Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Game
Vocals
Common
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gil Scott-Heron
Songwriter
J. Taylor
Songwriter
Kanye West
Songwriter
Lonnie Lynn
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kanye West
Producer
Chris Plata
Assistant Engineer
Geoff Gibbs
Recording Engineer
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Ange)
(Angel)
(Ange)
(Angel)
[Verse 2]
I spent my day so, first I pray yo
Then I lay low, looking for the halo (Ange)
Or more yayo, my little angel
Reminded me to stay playful (Angel)
Faithful walks I take in the woods, thinking what's good
Things that I can change I should (Ange)
Things I can't, need to be understood
Th-this is the bliss, I used to drift from the hood (Angel)
For a second at least, I'm resurrecting the peace
Pipes that Indians used to light, we called it Chief, right? (Ange)
Stepping on the leafs right to reach heights
That-that-that I never seen, it's so so evergreen (Angel)
Some use it for medicine, or to write better things
I was in Amsterdam, man, bike pedaling (Ange)
To the nature spot to taste the flavors they got
My eyes drop, I like it a lot, yeah, my angel (Angel)
[Verse 3]
I wanna turn up the sound and spread my wings
Because I'm riding with my (Angel)
Going through the city of the Chi
Makes me feel like I'm in the city of (Angels)
Ohh, I wanna fly, fly away with my (Angel)
She takes me high, she will always be my (Angel)
[Verse 4]
Th-th-the way that I rhyme blow ****'s mind like the
First time you heard Mary J. and you were standing in line (Ange)
To purchase tickets to see her blow like Chicago wind
And I'm ridin with Common looking for Chicago Zen (Angel)
And like Chicago winds, I was once a Street Disciple
Rockin' every Jordan shoe, Nike put out by Michael (Ange)
That made me feel like I could fly, sometimes I wanted to die
Prolly cause the angel dust was fuckin with my third eye (Angel)
So I start hip-hop and I understand why Common used to love her
She got me open so I even had to fuck her (Ange)
But I used the rubber, cause she was married to Rakim
So I bought me a gold chain, pretendin' that I was him (Angel)
So I can get close to the girl I loved the most
But she left Cali and went on tour with Ne-Yo and Ghost (Ange)
Big gave her one more chance and she took Big down
I should've knew when Shock G and Pac
Told me she get around, my angel (Angel)
[Verse 5]
I wanna turn up the sound and spread my wings
Because I'm riding with my (Angel)
Going through the city of the Chi
Makes me feel like I'm in the city of (Angels)
Ohh, I wanna fly, fly away with my (Angel)
She takes me high, she will always be my (Angel)
[Verse 6]
Fly away, fly away My love for her is not about jewelry and cars
I love her cause she love me, just for who I are (Ange)
Who I is, who I am, resembles the rims on the Lam'
I shine like Shyne when Barrington Levy was sayin' (Angel)
"Didilly whoa", I got love for the streets
Peace to New York and every hood in the East (Ange)
Before I was duckin' cops, gunshots
I used to be an L.A. Dodger, now I'm a (Angel)
From the city of lost souls, Impalas and polished gold
Between the car and the rims, we got a lot of chrome (Angel)
Your hood not alone, they knockin, we not at home
And when they bust in, we not Caesar, but gotta roam (Angel)
Cause they try to wire phones, I'm talking Verizon phones
The ones they put wires on, they got us on tap (Angel)
But I put wires on, my Bentley in fact
I spit it through the wires on a Kanye track, yeah
[Verse 7]
I wanna turn up the sound and spread my wings
Because I'm riding with my (Angel)
Going through the city of the Chi
Makes me feel like I'm in the city of (Angels)
Ohh, I wanna fly, fly away with my (Angel)
She takes me high, she will always be my (Angel)
[Verse 8]
Yeah, it's The Game and Common (Angel)
Spread your wings, follow your dreams (Angel)
Things will be so serene
L.A. and the Chi is a team (Angel)
Yeah, angel supreme, yeah, keep on (Angel)
Yeah, it's for the world, boy (Angel)
We do it forever (Angel)
Yeah
(Angel)
Written by: Gil Scott-Heron, J. Taylor, K. West, L. Lynn