[Celebrating Black History Month\Bob Marley\Poetry]
Bob Marley: “Won’t You help to sing, These songs of freedom? ‘Cause all I ever had, Redemption songs.”
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The one and only Bob Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) the great musical messenger and freedom fighter.
In honor of Black History Month, the Black Star News will be featuring speeches, interviews, poetry, etc. all month from important figures who fought for Black liberation and who represent the Black experience with honor.
Today, in honor of Bob Marley (whose birthday 75 birthday would’ve been on Thursday) we publish here some of the poetic words, in the classic “Redemption Song.”
Redemption Song
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
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
[Guitar break]
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Wo!
Have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fulfill the book
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom
