Dear Rosa Labelle

Said I?ve got something to say
My dear lady
Dear Rosa
I want to say what?s on my mind
I ?m writing you a letter
With love and hope in every line
I try not to think about the pain
But how your sacrifice will reign
Dear Rosa
Who would believe?
So hot and tired
What made you decide?
That you would rather die
Than just stand so someone else could ride
And prove that lie again
That the color of our skin made us less than other men
Dear Rosa
Sit down servant
Come on in
How long? Will this hate go on?
Change our lives and now you?re gone
Somebody said, and still the cross is burned
Dear Rosa
The spirit will yearn
Sitting down in the front of the bus
You made a stand for all of us
You didn?t move when they called you names
You knew that a mind was the hardest thing to change
Living in a line, your freedom denied
After Malcolm, Martin and John gave their life
Dear Rosa
It?s so hard not to cry
Dear Rosa
You didn?t live to see the day we talked to one another
Regardless of the color of our skin
Or the gods we believed in
When I look around and see people filled with pain
Dear Rosa
How did you keep your faith?
Yes, tell me