Emmett til lEmmett till, he was a child in those 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 young boy would
Emmett till Emmett till, a boy of 14 years Emmett Emmett till, cried a lifetime of tears He'd wake up every morning, to the thrill of each Had dreams and for the future, as every 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 my precious one' Went to visit his family, out near the bridge Had dreams and hopes for the future, as every boy should, Had dreams and hopes for the future, as every young boy
He was just a boy, he stood tall in his own skin The preacher the boy he stood tall like a man lost his life, in the name of hate You know the penalty varies, race to race They(the killers) live a life, behind the farce of the law That weak men that took 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 done, can never be taken away a crime that grows more hideous each day As the retold, more people recoil a jury set killers to walk the streets of our world still free to walk the streets of Emmett's world.