《Afro Angel(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:04] Here I stand before you - brown

[00:00:06] Color of the mountains

[00:00:08] Colossal as the earth

[00:00:10] Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and misery

[00:00:13] Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my mind

[00:00:17] Here I stand before you the color of the night

[00:00:22] Frozen by the potential of me

[00:00:24] (Uh uh uh uh uh-uh-uh-uh-uh) An Afro Angel

[00:00:30] Afro Angel off your pedestal from perchin above

[00:00:32] You on the prowl now downtown searchin for love

[00:00:35] In all the wrong places outside your radio stations

[00:00:38] Hopin he with new hit single is tryin to mingle

[00:00:41] Today he is in your town puttin it down

[00:00:43] You in the car with your friends followin my limo around

[00:00:46] Puttin a bug in my boy's ear your "S" is for free

[00:00:49] You'll do anything for Omar or Phil bring you to me

[00:00:52] And then me hypnotized by the devil as well

[00:00:54] Hold out my hand as an invitation into my hotel

[00:00:57] No need to RSVP place your hand in my palm

[00:01:01] As all your girlfriends getting jealous damn she landed the bomb

[00:01:04] Willing to trade your spirit for some crass whack wage

[00:01:07] Something small something simple as a pass back stage

[00:01:10] But now I lay me down to creep

[00:01:12] And I - pray the Lord my soul to keep

[00:01:15] Afro Angel born against the world

[00:01:21] You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride

[00:01:26] Afro Angel sent from heaven above

[00:01:33] Never forget that you are loved

[00:01:38] You know that you are loved

[00:01:45] Lil Bobby got a gun now age fifteen

[00:01:47] Destined to spend his life inside a cage it seems

[00:01:51] Rage inside pride been denied respect

[00:01:53] He can't take it though he gotta earn it

[00:01:56] But he ain't learned that yet

[00:01:57] Out on the town reckless abandon he's been bullied before

[00:01:59] But now he straps and no more

[00:02:02] Attitude high

[00:02:02] Flexin on every guy that walk by

[00:02:04] But don't start pal

[00:02:06] Cuz if the gun came from the whiz Cowardly Lion got heart now

[00:02:08] Let's pull it on a stranger

[00:02:10] Ahh fun for the crew

[00:02:12] Surprised when he realized damn dude got one too

[00:02:14] Smile's upside down now games ain't so cute

[00:02:17] Bobby's a deer in a headlights

[00:02:19] Pump drop it or I'll shoot

[00:02:20] Then like a sniper cleanin his rifle Bobby disobeys his commands

[00:02:23] One shot rings out (gunshot) then only the stranger stands

[00:02:27] Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wings

[00:02:29] But for what

[00:02:31] Afro Angel born against the world

[00:02:37] You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride

[00:02:42] Afro Angel sent from heaven above

[00:02:49] Never forget that you are loved

[00:02:54] You know that you are loved

[00:03:01] Back in high school Tamika was the sweetest the bomb

[00:03:03] Hot to death though in tenth grade a teenage mom

[00:03:06] Knocked up by some thug named Russ in the drug game

[00:03:10] But had the cutest kid you ever seen

[00:03:12] Then all the pressure from her mom

[00:03:14] She stepped to Russ

[00:03:15] Told him it's either them drugs or us

[00:03:17] Either them thugs or us

[00:03:19] The ultimatum either continue bein a thug in the world

[00:03:22] Or start lovin your girl

[00:03:23] And say God bear me witness no doubt lovin ya dear

[00:03:27] But to go from $50 Gees a week to $30 Gees a year

[00:03:30] That ain't happenin

[00:03:31] I guess he wasn't that strong

[00:03:32] He came back the next week and the whole family was gone

[00:03:35] Yo they straight moved away without as little as a word

[00:03:38] Well needless to say Russ was a little perturbed

[00:03:42] Then in a fury put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn

[00:03:44] And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on where they had gone

[00:03:48] Upstate Schenectady

[00:03:48] Tamika answered the door

[00:03:50] It was the last person she expected to be

[00:03:53] They just stared

[00:03:55] He said you love me for me

[00:03:56] You can do without the cars vacations and jewelry

[00:03:59] Down with me Period

[00:04:00] Through life's stress and strife

[00:04:02] She said Yeah He said in that case

[00:04:04] Would you please be my wife

[00:04:05] Then like a sign from the sky the baby cried

[00:04:08] Like an angel sings

[00:04:09] I love y'all more than anything

[00:04:10] Afro Angel born against the world

[00:04:16] You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride

[00:04:22] Afro Angel sent from heaven above

[00:04:28] Never forget that you are loved

[00:04:33] You know that you are loved

[00:04:40] Afro Angel born against the world

[00:04:46] You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride

[00:04:51] Afro Angel sent from heaven above

[00:04:58] Never forget that you are loved

[00:05:02] You know that you are loved