Tyler

Appeal to the governor

Of Louisiana

You may get an answer

The process is slow

Federal court won't

Do much to help him

It's been forty years

And they've just let him go

Tyler is guilty

A white judge has said so

What right do we have

To say it's not so

Tyler is guilty

A white judge has said so

What right do we have

To say it's not so

Testify under pressure

A racist jury

Government lawyers

It's all for show

With rows of white faces

False accusations

He's framed up for murder

They've just let him go

Tyler is guilty

A white judge has said so

What right do we have

To say it's not so

Tyler is guilty

A white judge has said so

What right do we have

To say it's not so

Police gun was planted

No matching bullets

No prints on the handle

No proof to show

But Tyler, is guilty

A white judge has said so

They showed him no mercy

They've just let him go

Tyler is guilty

A white judge has said so

What right do we have

To say it's not so

Tyler is guilty

A white judge has said so

What right do we have

To say it's not so

Tyler is guilty

A white judge has said so

What right do we have

To say it's not so

Tyler

Is guilty

A white judges has said so

They showed him no mercy

They've just let him go