[00:00.00] 作词 : Bennett, Dorough, Smith, Smith
[00:01.76]afro angel
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[00:03.65]Here I stand before you - brown.
[00:06.34]Color of the mountains
[00:08.30]Colossal as the earth
[00:09.74]Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and misery
[00:13.47]Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my mind
[00:18.17]Here I stand before you, the color of the night
[00:21.61]Frozen by the potential of me
[00:24.17](Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh) An Afro Angel
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[00:29.22]Afro Angel off your pedestal from perchin above
[00:32.19]You on the prowl now, downtown, searchin for love
[00:35.11]In all the wrong places, outside your radio stations
[00:38.24]Hopin he with new hit single, is tryin to mingle
[00:41.54]Today, he is in your town, puttin it down
[00:43.27]You in the car with your friends, followin my limo around
[00:46.95]Puttin a bug in my boy's ear, your "S" is for free
[00:49.62]You'll do anything for Omar or Phil, bring you to me
[00:52.42]And then me, hypnotized by the devil as well
[00:55.43]Hold out my hand as an invitation into my hotel
[00:58.20]No need to RSVP, place your hand in my palm
[01:01.12]As all your girlfriends getting jealous, damn she landed the bomb
[01:03.85]Willing to trade your spirit for some crass, whack wage
[01:08.51]Something small, something simple as a pass back stage
[01:11.01]But now I lay me, down to creep
[01:13.15]And I - pray the Lord my soul to keep
[01:15.92]Afro Angel, born against the world
[01:21.55]You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride
[01:26.73]Afro Angel, sent from heaven above
[01:33.39]Never forget that you are loved
[01:38.27]You know that you are loved
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[01:44.39]Lil Bobby got a gun now, age fifteen
[01:48.14]Destined to spend his life inside a cage it seems
[01:51.14]Rage inside, pride, been denied respect
[01:53.88]He can't take it though he gotta earn it
[01:55.70]But he ain't learned that yet
[01:57.14]Out on the town, reckless abandon he's been bullied before
[02:00.04]But now he straps, and no more
[02:01.97]Attitude high
[02:03.18]Flexin on every guy that walk by
[02:04.88]But don't start pal
[02:06.02]Cuz if the gun came from the whiz, Cowardly Lion, got heart now
[02:08.53]Let's pull it on a stranger
[02:10.28]Ahh, fun for the crew
[02:12.07]Surprised when he realized, damn dude got one too
[02:14.03]Smile's upside down now, games ain't so cute
[02:17.51]Bobby's a deer in a headlights
[02:19.04]Pump, drop it or I'll shoot
[02:20.28]Then like a sniper, cleanin his rifle, Bobby disobeys his commands
[02:23.88]One shot rings out (gunshot) then only the stranger stands
[02:26.74]Could of sworn Bobby's blood formed the shape of an angel's wings
[02:30.09]But for what?
[02:32.98]Afro Angel, born against the world
[02:37.14]You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride
[02:42.06]Afro Angel, sent from heaven above
[02:49.19]Never forget that you are loved
[02:53.56]You know that you are loved
[03:00.61]Back in high school, Tamika was the sweetest, the bomb
[03:04.09]Hot to death, though in tenth grade a teenage mom
[03:06.97]Knocked up by some thug named Russ in the drug game
[03:10.24]But had the cutest kid you ever seen
[03:12.45]Then all the pressure from her mom
[03:14.47]She stepped to Russ
[03:15.61]Told him it's either them drugs or us
[03:17.58]Either them thugs or us
[03:19.26]The ultimatum, either continue bein a thug in the world
[03:22.95]Or start lovin your girl
[03:24.29]And say God, bear me witness, no doubt, lovin ya dear
[03:27.27]But to go from $50 Gees a week to $30 Gees a year
[03:30.43]That ain't happenin
[03:31.77]I guess he wasn't that strong
[03:33.29]He came back the next week, and the whole family was gone
[03:35.98]Yo they straight moved away, without as little as a word
[03:38.93]Well, needless to say, Russ was a little perturbed
[03:41.96]Then in a fury put the pressure on her girlfriend Shawn
[03:44.86]And like a clumsy chef she spilled the beans on where they had gone
[03:47.99]Upstate Schenectady,
[03:49.88]Tamika answered the door
[03:51.43]It was the last person she expected to be
[03:53.42]They just stared
[03:54.81]He said you love me for me?
[03:56.52]You can do without the cars, vacations, and jewelry?
[03:59.75]Down with me? Period.
[04:01.40]Through life's stress and strife
[04:02.72]She said, Yeah, He said in that case
[04:04.27]Would you please be my wife?
[04:05.41]Then like a sign from the sky, the baby cried
[04:07.49]Like an angel sings
[04:09.13]I love y'all more than anything
[04:11.13]Afro Angel, born against the world
[04:17.24]You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride
[04:21.88]Afro Angel, sent from heaven above
[04:28.58]Never forget that you are loved
[04:34.40]You know that you are loved
[04:39.52]Afro Angel, born against the world
[04:46.12]You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride
[04:50.81]Afro Angel, sent from heaven above
[04:57.60]Never forget that you are loved
[05:02.69]You know that you are loved