Bob Marley & The Wailers - Redemption Song

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Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
Genesis 37:23-28

But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
Genesis 49:24

We forward in this generation, triumphantly

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 a them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets?
While we stand aside and look, ooh
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfil the book

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 mind
Oh, have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none a them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look, oh
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfil the book

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom

Note:

This song is the original version first released in 1980.
It was later covered by Bunny Wailer in 1981.

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