Redemption Song - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit But my hand was made strong By the hand of the Almighty We forward in this generation, yeah 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 ourself can free our mind 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? Yeah, some say it's just a part of it We've got to fulfill the book 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 bottom less pit. 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 song 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've got to fulfill the book. Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom 'Cause all I ever have 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've got to fulfill the book. Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom 'Cause all I ever had Redemption songs 'Cause all I ever had

Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit 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've got to fulfill the Book Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom 'Cause all I ever have Redemption songs Redemption songs 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 pit But my hand was made strong By the hands of the Almighty We forward in this generation Triumphantly Won't you help me sing These songs of freedom? It's 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've got to fulfill the book Won't you help me sing These songs of freedom? It's all I ever have Redemption songs Redemption songs It's all I ever have Redemption songs Redemption songs You're all I ever have Redemption songs

Revelation, reveals the truth, Revelation It takes a revolution to make a solution Too much confusion, so much frustration I don't want to live in the park Can't trust no shadows after dark So my friend I wish that you could see Like a bird in the tree, the prisoners must be free Never make a politician grant you a favour They will always want to control you forever So if a fire make it burn And if a blood make it run Rasta there up on top, can't you see So you can't predict the flop We got lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Kill, cramp and paralyse all weak at conception Wipe them out of creation Let l'es is l'es in l'es is black In l'es is red in l'es is dread Let rightousness cover the earth Like the water cover the sea Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another inferior Is finally and permanently Discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war That until there no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all Without regard to race Dis a war That until that day, dream of lasting peace, world citizenship Rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained Now everywhere is war War And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola In Mozambique, South Africa Sub-human bondage have been toppled, utterly destroyed Well, everywhere is war Me say war War in the east War in the west War up north War down south War, war Rumours of war And until that day the African continent will not know peace We Africans will fight, we find it necessary And we know we shall win, as we are confident In the victory Of good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil Good over evil, yeah

Listen my brother and understand Don't play like a donkey if you're really a man You don't fool a soul when you wear sharp studs Your mouth is dirty and you cuss a bad word Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Mother been weeping We were no more strangers (yes I pray) We were more than friends (battles came down) Yet the battles were splintered all over the place Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Always come up and always rude Smashing things and breaking rules Man what do you think you are A little beast for sure Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Can't a woman's tender care (return you now) Change from all the child she beared We were no more strangers (yes I pray) We were more than friends (battles came down) Yet the battles were splintered all over the place Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war That until there are no longer First-class and second-class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights Are equally guaranteed to all Without regard to race Dis a war That until that day The dreams of lasting peace World citizenship And the rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued But never attained Well, everywhere is war War And until the ignoble and unhappy regime That hold our brothers in Angola In Mozambique South Africa Sub-human bondage Have been toppled Utterly destroyed Well, everywhere is war Me say war War in the east War in the west War up north War down south War, war Rumors of war And until that day The African continent Will not know peace We Africans will fight, we find it necessary And we know we shall win As we are confident In the victory Of good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil, evil Good over war Until bigotry and prejudice malicious Inhuman sub interests have been replaced by understanding And tolerance and goodwill yeah War Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings Equally in the eyes of the Almight War Everywhere is war