Said I've got something to say My dear lady Dear Rosa I want to say whatfs on my mind I em 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 How long will this go on You changed our lives Now your gone away gone Somebody says and still the cross is burned Dear Rosa The spirit will yearn Dear Rosa Oh we miss you yes yes we do Change our lives Somebody said Dear Rosa Rosa I don't know where I'd be but I know yes indeed Change our lives and the pride that I feel yes I know that it's real Somebody say Dear Rosa Rosa I don't know where I'd be but I know yes indeed Change our lives and the pride that I feel yes I know that it's real Somebody say Dear Rosa Dear Rosa Rosa I don't know where I'd be but I know yes indeed Change our lives and the pride that I feel yes I know that it's real Somebody say Dear Rosa