[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
Old pirates, y

             
es, they rob I

   
.
             
Sold I to the 

      
merchant ships
             
  minutes afte

            
r they took I 

          
  from the bot

        
tomless pit.
             
But my hand wa

       
s made strong
          
  By the hand 

         
of the Almight

y.
             
We forward in 

            
this generatio

        
n triumphantly

.

[Chorus]
              
Won't you help

            
 to sing    th

          
ese songs of f

reedom?
            
Cause all I ev

           
er had,      r

            
edemption song

   
s,
            
redemption son

      
gs.

[Verse 2]
             
Emancipate you

              
rselves from m

       
ental slavery,
             
None but ourse

           
lves can free 

    
our minds.
             
Have no fear f

            
or atomic ener

gy,
              
'Cause none of

          
 them can stop

     
 the time.
             
How long shall

              
 they kill our

   
 prophets
             
While we stand

        
 aside and loo

k?
             
Ooh, some say 

            
it's just a pa

rt of it.
             
We've got to f

        
ulfill the boo

k.

[Chorus]
              
Won't you help

            
 to sing    th

           
ese songs of f

reedom?
            
'Cause all I e

           
ver had,      

            
redemption son

    
gs,
            
redemption son

            
gs, redemption

       
 songs.

[Instrumental]
      
      
      
      

[Verse 3]
             
Emancipate you

              
rselves from m

        
ental slavery,
             
None but ourse

           
lves can free 

        
our minds.
             
Woh, Have no f

              
ear for atomic

  
 energy,
              
'Cause none of

             
 them-ah can-a

           
h stop-ah the 

   
time.
             
How long shall

              
 they kill our

  
 prophets
             
While we stand

           
 aside and loo


k?
             
Yes, some say 

           
it's just a pa

rt of it.
             
We've got to f

           
ulfill the boo


k.

[Chorus]
              
Won't you help

            
 to sing    th

           
ese songs of f

reedom?
            
'Cause all I e

           
ver had,      

            
redemption son

    
gs,
            
All I ever had

          
,      redempt

         
ion songs,
             
These songs of

           
 freedom,  son

       
gs of freedom

[Outro]
      

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