Rosewood

[00:11.63] They say the whole thing started with Fanny Taylor's lie
[00:17.99] That spark, lit the flame, fear and hatred fed the fire
[00:24.26] Truly, it started centuries ago
[00:33.72] Ships with human cargo chained down below
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[00:45.83] I was in the third grade, I could read an' write
[00:51.85] I remember every thing, the moon was full and bright
[00:58.10] So bright, you could see shadows at midnight
[01:09.01] The night they burned Rosewood to the ground
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[01:19.34] Rosewood, Rosewood
[01:25.30] Buried in the ashes of history
[01:31.64] Rosewood, Rosewood
[01:37.93] Where my family home used to be
[01:42.57]
[01:53.47] Had to put on heavy clothes, fast as we could
[01:59.41] There was shootin' everywhere
[02:02.63] Had to get out in the woods
[02:05.12] First person killed was my uncle
[02:10.33] Sam Carter was his name
[02:15.01] What happened in Rosewood that night
[02:19.65] Nothin' but a crime an' a shame
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[02:27.18] Newspapers told how many
[02:30.20] Whites and blacks were counted dead
[02:33.28] But the tears had no color
[02:36.58] The tears their families shed
[02:39.85] Anyway, the numbers in the papers
[02:44.44] Were nowhere near the truth
[02:48.39] Coulda been ten, coulda been a hundred
[02:54.35] We had no proof
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[03:00.81] Rosewood, Rosewood
[03:06.89] Buried in the ashes of history
[03:13.05] Rosewood, Rosewood
[03:19.33] Where my family home used to be
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[03:35.13] The first day of the New Year, 1923
[03:41.24] Burned like a brand on a child's memory
[03:47.68] Hidin' in the swamps, prayin' we'd get away
[03:57.34] Never talked about it, mm, 'til today
[04:08.48] Rosewood, Rosewood
[04:14.54] Buried in the ashes of history
[04:20.84] Rosewood, Rosewood
[04:27.09] Where my family home used to be
[04:33.09] Burned like a brand on a child's memory
[04:39.25] Where my family's home used to be
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