Drop the Mic

Ida-        “I was the first one not to move on the train
              I won a settlement, for my emotional pain”

Rosa-       “But I was the one who went down in history
              So I’ll say that I have the victory”

Ida-         “Miss Parks take a seat for real
               I, Ida B. Wells was the real deal
               I knocked on the woman’s door
               And walked into her house
               Told her to tell the truth and shut her mouth”

Rosa-       “Martin the King and I the Queen
               We changed the history books
               The marches, the protests, legislation
               Check it out take a look
                My living was not in vain”

Ida-          “No Rosa it wasn’t
                 But you played the game
                 By piggybacking off me
                 The law worked for me because I had tenacity”

Rosa-        “Well Ida, we boycotted the buses we started walking
                 Then the bus companies started talking
                 So I hit them in their pocket, leaving the buses with empty seats
                 I did my part take a look at my feet
                 Better known as the Montgomery Boycott
                 By starting that, I started a lot”

Ida-           “No one is trying to take your props
                  I led the anti-lynching crusade in the United States
                  Because injustice continued to escape
                  I also called for President William McKinley to make reforms
                  Because lynching could not be accepted as the norm”

Rosa-         “You and I have done a lot for our people”

Ida-            “We have done our part to obliterate evil”

Rosa-         “Thank you my friend”

Ida-            “I thank you my sister, this is not the end”

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