Little did anyone know at the time,
That this woman would change the world.
When the color of your skin made a difference in society,
And determined how you were treated,
There was a woman, who wanted to change that all,

In a bus, in the city of Montgomery,
A woman came aboard.
And in the front of the bus, she sat.

When she was asked to move to the back like the rest,
She simply shook her head and didn’t budge.
Even though he was a white man,
She was going to be the judge.

And even as they cuffed her hands,
And sent her to jail,
In her mind she was not finished,
She knew she didn’t fail.

This happened a lot down in Montgomery, Alabama But she was well known in the African American Community
Used to work for the President of the NAACP
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the pastor of a local church
Called a meeting and said, the only way to fight is for
No one, to ride the bus to work.

She believed that "Quiet Strength" was the "Pathway to Freedom"
It took a year for the Supreme Court to agree with her
Segregation on transportation is unconstitutional
In the land of the free, separate can't be equal Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

She wears the crown
Standing up for her rights just by sitting down
Rosa Parks, can't you see you changed history
As a nation we are grateful for eternity
Like a rose, your lesson grows more and more each day

The bus you rode has miles to go but we are on our way to be free
One woman holding a candle in the dark
And her name was Rosa Parks

Her actions started a very important movement,
In the history of African Americans.
It sparked a revolution for equality,
And so the civil rights movement began.