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I was born a black boyMy name is Emmett TillI walked this earth for fourteen yearsThen one night I was killedFor speaking to a womanWhose skin was as white as doughThat's a sin in MississippiBut how was I to knowI'd come down from ChicagoTo visit with my kinUp there I was a cheeky kidI guess I always beenBut the harm they put upon meWas too hard for what I doneFor I was just a black boyI never hurt no oneThey took me from my uncle's houseMose Wright was his nameHe'd later stand and without hesitationPoint the blameAt the ones who beat and cut meAnd shot me with a gunThen threw me in the riverLike I was trash when they were doneLetras de cancionesI was sent back to my motherAt least what was left of meShe kept my casket openFor the whole wide world to seeThe awful desecrationAnd the evidence of hateYou could not recognize meThe mutilation was so greatThere came a cry for justice thenTo be finally fulfilledAll because of me, a black boyMy name is Emmett TillBut I'd have rather lived'Til I was too old to die youngNot miss all I left behindAll that might have comeThe summer clouds above my headThe grass beneath my feetThe warmth of a good womanHer kisses soft and sweetPerhaps to be a fatherWith a black boy of my ownAnd watch him grow intoA kinder world than I had knownWhere no child would be murderedFor the color of his skinAnd love would be the only thingInside the hearts of menThey say the horror of that nightIs still haunting heaven stillWhere I am one more black boyMy name is Emmett Till From Letras Mania