[00:00.00]Is It Because I'm Black ? - Tiken Jah Fakoly/Ken Boothe
[00:01.04]Oh the people
[00:07.80]Dark brown shades of my skin
[00:14.28]Only add color to my tears
[00:20.82]That splash against my hollow bones
[00:25.04]That rocks my soul
[00:33.74]Looking back over my false
[00:35.45]Dreams that I once knew
[00:40.24]Wondering why my dreams
[00:41.60]Never came true hoo
[00:46.67]Somebody tell me uh what can I do
[00:54.42]Oh yeah something is holding me back
[01:01.71]Holding me back
[01:03.68]Is it because I'm black
[01:11.11]Yeah in this world of no pity
[01:15.61]I was raised in the ghetto of the city
[01:19.05]Uh yeah momma she worked so hard
[01:28.93]To earn every penny
[01:38.48]Something is holding me back
[01:41.59]Holding me back
[01:42.63]Is it because I'm black
[01:45.60]Is it because I'm black
[01:49.51]Yeah something is holding me back
[01:55.56]Is it because I'm black yeah
[02:15.46]Tell me because of my color
[02:20.94]Something is holding me back
[02:30.52]Like a child steeling
[02:31.53]His first piece of candy
[02:33.52]That cost
[02:36.89]Even in my corner somewhere I got lost
[02:39.98]Uh something is holding me back
[02:47.47]Is it because I'm black
[02:50.23]I wanna know I wanna know yeah
[02:56.33]Something is holding me back
[02:59.32]Because is it because I'm black
[03:04.55]Tell me can you see
[03:09.31]Somebody please tell me
[03:13.50]Is it because I'm black
[03:15.73]Is it because of my color yeah