« Redemption Song »
Old pirates, yes, they come again;
With their dog Zinsou near our coast,
Decades after our so called independence
From the bottomless pit of colonialism.
But our hand should be made strong
By Soglo and the vanguard of the people.
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 Françafrique;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for French colonialism,
‘Cause it can never stop our People.
How long shall they kill our hope,
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.