Is It Because I'm Black ? - Tiken Jah Fakoly, Ken Boothe

The dark brown shades of my skin only add color to my tears.

that splash aganst

my hollow bones, that rocks my soul.

Looking back over my false dreams that I once knew.

wondering why my dreams

never came true.

Is it because I’m black… somebody tell me what can I do…

Something is holding me back, is it because I’m black.

In this world of no pitty I was raised in the ghetto of the city

Momma she worked so hard to earn every penny… oh lord

Something is holding me back cause… is it because I’m black

Like a child steeling his first piece of candy.

that cost… even in my corner

somewhere I got lost

Something is holding me back… I wonder… is it because I’m black

Somebody tell me what I can do.

Will I survive or will I die.

Keep on holdinig me back

Keep on holding on Keep on picking on me Keep on holding me back

Keep on holding on, keep on holding me back

Keep on holding be back, I wonder why you do me like that

But you keep on putting your foot on me But I’ve got a break a way, some how, some day,

Cause I wanna be somebondy so bad, so so bad, I wanna be somebody.

I wanna be somebody so bad.

But something is holding me back

Is it because I’m black, is because I’m black… is because I’m black

Something is holding me back,

I want diamond rings and things.