Chords for Tiken Jah Fakoly - Is It Because I'm Black

_ _ _ _ _ Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm My peepo
_ Dark brown shade of my skin _ _
_ Only adds color to my tears _ _
[A] _ That's flash against my hollow bones
That [C#m] rocks my soul _ _ _ _ _
_ Looking back over my past dreams that I once knew _
Wondering why my dreams never came true _ _
[A] _ [F#m] Somebody tell me
_ [A] What [C#m] can I do
Ah yeah _ _
[A] _ Something is holding me back
_ Is it [C#m] because I'm black
_ _ [A#] _ _ _
[C#m] Yeah
In this world of no pity
I'm always racing to get out of the city Ah _ yeah _ _
[F#m] _ Mama she works so hard
To [C#m] earn every penny _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ Something is holding me back
_ Is it [C#m] because I'm black
Is it because I'm [A#] black Yeah _
[F#m] _ Something is holding me back
_ Is it [C#m] because I'm black
_ _ [A#] Yeah _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Tell me
[F#m] Is it because of my color
_ Something [C#m] is holding me back
_ _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#m] _ Like a child stealing his first piece of candy That's not
_ Wondering where life's gone
Somewhere I can't cross [C#m] Ah yeah
[F#m] _ Something is holding me back
_ Is it [C#m] because I'm black
I want to know
I [A#] want to know [A#m] Yeah _
[F#m] _ Something is holding me back
_ Is it [C#m] because I'm black
[A#] Tell me
_ Can't [F#m] you see
Somebody please tell me
Is it [C#m] because I'm black
Is it because of my color
_ Yeah _
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