This youth should still be here today
Not centre of a famous case,
His life cut short by vicious thugs -
This boy was killed because of race!
With punctured lung and fatal wounds,
And fear so great they'd give him chase,
He ran until his body fell -
This boy was killed because of race!
But though six suspects were detained
There was no legal charge to face
For reasons that became too clear -
This boy was killed because of race!
So Stephen's mother bravely fought
And to the court with fire and grace
Would bring a private case to bear -
This boy was killed because of race!
But that would fail, the judge would rule
The case lacked solid strength and base,
The suspects were acquitted thus -
This boy was killed because of race!
Then racist motives were exposed -
The Force would need with speed embrace
Some shameful dealings deep within -
This boy was killed because of race!
Two suspects were then sent to court
Where jury found compelling trace
Of guilt some twenty years too late -
This boy was killed because of race!
But three still free and one is dead,
This bitter shame our land must face
With more reports that scandalise -
This boy was killed because of race!
And Stephen would be fifty now,
A sportsman with dream set in place
To be an architect but no -
This boy was killed because of race!
As echo of his story tells
A life so cruelly lost at pace
We never must gainsay the truth -
This boy was killed because of race!
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