In this country, In this World If you want change The first step, is you gotta say no Yeah, you gotta say no So that we all can say no Montgomery Alabama. Five years before those Four Greensboro boys Refused to get up from that counter This is 1955, Rosa Parks she took a ride And refused to rise Out her seat for somebody who was white She said No No To those Jim Crow laws of segregation That divided black and white folk in all the transportation Enter M.I.A, led by King, Abernathy and Nixon Not the one from Watergate But they form to fight this whitewashed system (1) They say Boycott, Don't ride the bus Don't give them our money in us we trust The same thing the colonist did with that stamp act When they left that King and made the U.S (2) The boycott worked like it did before 1956 the Supreme Court Says desegregate the busses Justice done They won because they all said “No!” First you gotta say no! Then we gotta say no! What if we all said no! ‘Cus when you protest gotta stick together When you boycott need to stay united When you strike, gotta know your why ‘Cus they will try to keep you divided Nothing worth having comes with ease On the other side of scary are the greatest things First you gotta say no! Then we gotta say no! What if we all said no? What if we all said No? After Montgomery victory Southern Christians form the SCLC Most famous fight in 1963 You know, Birmingham, Alabama Segregation about to shatter SCLC swung that hammer Boycotted for jobs and rights Sat in places they were denied Marched to city hall 50 at a time till they were all tried They were tried because they got arrested What shook the world Was that they were nonviolent protesting Which means, no matter how hard you are beat Hosed down or attacked by dogs on the street You turn the other cheek And they were beat by beast in blue (3) With badges and no honor Police brutality ordered by Bull Connor So many arrested, you what they did Train high school and college kids These students marched through hell, thrown into cells They were beat and kicked, hit with metal stick and fists But they did not fail Because of the old folks weary souls And the youth’s weary soles (4) Congress pass the civil rights act 1964 First you gotta say no! Then we gotta say no! What if we all said no! ‘Cus when you protest gotta stick together When you boycott need to stay united When you strike, gotta know your why ‘Cus they will try to keep you divided Nothing worth having comes with ease On the other side of scary are the greatest things First you gotta say no! Then we gotta say no! What if we all said no? What if we all said no?
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