Here I stand you Brown, of the mountains, colossal as the earth so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the of my mind Here I stand you, the color of the night Frozen by the potential of me, an Angel Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Angel off your pedestal from 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, followin' my 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 then me, hypnotized by the devil as Hold out my hand as an invitation into my No need to RSVP, place your in my palm As all your girlfriends gettin' jealous, she landed the bomb
Willing to trade spirit for some crass, whack wage Somethin' small, somethin' simple as a pass stage But now I lay me, to creep And I the Lord my soul to keep
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and away your pride Afro Angel, sent Heaven above Never forget 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 life a cage it seems Rage inside, pride, been denied He can't take it though he gotta it but he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's bullied before But now he straps, and no more, attitude Flexin' on every guy that walk by but don't pal 'Cuz if the gun came from the whiz, Lion, got heart now
pull 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 deer in a headlights, pump, it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin' his rifle, Bobby disobeys his One shot rings out then only the stands Could of sworn Bobby's formed the shape of an angel's wings But for
Afro Angel, born the world You don't have to your soul and throw away your pride Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you know that you are You you are loved, yeah
in high school, Tamika 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 cutest kid you 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 continue bein' a thug in the Or lovin' your girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, ya dear But to go from 50 gees a week to dollar 30 gees a year That ain't happenin', I guess he wasn't that He came the next week and the whole family was gone
Yo, they straight moved away, without as little as a Well, needless to say, Russ was a little Then in a fury put the pressure on her girlfriend And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on where they had
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 the sky, the baby cried an angel sings, I love y'all more than anything
Afro Angel, born against the You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Afro Angel, sent from Heaven Never forget you are loved, you know that you are loved
Afro Angel, against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your Angel, sent from Heaven above Never forget that you are loved, you that you are loved