Back in 1954 in Montgomery on city streets,
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There's a bus on the corner with police cars
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And a woman sit in front on her seat
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You know what's right, you know what's wrong
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No signs of coming down,
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It's been going on to you
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You know what's wrong, you know what's right
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Rosa's gonna fight, it's been going on too long, too long
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Rosa was arrested cause of man
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That's for herand she wouldn't give it up
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Martin Luther King helped formed a boy cart
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No blacks would ride the bus until they stopped
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You know what's right, you know what's wrong
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No signs of coming down,
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It's been going on to you
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You know what's wrong, you know what's right
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Rosa's gonna fight, it's been going on too long, too long
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Sometimes the best way to fight for a better day
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Is sitting down, not fighting, sitting down, making
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Sit down to stand up, sit down to stand up
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Sit down to stand up, before you rise
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Sit down to stand up, sit down to stand up
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Sit down to stand up, before you rise
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You don't need no riot to start a ride
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Making changes, changes, changes,
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Rosa brought change in the
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When people fought for their civil rights
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In the school and working and traveling
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It should be equal if you black or white
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You know what's right, you know what's wrong
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No signs of coming down,
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It's been going on to you
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You know what's wrong, you know what's right
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Sit down to stand up, sit down to stand up
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Sit down to stand up, before you rise
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Sit down to stand up, sit down to stand up
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Sit down to stand up, before you rise.
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Rosa Parks
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