I ain't gonna moan, and I ain't no fool.
I just wanna go to a decent school.
Well this rap's of a girl named Linda Brown
Who went to school on the other side of town
She knew that she was segregated
And therefore she was less educated.
It was just not right, thought Linda Brown,
So she tried to turn the law upside down.
Linda wasn't gonna moan, she wasn't a fool
She just wanna go to a decent school.
Linda wasn't gonna moan, she wasn't a fool
She just wanna go to a decent school.
She went to court, and it was Supreme!
The decision came down, and then did deem
That separate's unequal, it's sure not right
To have better schools because you're white!
Her case did prove that education
Was meant to serve the entire nation
She wasn't gonna moan, she wasn't no fool
She just wanna go to a decent school.
I ain't gonna moan, I ain't gonna fuss.
I just sat down at the front of the bus
This short rap tells of Rosa Parks
Who caused some friction, set off some sparks
W-w-w-Working day over, she had tired feet
She got on the bus and she wanted a seat
She knew that blacks didn't have the right
To take a seat without asking whites
She wasn't gonna moan, She wasn't gonna fuss.
She just sat down at the front of the bus
Rosa wasn't gonna moan, She wasn't gonna fuss.
She just sat down at the front of the bus
C-c-c-cuffed her and threw her off the line
And Rosa was told she had to pay a fine
The blacks all said, we're not gonna ride
They had their dignity, they had their pride
It took a while, but after time
Blacks up front were no longer a crime
She wasn't gonna moan, She wasn't gonna fuss.
She just sat down at the front of the bus
Yo, we ain't gonna moan, and we're not rude
We just sit down and order some food
One day four men sat and thought
About a law that should, should be fought
A counter for blacks, and one for whites
This took away their civil rights
The four of them, they went downtown
Entered a store and they sat right down
They weren't gonna moan, and they weren't rude
They just sat down and ordered some food
Yo, They weren't gonna moan, and they weren't rude
They just sat down and ordered some food
Yeah, sat right down, and then they spoke
"We'd like some coffee, do you mind if I smoke?"
They sat all day, and the next day too
Nobody could figure out what to do
For the next few years, the movement spread
And soon Jim Crow was all but dead
They weren't gonna moan, and they weren't rude
They just sat down and ordered some food
We ain't gonna moan, and we ain't rude
We'll just sit down and order some food
We ain't gonna moan, and we ain't gonna fuss
We'll just sit down at the front of the bus
No, we ain't gonna moan, we ain't no fools
We just wanna go to decent schools
[Voiceover of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:]
[W]hen we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we're free at last!"
[rappers continue until the end...]
We ain't gonna moan, and we ain't rude
We'll just sit down and order some food
We ain't gonna moan, and we ain't gonna fuss
We'll just sit down at the front of the bus
No, we ain't gonna moan, we ain't no fools
We just wanna go to a decent school
We ain't gonna moan, and we ain't rude
We'll just sit down and order some food
No no no We ain't gonna moan, and we ain't gonna fuss
