Couldn't ride on the bus
Unfriendly stares burn holes
Eyes casted down
A shunned reality

Can't drink at a water fountain
Eating scraps in the back
Stick & stones try to break my bones
If I endure, will change come?

Martin, Rosa & Malcolm
Making a better tomorrow
The next movement
Change is coming soon

Midnite dances liberate
Cool ass rhythms flow
Secret meetings
Here comes change

Got to ride the bus
Unfriendly stares still burns
Eyes casted away
Same reality

Drinking at a fountain
Eating on the counter
Still those sticks & stones try to break
I will endure

Martin & Malcolm live on
Still trying for a better tomorrow
The people movement
Change is coming

Hazy smoke liberate
Not a care in the world
What happened to the cool ass rhythms?
Is the change here yet?