Awesome! Original is done by Syl Johnson. More of a bluesy soul tune. Ken Boothe also does a great cover of the song as well. Dosen't stay to far from Nicky's cover.
I saw him live, went to a show in Crystal Palace UK with my parents, I was very young yet that man made a huge impact on me, I had never seen anyone so different in his way of performing, the honesty in his voice and lyrics gave good food for reflection.
Have discovered him today, August 13th Friday, 2021 while listening to some African-Fusion Artists. #BlackFriday just formed new meaning to Me henceforth
You could also say that reggae music is joyful, rhythmic, philosophical and creates a atmosphere for couples to dance expressively like no other music before or since.
Sheer pain and raw emotion of the performer shook me to my core. This was back in 1973. I can't believe we still see this going on. Ken Boothe also performed this with much emotion spilling out of him.
You would no doubt also enjoy it played on 100watts bass speakers boxes with tweeter, 2am at a Sat night reggae party!! Now that was the "Boom!!" 😊👥💕👫🏿💕🎶😍
I bought this track on 7'' in a charity shop in Leicester in 1993. Great to hear this version - that band is tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm.
What a moving track, really feelin this as was the man himself was expressing so much here. Love to all you people as a white man here, leaving you a great quote from our brother Justin Hinds “no matter what colour creed or race, one love, one heart, one destiny” who also is sadly no longer with us. Rest in peace.🙏🏼
well done UTubue! I feel guilty sometimes that I dont have to pay for this service that brings me culture and stuff that I didnt know existed. This is new to me, never heard of the guy, but utube made it free and available!! and I really like it!!
I have never seen this artist before but have heard this song from different reggae artists over the years. After seeing and hearing this, I’m loving it. Really miss how artists used to show their passion while singing their hearts out. Eracism.
One of my favourite reggae performers! Tell it like it is, Love of the common people, and God bless the children. Just a couple of his great songs! I would love to hear him sing Derrick Harriet's Message from a Blackman.
Such a powerful song and performance because he is really asking for honesty. He's asking them to stop making excuses and tell me so I can know what to do next!!
We were lucky enough to see Nicky Thomas perform in May 1973, he was AMAZING!! So much so, that in the August we named our first child Nicky after him. Love Of The Common People ranks as one of my all time fav albums.
understand this my beautiful black brothers and sisters.. in order to hold you back one have to be behind you and in order to pull you down one have to be beneath you....simple.. stay proud and keep rising. one black love......
Scotland 1973 had a lot of Reggae lovers judging by this clip, a very underground music movement at the time & not the world wide culture it is today. I guess the Scottish people had felt the downpressing system in their own life and could relate regardless of colour & nationality. I don't know,I'm a 47 year old man born in North-Norway . Cool video Stay safe and keep faith 🕯 Best wishes Arvid Nilsen Bodø-Norway
Only 233 views. It's a crime. I saw this performance on BBC4 the other night and was mesmerised. It fills me with joy/melancholy/fascination simultaneously. The lyrics, the emotion, his voice, the suit, the shoes: everything is perfect. The more I find out about him, the more I want to know but there's so little online. It took me back to the reggae club above the Playhouse in Edinburgh a long time ago which I used to sneak into from the Nite Club downstairs. Old school reggae is just the best.
I and my father are totally amazed after seeing this masterpiece. Such a Great singer of common people .Very sad and surprising the way he commited suicide should not have done that such a cheerful and funny person he was. LOVE FOR HIM EVER.
Nicky Thomas was a legend, I just wish I could have seen him live!! ''is it because I am black'' my favourite track, no one tops it better than Nicky. I would also like to pay my respects to Judge Dread who I knew when I was a youngster, was a really nice guy!
É Porque Eu Sou Preto? Os tons de marrom escuro da minha pele só adicionam cor às minhas lágrimas Esse respingo contra meus ossos ocos, que balança a minha alma Olhando para trás sobre meus sonhos passados que eu já conheci Perguntando por que meus sonhos nunca se tornaram realidade Alguém, diga-me, o que posso fazer? Algo está me segurando de volta É porque eu sou preto? Neste mundo de nenhuma piedade eu fui levantado no gueto da cidade Mamãe ela trabalhou tanto para ganhar cada centavo Algo está me reprimindo É porque eu sou preto? É porque eu sou preto? Algo está me reprimindo É porque eu sou preto? Diga-me, é por causa da minha cor? Algo está me segurando de volta Como uma criança acariciando seu primeiro pedaço de doce Isso custa Mesmo em meu canto em algum lugar eu me perdi Algo está me segurando É porque eu sou preto? (Eu quero saber, eu quero saber) Algo está me segurando É porque eu sou preto? (Diga-me, você não consegue ver?) Alguém, por favor, diga-me É porque eu sou preto? (É por causa da minha cor?)
