"Redemption Song " è una canzone scritta nel 1979 dal cantante giamaicano Bob Marley . E' considerata una delle più grandi opere di Marley. Alcune parti del testo derivano da un discorso tenuto dallo scrittore panafricanista Marcus Garvey.
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...
