[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