The dark brown shades of my skin only add color 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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[Chorus:]
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Is it because I'm black?
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Somebody tell me what can I do..
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Something is holding me back, is it because I'm black?
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[repeat]
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In this world of no pity I was raised in the ghetto of the city
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Momma she worked so hard to earn every penny..Oh lord
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Something is holding me back
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Cause..Is it because I'm black
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[repeat]
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Like a child steeling his first piece of candy.
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That cost..Even in my corner somewhere I got lost
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Something is holding me back..I wonder..Is it because I'm black?
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Somebody tell me what I can do.
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[Bridge:]
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Will I survive or will I die.
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Keep on holding me back
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Keep on holding on
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Keep on picking on me
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Keep on holding me back
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Keep on holding on, keep on holding me back
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Keep on holding be back, I wonder why you do me like that
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But you keep on putting your foot on me
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But I've got a break a way, some how, some day,
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Cause I wanna be somebody so bad,
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So so bad, I wanna be somebody.
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I wanna be somebody so bad.
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But something is holding me back
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Is it because I'm black?
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Is because I'm black...is because I'm black
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Something is holding me back,
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I want diamond rings and things
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Is It Because I'm Black
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| Syleena Johnson |
