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Bob Marley
Bob Marley


Background information
Birth name Robert Nesta Marley
Born February 6, 1945
Born place Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica
Died May 11, 1981
Death place Miami, Florida, United States
Genre(s) Ska
Reggae
Years active 1962—81
Associated acts The Wailers
Wailers Band
The Upsetters
I Threes
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Bob Marley Lyrics

"The Opressed Song" lyrics


Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottom less 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
Oh! 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

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