AFRO ANGEL

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 pair in miles by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the color of the night Frozen by the potential of me, an afro angel Uhn, uhn, uhn, uhn, uhn... Afro angel, off your pedestal from perchin above You on the prowl now, down town searchin for love In all the wrong places, outside ya radio station Hopin he wit the new hit single, is tryin to mingle Today he is me in ya town, puttin it down You in the car wit ya friends followin my limo around Puttin a bug in my boys ear, ya Essence for free You'll do anything for Omahaville, 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 ya hand in my palm As all ya girl friends getting jealous “damn, she landed the bomb” Willin to trade ya spirit for some Kraft, ride waves Somethin small, somethin simple as a pass backstage But now I lay thee down to creep And I pray the Lord my soul to keep Afro angel, goin against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride You know it, Afro angel Sent from heaven above, never forget that you are love You know that you are love Uhn, uhm, uhn, uhn, uhn... Little 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, abandoned He's been bullied before, but now he strapped so no more Attitude high, flexin on every guy that walk by But don't start How as the gun came from the Wiz, cowardly lion got heart now “Let's pull it on a stranger”, ah, fun for the crew Surprise when he realized, “damn, dude got one too” Smile upside down now, games ain't so cute Bobby's indearin the headlines Punk drop it or I'll shoot Then like a sniper cleanin gripe up Bobby disobeyed his command One shot rings out and only the stranger stands Could've sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wing But for what Afro angel, goin against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride You know it, Afro angel Sent from heaven above, never forget that you are love You know that you are love You know you are love 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 off of pressure from her moms, 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 ya girl He said “god bare me witness, no doubt, lovin ya dear” But to go from 50 g's a week to 30 g's a year, that ain't happenin I guess he wasn't that strong He came back the next week and her whole family was gone Yo they straight moved away without as little as a word Well needless to say, Russ was a little perturbed and in a fury He put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn And like a clumsy chef, she spilled the beans on Where they had gone Upstate, Scanectity, Tamika answered the door It was he last person she expected to be They just started, he said “you love me for me” “You can do without the cars, vacations and jewelry” Down wit me, period through life, stress and strife She said yeah, he said, “in that case, will you please be my wife” Could've sworn Boby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wing I love yaw'll more than anything Afro angel, goin against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride You know it, Afro angel Sent from heaven above, never forget that you are love You know that you are love Afro angel, goin against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride You know it, Afro angel Sent from heaven above, never forget that you are love You know that you are love