen
Then all the pressure her mom, she stepped to Russ Told him 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, me witness, no doubt, lovin' ya dear But to go from dollar 50 gees a week to 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, to say, Russ was a little perturbed in a fury put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy chef she spilled the on where they had gone
Upstate Schenectady, Tamika answered the 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 me? Period, through life's stress and strife" She said, "Yeah", he said, "In that case would you be my wife?" Then a sign from the sky, the baby cried Like an angel sings, I love y'all more anything
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know you are loved
Afro Angel, born the world You have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are