‘Redemption Song’ foi a última faixa do último álbum de estúdio de Bob Marley, Uprising, lançado em 1980. Marley escreveu a canção em 1979 após seu diagnóstico de câncer, e ela reflete seus pensamentos sobre sua própria mortalidade e o legado que ele queria deixar. É conhecida por suas poderosas mensagens de esperança e libertação.
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Old pirates, yes, they rob I
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sold I to the merchant ships
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Minutes after they took I
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from the bottomless pit.
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But my hand was made strong
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by the hand of the Almighty.
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We forward in this generation...triumphantly.
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Won't you help to sing
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these songs of freedom?
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'Cause all I ever have,
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redemption songs.
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Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
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none but ourselves can free our minds.
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Have no fear for atomic energy
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'cause none of them can stop the time.
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How long shall they kill our prophets,
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While we stand aside and look?
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Some say it's just a part of it
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we've got to fulfill the book.
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Won't you help to sing
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these songs of freedom?
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'Cause all I ever have,
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redemption songs.
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Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
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none but ourselves can free our minds.
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Have no fear for atomic energy
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'cause none of them can stop the time.
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How long shall they kill our prophets,
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while we stand aside and look?
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Oh,some say it's just a part of it
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we've got to fulfill the book.
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Won't you help to sing
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another song of freedom?
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'Cause all I ever have,
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redemption songs.
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These songs of freedom
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these songs of freedom
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All I ever have ************************************