I Am a Man

Haya, oh, Haya oh, Haya!

I know a man of Africa
For many years he was locked away
Without a hope, without a prayer
He said, Father, Father, why do they punish me
He said, Mother, Mother, why do they silence we
What have we so wrong as a people done

He said, I, am a man
He said, I, breathe and bleed just like you
I'm a man, singing my Redemption song
Redemption song

Haya, oh, Haya oh, Haya!

I know a man of America
Although he's gone, his word lives on
For to all he said, I have a dream
He said, "brother, brother, why the violence?"
He said, "sister, sister, where is our innocence?"
"Why do we judge we, by the skin we're in?"

He said, I, am a man
He said, I, breathe and bleed just like you
I'm a man, singing my Redemption song
Redemption song

Tell me how, how could one look at another one
Not see a human one, not see that we all are one
That's why today, we must stand, we must say

Haya, oh! I, am a man
He said, I, breathe and bleed just like you
I'm a man, singing my Redemption song
Redemption song

Haya, oh!
Singing my Redemption song
Redemption song

Haya, oh! I, am a man
He said, I, breathe and bleed just like you
I'm a man, singing my Redemption song
Redemption song

Haya, oh! I, am a man
He said, I, breathe and bleed just like you
I'm a man, singing my Redemption song
Redemption song