Old pirates yes they rob I    Sold I to the merchant ship    Minutes after they took it    From the bottomless pit       But my hand was made strong    By the arms of the almighty    We forward in this generation    And triumphantly       Won't you help me sing    These songs of freedom    It's all I ever had    Redemption song    Redemption song       Emancipate yourself from    Mental slavery    None but ourself can free our mind    Have no fear for atomic energy    Cause none of them can stop the time    How long must they kill our profits    While we stand aside and look    Some say it's just a part of it    We've got to fulfill the book