Sweet Black Angel
The Rolling Stones * Track #8 On Exile on Main St.
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Sweet Black Angel by The Rolling Stones
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Performed by
The Rolling StonesProduced by
Jimmy MillerWrited by
Mick Jagger & Keith RichardsAbout
This song from The Stones' iconic 1972 album, Exile on Main Street, is about Angela Davis, a political activist, scholar and author from Alabama. Jagger and Richards' lyrics, in a “backwoods tone”, might obscure the fact that this is one of the few overtly political Stones tunes.
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Sweet Black Angel Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Got a sweet black angel, got a pin up girl
Got a sweet black angel up upon my wall
Well, she ain’t no singer and she ain’t no star
But she sure talk good and she move so fast
[Chorus]
But the gal in danger
Yeah de gal in chains
But she keep on pushing
Would you take her place?
She counting up the minutes
She counting up the days
She's a sweet black angel, woh
Not a sweet black slave
[Verse 2]
Ten little niggers sitting on de wall
Her brothers been a falling, falling one by one
For a judge they murdered and a judge they stole
Now de judge he going to judge her for all that he's worth
[Chorus - Outro]
Well de gal in danger
The gal in chains
But she keep on pushing
Would you do the same?
She counting up the minutes
She counting up the days
She's a sweet black angel
Not a gun toting teacher
Not a Red loving school marm
Is someone going to free her?
Free the sweet black slave
Free the sweet black slave
Free the sweet black slave
Free the sweet black slave
Sweet Black Angel Q&A
Who wrote Sweet Black Angel's ?
Sweet Black Angel was written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
Who produced Sweet Black Angel's ?
Sweet Black Angel was produced by Jimmy Miller.
When did The Rolling Stones release Sweet Black Angel?
The Rolling Stones released Sweet Black Angel on Fri May 12 1972.