Eric Bibb, Ron Carter - Emmett's Ghost (feat. Ron Carter)

I recall my first look at his Battered face A few years younger than Emmett Till When he met his brutal fate That photograph scared me so bad I started to cry What a way for a boy like me To have to die The ghost of Emmett Till is walkin' around The town of Money, Mississippi Can't move on 'cos hate's still goin' strong All over this country That picture sowed a bitter seed in my Frightened mind From that day on I understood Some hated my kind That photograph revealed a fact I could not deny Like Emmett Till, a boy like me Could surely die The ghost of Emmett Till is walkin' around The town of Money, Mississippi Can't move on 'though it's been so long 'Cos the killers walked free I remember I started to shiver When I saw his face Emmitt's blood in the Tallahatchie River Left a permanent trace That photograph scared me so bad I started to cry What a way for a boy like me To have to die The ghost of Emmett Till is walkin' around The town of Money, Mississippi Can't move on 'cos hate's still goin' strong All over this country