Is It Because I'm Black-Ken Boothe

[ti:Is It Because I'm Black] [ar:Ken Boothe] [al:Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.32]Is It Because I'm Black - Ken Boothe [00:00.58]Written by： Sam Johnson/James Earl Jones, Jr./Glenn Watts [00:02.49] [00:15.98]The dark brown shades of my skin [00:18.11] [00:22.35]Only add color to my tears [00:24.52] [00:28.81]That splash against my hollow bones [00:31.28] [00:32.99]That rocks my soul [00:34.22] [00:41.71]Looking back over my past dreams that I once knew [00:44.88] [00:48.03]Wondering why my dreams never came true [00:50.17] [00:54.45]Somebody tell me [00:55.47] [00:58.99]What can I do [00:59.73] [01:07.55]Something is holding me back [01:09.00] [01:11.81]Is it because I'm black [01:12.94] [01:20.59]In this world of no pity [01:22.06] [01:23.61]I was raised in the ghetto of the city [01:25.56] [01:33.52]Momma she worked so hard [01:34.69] [01:36.76]To earn every penny [01:38.80] [01:46.37]Something is holding me back [01:47.89] [01:50.53]Is it because I'm black [01:52.31] [01:59.44]Something is holding me back [02:00.93] [02:03.38]I'm wondering if it's because I'm black [02:05.09] [02:38.45]Like a child steeling his first piece of candy and got [02:41.72]Caught [02:41.94] [02:44.95]Wondering the life got some where I got caught [02:47.45] [02:51.58]Something is holding me back [02:53.19] [02:55.63]Is it because I'm black [02:56.81] [03:04.54]Something is holding me back [03:05.86] [03:08.89]Is it because I'm black [03:10.45] [03:17.80]Somebody please help me [03:20.80] [03:21.90]It's because I'm black