Nicky respect to you and this song ,The awnser is mos def yes and will always be yes,because the chains that held us back years ago will never break,,we will always be chained to slave city me friend , you can only be free in your mind,,,great song,,,,, great artist,one love
First time I went upon this vid was not longer that a few moths after it was downloaded. I never thought it would get so much appreciated. Back than it had few K 'visitors'.
When Nicky steps on stage, he's so energetic and tense to sing this song that he spits out of his mouth. For me he is the most emotional singer I have ever seen and heard. Thank you Mr. Nicky Thomas !!
To all my African diaspora brothers & sisters, may the love of God almighty always be with you. He has kept us alive all these centuries despite the hatred they have for us.
I just discovered this song today and it wil be part of my collection.
🔥
Yeah me too I just discovered it, but I am not sure how I feel about it.
Awesome! Original is done by Syl Johnson. More of a bluesy soul tune.
Ken Boothe also does a great cover of the song as well. Dosen't stay to far from Nicky's cover.
Yeah, of mine too
A gorgeos tune
He felt that, it was more than singing a song, he was giving his personal testimony!!!!!!!
This song runs deep, peace and love to all my brothas and sistas out there who love our beautiful black skin.
Everyone has a skin colour.
Massive respect i.
Peace to you too .
One of the best reggae. With words that penetrate your soul
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Absolute brilliant version of this song - you just don’t get performances like this nowadays - emotion, passion and a band so tight….beautiful.
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Plenty great performances. Open your eyes.
Absolutely
@@brentcraft4340 like who?
@@brentcraft4340 Who in 2021 can even come close to this?
Band OR singing OR style !
I saw him live, went to a show in Crystal Palace UK with my parents, I was very young yet that man made a huge impact on me, I had never seen anyone so different in his way of performing, the honesty in his voice and lyrics gave good food for reflection.
Bless your parents every day !
Oh sis , I envy you! Just discovered him today. Wow. 🙏🏿❤️
Have discovered him today, August 13th Friday, 2021 while listening to some African-Fusion Artists. #BlackFriday just formed new meaning to Me henceforth
"...the honesty in his voice and lyrics gave good food for reflection." Amen!
@@TheWordpath that's my birthday 😊
Totally underrated. So emotional.
2021 and still rocking
Jah Bless!
What album is this on? Please
He is reputed to have committed suicide in 1990.
WHAT A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE .THE EMOTION, THE DRUMS,AND BASS LINE.
+zazzo dude that bass ,so sweet!
+zazzo dude So true, just perfect! x
I really think it's like %10 emotion and %90 cocaine...
yes indeed brother RASPECT💯🎤💖💪✊✌😇
@@slaytanicsabbath I was thinking exactly the same, 🤣🤣
that reggae groove is just different. what a groove, what a tune
positive vibration
You could also say that reggae music is joyful, rhythmic, philosophical and creates a atmosphere for couples to dance expressively like no other music before or since.
I love Reggae! My favorite bands are Stick Figure & Iration.
🔥🔥🔥
The backing band is just amazing..pure talent
I think the Cimarons are backing on this
It's the Cimarons
This is what it looks like when you sing from the heart.
I hear you Soul Boy, that was amazing wasn't it.
Sheer pain and raw emotion of the performer shook me to my core. This was back in 1973. I can't believe we still see this going on. Ken Boothe also performed this with much emotion spilling out of him.
I have seen Mr Ken Boothe perform this outstanding
Big Up Nicky Thomas,so relevant back in the day and so relevant now in 2022!!!!❤️💚💛
such passion in performance is slowly fading away
Its gone completely from black music. Only rock artists still do it
Chronixx
I HAD LISTEN TO THIS THREE TIMES IN A ROW FIRST TIME HEARING THIS
+zazzo dude for true
zazzo dude only 3? I can listen this on repeat and never get tired of it
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Zazzdo dude:
Listen to Delroy Wilson version!
You would no doubt also enjoy it played on 100watts bass speakers boxes with tweeter, 2am at a Sat night reggae party!! Now that was the "Boom!!"
😊👥💕👫🏿💕🎶😍
O UA-cam nos possibilita termos acesso a momentos mágicos da música mundial, como este registro que estamos vendo. É maravilhoso!!
Tmj irmãooooooooo!
Maravilloso
Só faltou uma tradução..fiquei curioso na letra
Obrugado internet por eternizar esse momento ❤
Lembra muito uma das melodias do Bob..mas também desconheço.. curioso pra saber.. muito bom
life is suffering, so alive is Mr Nicky Thomas, RIP
Incredible performance!
I’ve never heard of him, but Wow,
I have now..
i am a with dude, but my soul is black. This is a very amazing song. Touch my soul in the deepest kind.....
