Old pirate, yes, them rob I, sold I to the merchant ship

Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit

But my hand was made strong by the hand of the almighty

We struggle in this generation triumphantly



New York City, won't you help me sing

These songs of freedom, cause all I've ever had

Redemption song, these songs of freedom



Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind

Have no fear for atomic energy for none of them a cannot stop the time

How long will you kill our prophet while we stand aside and look, ooh

Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil that book



Brooklyn, help me sing

These songs of freedom, cause all I've ever had

Redemption song, these songs of freedom



Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind

Have no fear for atomic energy for none of them they can't a stop for the time

How long will they kill our prophet while we stand aside and look, ooh

Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil that book



Won't you help me sing

These songs of freedom, cause all I've ever had

Redemption song, these songs of freedom



A-Ame-rica, God bless America

A-Ame-rica, the land of the free and the home of the brave

A-Ame-rica, yeah, Amer, Amer, America

A-Ame-rica



New York City, let me see your hands in the air

A-Ame-rica, God bless ya, America, yeah, oh yeah

God bless Ame-rica