Is It Because I'm Black?

the dark brown shades of my skin only add color to my tears that splash aganst my hollow bones that rocks my soul looking back over my past dreams that i once knew wondering why my dreams never came true somebody tell me what can i do something is holding me back, is it because i'm black. in this world of no pitty i was raised in the ghetto of the city momma she worked so hard to earn every penny something is holding me back cause is it because i'm black something is holding me back cause i'm wondering if it's because i'm black like a child steeling his first piece of candy and got caught