August 28, 1955

He was just a boy Someone who was filled with joy They could have given him a chance Still at the age of ignorance All they saw was a boy to destroy Overkill seems to have been the goal Makes you wonder if they even had a soul They did not just beat him They did more than shoot him What they did was they stole They stole this boy of life When they gouged his eye out with a knife When they used that fan and chicken wire They might have well set him on fire To them he was just a lowlife “Mom come save me” he starts to yell While praying these men will rot in hell He screams “please God make them quit” Then they finish him off with one last hit Saying bye-bye so long to him farewell His mother couldn’t believe the news Wanting to know who would do such abuse The sight of her son filled her with emotion Everything started to move in slow motion Her son was all she had to lose “Open the casket” she said The world needs to see why my son is dead His beautiful face you can’t recognize But I’m not covering him up with a disguise This will help change the world instead This boy influenced people like Rosa Parks This then caused Martin Luther King Jr. to add his sparks Emmitt Till’s life caused a huge improvement It’s well known as the Civil Rights Movement