[Verse]
Old pirates, yes, they robbed 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.

[Chorus]
So won't you help to sing,
These songs of freedom?
It's all I ever have,
Redemption songs.

[Verse]
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our mind,
Have no fear for atomic energy,
Cause none of them can stop this time.

How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Some say, "That it's just a part of it,
We've got to fulfil the book."

[Chorus]
So won't you help to sing,
These songs of freedom?
It's all I ever have,
Redemption songs.

[Verse]
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our mind,
Have no fear for atomic energy,
Cause none of them can stop this time.

How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Some say, "That it's just a part of it,
We've got to fulfil the book."

[Chorus]
So won't you help to sing,
These songs of freedom?
It's all I ever have,
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs,
These songs of freedom,
Another song of freedom,
Redemption songs.