I bought this track on 7'' in a charity shop in Leicester in 1993. Great to hear this version - that band is tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 the music is great
Oh my God. This is a powerful song. The MOST HIGH will protect us my Beautiful Black Brothers and sisters
When???
What a moving track, really feelin this as was the man himself was expressing so much here.
Love to all you people as a white man here, leaving you a great quote from our brother Justin Hinds “no matter what colour creed or race, one love, one heart, one destiny” who also is sadly no longer with us.
Rest in peace.🙏🏼
i love this guy i had a pair of those platforms in 1977 for the diskco oh year
Everything about this video is amazing.
since I dicscovered this song a couple days ago , I´m repeating it more than twenty times. What a song , what a intrerpretation. Thanks Akas555
I get so teary eyed every time I listen to this song. We go through this in the most subtle way sometimes. Bless him and love to all!
I listen to this song every morning. ✊🏿
J'en ai des larmes aux yeux.. 😘
Belle découverte car je ne connaissais pas cette chanson.
🙏🏽💕
well done UTubue! I feel guilty sometimes that I dont have to pay for this service that brings me culture and stuff that I didnt know existed. This is new to me, never heard of the guy, but utube made it free and available!! and I really like it!!
It was not free...they are owned by Google, and they have collected your meta data...you are the product.
Incredible singer and performer, felt it deep in my soul
Is it because I'm black ⚫ Nuff Said.. go tribe of Judah 🕎💛💜 singing this forever
I have never seen this artist before but have heard this song from different reggae artists over the years. After seeing and hearing this, I’m loving it. Really miss how artists used to show their passion while singing their hearts out. Eracism.
Rasta the original is by an American born Soul Brother named Syl Johnson.
Amazing Performance and what a great voice!!!
Damn ... A great song, great performance, and a great inquiry.
Watching him perform gave me complete chills... i will always be as passionate as he was in everything i do
One of my favourite reggae performers! Tell it like it is, Love of the common people, and God bless the children. Just a couple of his great songs!
I would love to hear him sing Derrick Harriet's Message from a Blackman.
Never have I seen someone so taken over by Music.. she is so powerful.. incredible performance. Like no other
Look up Joe Cocker and watch one of his performances. Also the lead singer of the Counting Crows. Look up one of their videos
Such a powerful song and performance because he is really asking for honesty. He's asking them to stop making excuses and tell me so I can know what to do next!!
I adore the intro the first movment would be make a hit!!!😍😍😍😍😍🤩
Great track performed mesmerically by the late great Mr Thomas.
We were lucky enough to see Nicky Thomas perform in May 1973, he was AMAZING!! So much so, that in the August we named our first child Nicky after him. Love Of The Common People ranks as one of my all time fav albums.
Beautiful......Timeless............I love this version so much soul ❤
This song and Artist give me so mucht! Looking for 20 years after this song! Fount it! THX!!!
Como assim eu nunca tinha ouvindo essa musica.....Caramba q pancada de musica...E o artista é fenomenal....
É dois parceiro👍🏽🇧🇷🍻
understand this my beautiful black brothers and sisters.. in order to hold you back one have to be behind you and in order to pull you down one have to be beneath you....simple.. stay proud and keep rising. one black love......
Never heard this artist before...I like this song 🎵
Introduction by the late, great Judge Dread!
His movements, he really feels the music..lost in his zone😁
Ça me rappelle un titre de Bob Marley..
Nicky was one hell of a singer RIP legend
Muchas gracias por compartir esta canción
Assisti o filme , 10 Anos de escravidão,e depois fui ouvir esta música.
Então não consegui conter as lágrimas.
One of those rare finds in life. A gift! Thank you!
It reminds me of club large days,oldies night spence entertainment. Yall should bring that back.
Scotland 1973 had a lot of Reggae lovers judging by this clip, a very underground music movement at the time & not the world wide culture it is today.
I guess the Scottish people had felt the downpressing system in their own life and could relate regardless of colour & nationality.
I don't know,I'm a 47 year old man born in North-Norway .
Cool video
Stay safe and keep faith 🕯
Best wishes
Arvid Nilsen
Bodø-Norway
Passion, talent and a struggle wanting to be eased. I respect you brother.
Não me canso de assistir esse musicão nem o cantor dessa obra prima🇧🇷
Can't stop watching.........on repeat.
I'm 55 now.
Quelle pureté puissance émotion juste magnifique 🍀🍀🍀🍀♥️♥️♥️♥️
Only 233 views. It's a crime. I saw this performance on BBC4 the other night and was mesmerised. It fills me with joy/melancholy/fascination simultaneously. The lyrics, the emotion, his voice, the suit, the shoes: everything is perfect. The more I find out about him, the more I want to know but there's so little online. It took me back to the reggae club above the Playhouse in Edinburgh a long time ago which I used to sneak into from the Nite Club downstairs. Old school reggae is just the best.
391k views 2021.
That splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soul!
Wow! First time I ever heard this tune. Should be played on all radio stations.
Wonderful music, sad lyrics. I hope humanity will overcome such artificial barriers as skin color and race one day.
I and my father are totally amazed after seeing this masterpiece. Such a Great singer of
common people .Very sad and surprising the way he commited suicide should not have done that such a cheerful and funny person he was. LOVE FOR HIM EVER.
2021 and he's still rocking me
I have the single gave free with a can of Nutriment in the seventies...a bit scratched but still plays love it R.I.Power Mr.Thomas🖤✊🏼🙏🏽
This was such an emotional performance, it was shown as part of the whole concert on BBC 4 last night. From 1973.
Nicky Thomas was a legend, I just wish I could have seen him live!! ''is it because I am black'' my favourite track, no one tops it better than Nicky. I would also like to pay my respects to Judge Dread who I knew when I was a youngster, was a really nice guy!
power and class. this is why humans need music.
Things that will never get old 😊☺️🙌🏿🙏🔥✊🏿....
Whoa this made me cry... and it hits me evrytime I watch it 🙏Big Love from New Zealand 💖🙏🇳🇿
We must be two of very few kiwis who have seen or heard of this.kia ora bro.
I'm not that old but what a man thanks for this one
Amazing performance.
I am glad to see him live and kicking. Blessed love home boy .
This song is awesome, why did I never hear it until now?
I think the talent borned from suffering! The numerous and talented bands of 50'',60'',70'',80'' are there to proved it
This is EPIC...….Love this tune. Raw talent. in my opinion, Nicky Thomas is not getting the recognition he deserves.
Yeah it sucks .. maybe it's because he's black aha
First time seeing this artist love his persona. consumate performer
Excellent !!!!!
Wow!!!So poetic and powerful!!!I had never heard of this singer before but I will keep listening to this cat!!!😁....the beat is jamming...🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼👍
What a great performance!
These are the kind of men that make me feel proud and powerful simple because I'm black 🖤 yeah man
🎯
Thank s for this song good vibrationsssssss 💪💪💪💪💪💪
This is a real treasure never gets played out
Sublime! 🙏🏽✌🏽
This is brilliant .
nunca nem tinha ouvido falar nesse cara, cara muito massa demais
Stupendous performance!
É Porque Eu Sou Preto?
Os tons de marrom escuro da minha pele só adicionam cor às minhas lágrimas
Esse respingo contra meus ossos ocos, que balança a minha alma
Olhando para trás sobre meus sonhos passados que eu já conheci
Perguntando por que meus sonhos nunca se tornaram realidade
Alguém, diga-me, o que posso fazer?
Algo está me segurando de volta
É porque eu sou preto?
Neste mundo de nenhuma piedade eu fui levantado no gueto da cidade
Mamãe ela trabalhou tanto para ganhar cada centavo
Algo está me reprimindo
É porque eu sou preto?
É porque eu sou preto?
Algo está me reprimindo
É porque eu sou preto?
Diga-me, é por causa da minha cor?
Algo está me segurando de volta
Como uma criança acariciando seu primeiro pedaço de doce
Isso custa
Mesmo em meu canto em algum lugar eu me perdi
Algo está me segurando
É porque eu sou preto?
(Eu quero saber, eu quero saber)
Algo está me segurando
É porque eu sou preto?
(Diga-me, você não consegue ver?)
Alguém, por favor, diga-me
É porque eu sou preto?
(É por causa da minha cor?)
Valeu
Thanks very much for the lyrics 🙏💕💕💕🌹
Linda música
Nicky respect to you and this song ,The awnser is mos def yes and will always be yes,because the chains that held us back years ago will never break,,we will always be chained to slave city me friend , you can only be free in your mind,,,great song,,,,, great artist,one love
old good days,when the music was deep and crucial !!! superb killer Nicky Thomas and amazing band too
Un vrai artiste impressionnant
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤can't believe I just now hearing this!!!!
This performance is amazing!!!
First time I saw this ...
Brother is grooving !!! ✊🏾
First time I went upon this vid was not longer that a few moths after it was downloaded. I never thought it would get so much appreciated. Back than it had few K 'visitors'.
Incrível! Apresentação Antológica do Nicky ✨👏
When Nicky steps on stage, he's so energetic and tense to sing this song that he spits out of his mouth. For me he is the most emotional singer I have ever seen and heard.
Thank you Mr. Nicky Thomas !!
Ffn fool I am ,only found this genius a week ago. Me be a bum hole.✊🏾🙏🏽👍🏾❤️
His singing is superb
To all my African diaspora brothers & sisters, may the love of God almighty always be with you. He has kept us alive all these centuries despite the hatred they have for us.
There is only one reason why we are still here... We are the Alpha and the Omega and the fruit rarely falls far from the tree.