Emmett til lEmmett till, he was just a child in hills till Emmett till, he was just a child in those hills Had dreams and hopes for the future, as every young boy should, as every young boy should, as every boy would
Emmett till till, just a boy of 14 years Emmett till Emmett till, cried a of tears He'd wake up every morning, to the thrill of each Had dreams and hopes for the future, as every young boy should, as every young boy should, as young boy would
In the summer of 55', Mamie Till told her only son, 'Segregations over, but you take care my one' Went to his family, out near the Tallahatchie bridge Had dreams and hopes for the future, as young boy should, Had dreams and hopes for the future, as every boy would
He was a young boy, he stood tall in his own skin The preacher said the boy he stood tall a man Emmett lost his life, in the name of You the penalty varies, from race to race They(the killers) a dark life, behind the farce of the law That protects weak men that took the life of a Men with no heart, men with no soul, not a of remorse,no not a thread of remorse
What evils been done, can never be away a crime that grows even more each day As the story's retold, more recoil a jury set killers free to walk the streets of our They're still free to walk the of Emmett's world.