Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
Sold I to the merchant ships
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
(But) my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
Refrão
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
(Uh,) some say it's just a part of it.
We've got to fulfill the book.
Refrão
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
redemption songs, redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
(Yes,) some say it's just a part of it.
We've got to fulfill the book.
Refrão
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemption songs,
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemption songs,
redemption songs.