Afro Angel (feat. Dru Hill & Kool Mo Dee)

(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 me 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, so no more
 Attitude high
 Flexin on every guy that walk by
 But don't start pal
 Asif 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
 Pumk, 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 off of pressure from her mom
 She stepped to Russ
 Said 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 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 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)