Atticus Finch is my name
Not one for valor or for fame
A quiet man in a quiet town
Just me and my kids
Not many around

No one really noticed me
Til Tom Robinson’s name was known
Now everyone in the town knows me
But I am even more alone

You see he was just a man
With a family like me
Accused of a crime
And it was my job to set him free

But a black man in a white town
Accused of a crime and held down
Does not permit a man like me
To defend a black man for free
Soon the threats and the fear came
We all lived with it in shame

Because of my moral duty
To defend those in need
I believe should outweigh the darkness
And suffocate the greed
Of those who wallow
In ignorance and judge color
Of those who have and those who have not
And hate a man just for what he’s got

It is my job as a lawyer
To believe in law and justice and not in hate
To hide prejudice away from those
Who decide men’s fate

Over my many years of people beating me down
I take a pause to stand and look at all those around
And still I have hope that the good can be found.