I'm Rosa Parks, my story marks The first step towards Civil Right Racial inequality, American policy Till I kicked off a fight What act of mine Led havoc to ensue? How come I caused such fuss? What shocking behavior did I do? We-e-e-ell I sat on a bus You sat on a bus? I sat on a bus You sat on a bus? You want to know why? Go ahead, tell us I sat on that bus You sat on the bus In the '50s all buses divided Whites in front, blacks behind You serious? If the bus filled up we had to give up Our seats or we'd be fined That's Ludi-crous I made a stand in my hometown Montgomery, Alabama That's danger-ous Refused to stand for a white man So they put me in the slammer Discourte-ouss! December 5, 1955 My trial notorious Black people stood side-by-side And no one Got on the bus We stayed off the bus They stayed off the bus We stayed off the bus I meant busin-ess She inspired us So they stayed off the bus We stayed off the bus We organised a boycott of public transportation To win R-E-S-P-E-C-T and force new legislation Dreamed of the day the USA Had no implementation Of S-E-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N Spells segregation From that day on we walked or cabbed Led by Martin Luther King Attacked by mobs our houses bombed Though peace was our thing Our plight it made the national news Which was mighty strange Mysteri-ouss When word reached the President He had to make a change Deliri-ous One year on we'd finally won A victory momen-tous The fight for national Civil Rights was begun Cos I sat on a bus She sat on a bus I sat on a bus She sat on a bus I sat on a bus For all of us I sat on a bus She sat on a bus I sat, I sat Our story owes a Huge debt to Rosa I sat, I sat, I sat on that bus We all agree She made history On the bus She sat on the bus For all of us I sat on that bus She sat on the bus She sat on the bus