Emmett til lEmmett till, he was just a child in those Emmett Emmett till, he was just a child in those hills Had dreams and hopes for the future, as every boy should, as every young boy should, as every young boy would
till Emmett till, just a boy of 14 years Emmett till Emmett till, cried a of tears He'd wake up morning, to the thrill of each dawn 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 precious Went to visit his family, out the Tallahatchie bridge Had dreams and for the future, as every young boy should, Had dreams and hopes for the future, as every young boy
He was a young boy, he stood tall in his own skin The said the boy he stood tall like a man Emmett lost his life, in the name of You know the penalty varies, from race to They(the killers) a dark life, behind the farce of the law That protects weak men that the life of a child Men with no heart, men no soul, not a thread of remorse,no not a thread of remorse
What evils been done, can be taken away a crime that even more hideous each day As the story's retold, more recoil a jury set killers free to the streets of our world They're free to walk the streets of Emmett's world.