Songwriter: Bob Marley
Smooth Criminal is the seventh single from Michael Jackson's Bad album. The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jackson's lyrics about a woman named Annie, who has been attacked in her apartment by a suave hitman. It was released as a single in 1988 and peaked at seven on the Billboard Hot 100. It has since become one of Jackson's most popular songs. The video itself is one of the most famous of all times due to its incredible dance routines Read more on Last.fm.
Length: 6:24
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 fought 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? Oooh!
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 song
Redemption song
Redemption song
EMANCIPATE yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind
WoAH! 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
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 fought 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? Oooh!
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 song
Redemption song
Redemption song
EMANCIPATE yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind
WoAH! 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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