The Harder They Come Lyrics

(Originally by Jimmy Cliff)

Well, they tell me there's a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
No one ever seems to hear you cry

But as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
I said, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all

I said the oppressors are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
But they think they're gonna have the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done

But as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
I said, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all

Break it down!

Well, I'm gonna try to do the things I want
Cause when you're dead you know that you can't
I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave

So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
I said, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
I said, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
I said, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all