Steemitcentral Lyrics Challenge Day 16/60 - Redemption Songs - Bob Marley.

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"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 'and 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.
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Reflection
The mental slavery we've put ourselves under in the name of colonization is getting too much. The saddest part is that it's evolving with time so the yoke hasn't left our neck since then. The legendary Bob Marley was trying to make us see the bigger picture in all this, he was apt to tell us what we are under and what can happen if we don't take our neck off this yoke and be free.

I hope it's not too late to do this, everyone really need to meditate on this song.

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