Ode To Emmett Till
Location
Justice denied at fourteen
Beaten, shot, dumped
Death finally claiming to end your pain
Where is justice I yell
An eerie response echoes
Not here at Tallahatchie River
Where is justice I yell
Not here responds the steps of the courthouse
Where is justice I yell
Not here responds Jim Crow
The pain from the heart is unbearable
The chains wrapped around the segregated South is relentless
Where is justice I yell
Here I AM
I AM the force and the light that will change the world
I AM the voice for the Emmett Tills of the world
Here I AM
I AM the Civil Rights Movement
Peace, rest Emmett
You have paved the way
I will hold your hand to comfort you
I AM your friend
I AM your greatest champion
After the violent storm you painfully endured, I AM your rainbow
Peace, rest Emmett
Civil Rights Movmement is HERE