Emmett til till, he was just a child in those hills Emmett till 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 Emmett till, just a boy of 14 Emmett till Emmett till, cried a lifetime of He'd wake up every morning, to the of each dawn Had dreams and for the future, as every young boy should, as every young boy should, as every young boy would
In the of 55', Mamie Till told her only son, 'Segregations over, but you take care my precious one' Went to visit his family, out the Tallahatchie bridge Had and hopes for the future, as every 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 tall like a man Emmett lost his life, in the of hate You know the penalty varies, from to race They(the killers) live a life, behind the farce of the law That protects weak men that took the of a child Men with no heart, men with no soul, not a thread of remorse,no not a thread of
What evils been done, can be taken away a crime that even more hideous each day As the retold, more people recoil a jury set killers free to the streets of our world They're still to walk the streets of Emmett's world.