| Old pirates, yes,they rob I;
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| Sold I to the merchant ships,
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| Minutes after they took I
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| From the bottomless pit.
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| But my hand was made strong
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| By the 'and of the Almighty.
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| We forward in this generation
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| Triumphantly.
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| Won't you help to sing
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| These songs of freedom? |
| -
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| 'Cause all I ever have:
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| Redemption songs;
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| Redemption songs.
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| Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
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| None but ourselves can free our minds.
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| Have no fear for atomic energy,
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| 'Cause none of them can stop the time.
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| How long shall they kill our prophets,
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| While we stand aside and look? |
| Ooh!
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| Some say it's just a part of it:
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| We've got to fulfill the book.
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| Won't you help to sing
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| These songs of freedom? |
| -
|
| 'Cause all I ever have:
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| Redemption songs;
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| Redemption songs;
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| Redemption songs.
|
| Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
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| None but ourselves can free our mind.
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| Wo! |
| Have no fear for atomic energy,
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| 'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
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| How long shall they kill our prophets,
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| While we stand aside and look?
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| Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
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| We've got to fulfill the book.
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| Won't you help to sing
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| These songs of freedom? |
| -
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| 'Cause all I ever had:
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| Redemption songs -
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| All I ever had:
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| Redemption songs:
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| These songs of freedom,
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| Songs of freedom. |