Wyclef Jean - Redemption Song

Old pirate, yes, them rob I, sold I to the merchant ship <br />Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit <br />But my hand was made strong by the hand of the almighty <br />We struggle in this generation triumphantly <br />New York City, won't you help me sing <br />These songs of freedom, cause all I've ever had <br />Redemption song, these songs of freedom <br />Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind <br />Have no fear for atomic energy for none of them a cannot stop the time <br />How long will you kill our prophet while we stand aside and look, ooh <br />Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil that book <br />Brooklyn, help me sing <br />These songs of freedom, cause all I've ever had <br />Redemption song, these songs of freedom <br />Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind <br />Have no fear for atomic energy for none of them they can't a stop for the time <br />How long will they kill our prophet while we stand aside and look, ooh <br />Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil that book <br />Won't you help me sing <br />These songs of freedom, cause all I've ever had <br />Redemption song, these songs of freedom <br />A-Ame-rica, God bless America <br />A-Ame-rica, the land of the free and the home of the brave <br />A-Ame-rica, yeah, Amer, Amer, America <br />A-Ame-rica <br />New York City, let me see your hands in the air <br />A-Ame-rica, God bless ya, America, yeah, oh yeah <br />God bless Ame-rica