Misc Television - Horrible histories - the rosa parks song

I’m R^Dosa Parks, my story marks The first st^Gep towards Civil Rights R^Dacial inequality, American policy Till ^GI kicked off a fight

What ^A7act of mine led havoc to ensue? How c^Gome I caused such fuss? What s^A7hocking behavior did I do? W^Ge-e-e-ell

I sat on a b^Dus [You sat on a bus?] I sat on a ^Gbus [You sat on a bus?] You want to know w^Dhy? [Go ahead, tell us] I sat on that b^Gus [You sat on the bus]

In the ’^D50s all buses divided Whites in f^Gront, blacks behind [You serious?] If the b^Dus filled up we had to give up Our s^Geats or we’d be fined [That’s ludicrous] I m^Dade a stand in my hometown Montg^Gomery, Alabama [That’s dangerous] Re^Dfused to stand for a white man So they p^Gut me in the slammer [Discourteous!]

De^A7cember 5, 1955 My t^Grial notorious Bl^A7ack people stood side-by-side And ^Gno o-o-o-one

Got on the b^Dus [We stayed off the bus] They stayed off the ^Gbus [We stayed off the bus] I meant busin^Dess [She inspired us] So we stayed off the b^Gus [We stayed off the bus]

We o^Crganized a boycott of p^Gublic transportation To win

N.C.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T & force new legislation Dreamed ^Cof the day the USA Had ^Gno implementation Of S-E^A7-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N [Spells segregation]

From t^Dhat day on we walked or cabbed Led by M^Gartin Luther King Att^Dacked by mobs our houses bombed Though p^Geace was our thing Our pl^Dight it made the national news Wh^Gich was mighty strange [Mysterious] Wh^Den word reached the President He h^Gad to make a change [Delirious]

O^A7ne year on we’d finally won A v^Gictory momentous The f^A7ight for national Civil Rights Was be^Ggu-u-u-u-un

Cos I sat on a b^Dus [She sat on a bus] I sat on a b^Gus [She sat on a bus] I sat on a b^Dus [For all of us] I sat on a b^Gus [She sat on a bus]

^D Our story owes a ^G Huge debt to Rosa ^D We all agree ^G She made history ^D She sat on the bus ^G She sat on the bus ^D For all of us ^G She sat on the bus ^D She sat on the bus ^G She sat on the bus ^D For all of us