Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black (Blk) [Colored Vinyl] (Gry) (Can) Dr. John the ones that make cry

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Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black (Blk) [Colored Vinyl] (Gry) (Can) Dr. John the ones that make cryAfter Martin Luther King got killed, I wanted to write a song. Ten years into his role as poster boy for pop soul and peak hour R&B, Syl Johnson did an unlikely about face and cut the most inspiring and powerful song he'd ever touch. "I didn't want to write no song about hating this people or hating that people," Johnson said. "I really didn't have no vendetta against people. It's a sympathy song." Issued on 45 in September of 1969, "Is It Because I'm