The Dubbeez (NL) Live @ Ostróda Reggae Festival 2016 / Poland

The Dubbeez (NL) Laureat Międzynarodowego konkursu World Reggae Contest na Ostróda Reggae Festival 2016 / Poland

Tiken Jah Fakoly – Is It Because I’m Black? ft. Ken Boothe

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Ken Booth : Is it because I’m Black

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The dark brown shades of my skin only add color to my tears.
That splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soul.
Looking back over my false dreams that I once knew.
Wondering why my dreams never came true.

Chorus:
Is it because I’m black?
Somebody tell me what can I do..
Something is holding me back, is it because I’m black?
(repeat)

In this world of no pity I was raised in the ghetto of the city
Momma she worked so hard to earn every penny..Oh lord

Something is holding me back
Cause..Is it because I’m black
(repeat)
2nd verse:

Like a child steeling his first piece of candy.
That cost..Even in my corner somewhere I got lost

Something is holding me back..I wonder..Is it because I’m black?
Somebody tell me what I can do.

Bridge:
Will I survive or will I die.
Keep on holding me back
Keep on holding on
Keep on picking on me
Keep on holding me back
Keep on holding on, keep on holding me back
Keep on holding be back, I wonder why you do me like that
But you keep on putting your foot on me
But I’ve got a break a way, some how, some day,
Cause I wanna be somebody so bad,
So so bad, I wanna be somebody.
I wanna be somebody so bad.
But something is holding me back
Is it because I’m black?
Is because I’m black…is because I’m black
Something is holding me back,
I want diamond rings and things

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Taken from the LP “Is It Because I’m Black”, released on Twinight Records in 1970.

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Nicky Thomas

Nicky Thomas, Born Cecil Nicholas Thomas, 30 May 1949, Portland, Jamaica was a reggae singer who enjoyed considerable chart success in the 1970s.
After working as a labourer along with future members of The Gladiators, Thomas’s break came with “Run Mr. Nigel Run”, produced by Derrick Harriott. This was followed by a successful association with producer Joe Gibbs, with hits following in the form of “God Bless The Children”, “Mama’s Song”, “Rainy Night In Georgia” and “If I Had a Hammer” He broke into the UK Top 10 in 1970 with his version of “Love of the Common People” which sold over 175,000 copies in the UK.

Nicky Thomas committed suicide in 1990.