Redemption Song – Bob Marley  Lyrics

February 1, 2010

Album: Uprising
Genre:Folk rock, reggae
Writer: Bob Marley
Released: June, 1980

Bob Marly wrote this song that was included in her album Uprising in 1980. The lyrics is inspired from the popular speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator, publisher and journalist, Marcus Garvey. The song is a strong warming to emancipate yourself from mental slavery. Many artist has used as cover. Recently, Redemption song was performed by Rihanna on the album Hope for Haiti Now, the campaing. The director Martin Scorsese announced his intentition to produce a new documentary movie about this legend. If you want to help the haitinian’s cause, you can visit hopeforhaitinow.org.



Redemption Song - Bob Marley

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? Ooh!
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

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?
Yes, 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
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom







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