[00:00.000] 作词 : Syl Johnson/Jimmy Jones Leonard/Charles Watts Glenn[00:00.050] 作曲 : Syl Johnson/Jimmy Jones Leonard/Charles Watts Glenn[00:00.100]Is It Because I'm Black ? - Tiken Jah Fakoly,Ken Boothe[00:01.40]Oh the people[00:07.809]Dark brown shades of my skin[00:14.289]Only add color to my tears[00:20.829]That splash against my hollow bones[00:25.49]That rocks my soul[00:33.749]Looking back over my false[00:35.459]Dreams that I once knew[00:40.248]Wondering why my dreams[00:41.608]Never came true hoo[00:46.677]Somebody tell me uh what can I do[00:54.425]Oh yeah something is holding me back[01:01.715]Holding me back[01:03.685]Is it because I'm black[01:11.114]Yeah in this world of no pity[01:15.614]I was raised in the ghetto of the city[01:19.54]Uh yeah momma she worked so hard[01:28.934]To earn every penny[01:38.484]Something is holding me back[01:41.594]Holding me back[01:42.634]Is it because I'm black[01:45.603]Is it because I'm black[01:49.513]Yeah something is holding me back[01:55.563]Is it because I'm black yeah[02:15.463]Tell me because of my color[02:20.943]Something is holding me back[02:30.523]Like a child steeling[02:31.533]His first piece of candy[02:33.523]That cost[02:36.893]Even in my corner somewhere I got lost[02:39.981]Uh something is holding me back[02:47.471]Is it because I'm black[02:50.231]I wanna know I wanna know yeah[02:56.331]Something is holding me back[02:59.320]Because is it because I'm black[03:04.550]Tell me can you see[03:09.310]Somebody please tell me[03:13.509]Is it because I'm black[03:15.739]Is it because of my color yeah