Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minute after they took I From the bottomless pit But my hand was made strong By the hand of the Almighty And we'll forward in this generation Triumphantly Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom These songs of freedom? All I ever had, yeah Redemption songs Redemption songs Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds I 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 And we got to fulfil the book But won't you help to sing Songs of freedom These songs of freedom? All I ever had Is just redemption songs Redemption songs ♪ Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery (ooh) None but ourselves can free our minds I have no fear for atomic energy 'Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets (how long, ooh) While we stand aside and look? (While we stand, while we stand aside) Some say it's just a part of it We all got to fulfill the book But won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? These songs of freedom These songs of freedom These songs of freedom Redemption songs Songs of freedom Just songs of freedom Redemption songs Songs of freedom Songs of freedom ♪ Yay, yay, yay, yay, hmm