Rihanna
Redemption Song lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Hip-Hop, Pop, R&B
- Length
- 2:50
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ship
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
But the hand of the Almighty
We forwad in this generation
Triumphantly
So won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption song
Redemption song
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?
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book
So won't you help me sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption song
These songs of freedom
Redemption song
These songs of freedom
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Key vocabulary
- hand
- person's arm endA1
- help
- give supportA1
- old
- not newA1
- strong
- powerfulA1
- time
- measured momentsA1
- pirates
- people who steal at seaC1
- emancipate
- free from control
- mental
- related to the mindB1
- after
- later in timeA1
- book
- set of pagesA1
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About this song
Rihanna is a Barbadian singer and songwriter who works primarily in dance pop and pop-leaning R&B, incorporating influences from reggae, EDM, dancehall, and hip-hop. She is known for chart-dominating hits such as “Umbrella” and “Work” and for taking major creative control with releases like ANTI.