Old Pirates, yes, they rob I. They 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 to sing      these songs of freedom ? Is 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 of them can stop 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 fulfill the book.         Won't you help to sing    now songs of freedom ? Is all I ever had,  is all redemption songs, redemption songs.       You know in every day now In every way, in every way, in every way, yeah 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 We've got to fulfill, the book. Won't you help to sing now the songs of freedom ? When it's all I ever had, is all redemption songs, redemption song, redemption song And then come all with me and all children