Emmett til lEmmett till, he was a child in those hills Emmett 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 young boy would
Emmett till Emmett till, a boy of 14 years Emmett till Emmett till, cried a lifetime of He'd wake up every morning, to the of each dawn Had dreams and hopes for the future, as young boy should, as every young boy should, as every 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 and hopes for the future, as every young boy should, Had and hopes for the future, as every young boy would
He was just a young boy, he stood tall in his own The said the boy he stood tall like a man Emmett his life, in the name of hate You know the varies, from race to race They(the killers) a dark life, behind the farce of the law That protects weak men that took the 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 grows even more hideous day As the retold, more people recoil a set killers free to walk the streets of our world They're still free to walk the of Emmett's world.