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[Verse] (0:16)

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The dark brown shades of my skin
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Only add colour to my tears
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   That splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soul
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Looking back over my false dreams, that I once knew
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Wondering why my dreams never came true
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   Somebody tell me, what can I do



[Chrous] (1:07)

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   Something is holding me back
                  Fm
Is it because I'm black?



[Verse] (1:20)

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In this world of no pity
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I was raised in the ghetto of the city
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   Momma, she works so hard
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To earn every penny



[Chorus] (1:46)

Bbm
   Something is holding me back
                  Fm
Is it because I'm black?
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   Something is holding me back
                           Fm
I wonder, Is it because I'm black?



[Solo] (2:12)

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[Verse] (2:38)

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Like a child stealing candy for the first time, and got caught
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Around life's corner somewhere I got lost
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   Something is holding me back
                   Fm
Is it because I'm black?
Bbm
   Something is holding me back
                    Fm
Is it because I'm black?



[Outro] (3:18)

Bbm
   Somebody please tell me
                  Fm
Is it because I'm black? With my black skin
Bbm
   Somebody, someone...