| Song | Dear Rosa |
| Artist | LaBelle |
| Album | Back To Now |
| Said I’ve got something to say | |
| My dear lady, | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| I want to say what’s on my mind | |
| I ‘m 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, goneeeeeeee | |
| Somebody says, and still the cross is burned. | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| The spirit will yearn. | |
| Chorus: (Background) | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| Oh we miss you yes, yes we do | |
| Uh huh, oh the trials and troubles | |
| Regardless of the right things to do | |
| Rosa,What a wonderful woman? | |
| I am so glad | |
| Rosa, you sat down. | |
| Chorus: (Background) | |
| Rosa, tell will we ever ride | |
| Where would | |
| I be, Rosa if you did not believe | |
| Keep the memory; you’ve been a blessing to me | |
| I want the world to sing, oh | |
| Chorus: (Background) | |
| Rosa oh, you have been good to me | |
| Change our lives | |
| Oh the pride that | |
| I feel and | |
| I know that it’s real | |
| Somebody say, hey hey | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| You sat on down | |
| I’ll keep saying it | |
| Yes you did | |
| Tell me somebody | |
| Dear Rosa (repeat 6X’s) | |
| Chorus: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, |
| Said I' ve got something to say | |
| My dear lady, | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| I want to say what' s on my mind | |
| I ' m 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, goneeeeeeee | |
| Somebody says, and still the cross is burned. | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| The spirit will yearn. | |
| Chorus: Background | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| Oh we miss you yes, yes we do | |
| Uh huh, oh the trials and troubles | |
| Regardless of the right things to do | |
| Rosa, What a wonderful woman? | |
| I am so glad | |
| Rosa, you sat down. | |
| Chorus: Background | |
| Rosa, tell will we ever ride | |
| Where would | |
| I be, Rosa if you did not believe | |
| Keep the memory you' ve been a blessing to me | |
| I want the world to sing, oh | |
| Chorus: Background | |
| Rosa oh, you have been good to me | |
| Change our lives | |
| Oh the pride that | |
| I feel and | |
| I know that it' s real | |
| Somebody say, hey hey | |
| Dear Rosa, | |
| You sat on down | |
| I' ll keep saying it | |
| Yes you did | |
| Tell me somebody | |
| Dear Rosa repeat 6X' s | |
| Chorus: 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, |