Intro
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[Verse 1] (CeeLo and Stephen Marley)
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The dark brown shades of my skin
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Only add color to my tears
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That splash against my hollow bones,
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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, woah-ooh
[Chorus]
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Is it because I'm black? somebody tell me what can I do-oo? oh-oh
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something's holdin' me back, I wonder is it because I'm black? ah-hah- hah woah-hoo
[Verse 2]
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In this world of no pity, I was raised in the ghetto of the city
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ooh-oh ahhh (you said)
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Momma, she works so hard To earn every penny oh lawd
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Something is holding me back, Is it because I'm black?
[Verse 3] (CeeLo)
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Like a child stealin' his first candy for the first time, and got caught
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Peepin' around life's corner somewhere I got lost oh
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Something is holdin' me back I wonder, is it because I'm black?
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Somebody tell me what can I do? Will I survive? Or will I die?
A#m A#m Fm Fm
Oh, it keeps on holdin' me back Is it because I'm black?
[Verse 4] (Syleena Johnson)
Fm Fm
The dark-brown shade of my skin
Fm Fm
Only add color to my tears oh
A#m C#
That splash against my hollow bone
Fm Fm
That rocks my soul, oh, oh Lord!
Fm Fm
Lookin' back over false dreams that I once knew oh
Fm Fm
Wondering why all my dreams never came true
A#m C#
Is it because I'm black? Somebody tell me,
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what can I do? ohh
A#m C# Fm Fm
Oh something's holding me back, is it because I'm black? yeah Ohh
[Chorus]
A#m C# C Fm Fm
something's holdin' me back, yeah I wonder is it because I'm black? Woah-ooh,
A#m C# C Fm Fm
something's holding me back, is it because I'm black woah-ooh,
A#m C# C Fm Fm
something's holding me back, is it because I'm black
A#m C# C Fm Fm
oh, it keeps on holdin' me back is it because I'm black
[Break]
N.C.
[Verse 5]
Fm Fm
The dark-brown shade of my skin
Fm Fm
Only add color to my tears oh
A#m C#
That splash against my hollow bone
Fm Fm
That rocks my soul, oh,
Fm Fm
Lookin' back over false dreams that I once knew oh
Fm Fm
Wondering why all my dreams never came true
A#m C#
Is it because I'm black? Somebody tell me,
Fm Fm
what can I do?
A#m C# Fm Fm
Oh something's holding me back, is it because I'm black?
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- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan