words and music by Jimmy Cliff)



Well, they tell me of a pie up in the sky

Waiting for me when I die

But between the day you're born and when you die

You know, they never seem to hear even your cry



Chorus:

So as sure as the sun will shine

I'm gonna get my share now what is mine

And then the harder they come

The harder they fall

One and all

The harder they come

The harder they fall

One and all



And the oppressors are trying to track me down

They're trying to drive me underground

And they think that they have got the battle won

I say, forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done



Chorus



And I keep on fighting for the things I want

Though I know that when you're dead you can't

But I'd rather be a free man in my grave

Than living as a puppet or a slave



Chorus



(C) 1972 Island Music Ltd