Which Bob Marley song contains the lyric 'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'?

The Bob Marley song containing the lyric “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery” is “Redemption Song.” Marley wrote and recorded it for Uprising, his final studio album with the Wailers, released in 1980.

Unlike most of Marley’s best-known recordings, the original album version is a stark solo performance: Marley sings while accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. Its reflective sound matches lyrics about freedom, colonial violence, self-determination, and the struggle to liberate the mind as well as the body.

The song’s central idea was influenced by Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey. Marley adapted themes from Garvey’s speeches, especially the claim that no one else can free a person’s mind. The lyric is often misremembered as belonging to “War,” because both songs address oppression and liberation. “Redemption Song” is also distinct from the fuller band arrangement released in some versions; the acoustic recording is the version most associated with the famous line.