Old pirates, yes, they rob I   Sold I to the merchant ships   Minutes after they took I   From the bottomless pits      But my hand was made strong   By the Hand of the Almighty   We forward in this generation   Triumphantly      Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?   'Cause all I ever have 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?   Some say it's just a part of it   We got to fulfil The Book      So, won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?   'Cause all I ever have redemption songs   Redemption songs   Redemption songs      Old pirates, yes, they rob I   Sold I to the merchant ships   Minutes after they took I   From the bottomless pits      How long shall they kill our prophets   While we stand aside and look?   Here some say it's just a part of it   We've got to fulfil The Book      So, won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?   'Cause all I ever have redemption songs   All I ever have redemption songs   These songs of freedom, songs of freedom