(Ooh, Ohh)
Here I stand before you - brown.
Color of the mountains

Colossal as the earth
Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and misery
Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my mind

Here I stand before you, the color of the night
Frozen by the potential of me
(Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh) An Afro Angel


Afro Angel off your pedestal from perchin above
You on the prowl now, downtown, searchin for love

In all the wrong places, outside your radio stations
Hopin he with new hit single, is tryin to mingle
Today, he is in your town, puttin it down

You in the car with your friends, followin my limo around
Puttin a bug in my boy's ear, your "S" is for free
You'll do anything for Omar or Phil, bring you to me

And then me, hypnotized by the devil as well
Hold out my hand as an invitation into my hotel
No need to RSVP, place your hand in my palm

As all your girlfriends getting jealous, damn she landed the
bomb
Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, whack wage

Something small, something simple as a pass back stage
But now I lay me, down to creep
And I - pray the Lord my soul to keep


Chorus:
Afro Angel, born against the world

You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride
Afro Angel, sent from heaven above
Never forget that you are loved

You know that you are loved

Lil Bobby got a gun now, age fifteen

Destined to spend his life inside a cage it seems
Rage inside, pride, been denied respect
He can't take it though he gotta earn it

But he ain't learned that yet
Out on the town, reckless abandon he's been bullied before
But now he straps, and no more

Attitude high
Flexin on every guy that walk by
But don't start pal

Cuz if the gun came from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got heart
now
Let's pull it on a stranger

Ahh, fun for the crew
Surprised when he realized, damn dude got one too
Smile's upside down now, games ain't so cute

Bobby's a deer in a headlights
Pump, drop it or I'll shoot
Then like a sniper, cleanin his rifle, Bobby disobeys his

commands
One shot rings out (gunshot) then only the stranger stands
Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's

wings
But for what?


Chorus:
Afro Angel, born against the world
You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride

Afro Angel, sent from heaven above
Never forget that you are loved
You know that you are loved


Back in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb
Hot to death, though in tenth grade a teenage mom

Knocked up by some thug named Russ in the drug game
But had the cutest kid you ever seen
Then all the pressure from her mom

She stepped to Russ
Told him it's either them drugs or us
Either them thugs or us

The ultimatum, either continue bein a thug in the world
Or start lovin your girl
And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, lovin ya dear
But to go from $50 Gees a week to $30 Gees a year
That ain't happenin

I guess he wasn't that strong
He came back the next week, and the whole family was gone
Yo they straight moved away, without as little as a word
Well, needless to say, Russ was a little perturbed
Then in a fury put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn

And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on where they had
gone

Upstate Schenectady,
Tamika answered the door

It was the last person she expected to be
They just stared
He said you love me for me?
You can do without the cars, vacations, and jewelry?
Down with me?

Period.
Through life's stress and strife
She said, Yeah, He said in that case
Would you please be my wife?
Then like a sign from the sky, the baby cried
Like an angel sings

I love y'all more than anything

Chorus:
Afro Angel, born against the world
You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride
Afro Angel, sent from heaven above
Never forget that you are loved

You know that you are loved

(Repeat Chorus)