Oh, yeah Oh, yeah 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 They never seem to hear even your cry So as sure as the Sun will shine I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine And then the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Ooh, the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Well, the oppressors are trying to keep me down 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 'Cause as sure as the Sun will shine I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine And then the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Ooh, the harder they come Harder they'll fall, one and all Hey Ooh-ooh, yeah Ooh-ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah 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 So as sure as the Sun will shine I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine And then the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Ooh, the harder they come Harder they'll fall, one and all Hey, the harder they come Harder they'll fall, one and all What I say now, what I say now Oh What I say now, what I say, one time The harder they come, harder they'll fall, one and all The harder they come, the harder they'll fall, one and all
Oh, yeah Oh, yeah 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 They never seem to hear even your cry So as sure as the Sun will shine I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine And then the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Ooh, the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Well, the oppressors are trying to keep me down 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 'Cause as sure as the Sun will shine I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine And then the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Ooh, the harder they come Harder they'll fall, one and all Hey Ooh-ooh, yeah Ooh-ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah 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 So as sure as the Sun will shine I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine And then the harder they come The harder they'll fall, one and all Ooh, the harder they come Harder they'll fall, one and all Hey, the harder they come Harder they'll fall, one and all What I say now, what I say now Oh What I say now, what I say, one time The harder they come, harder they'll fall, one and all The harder they come, the harder they'll fall, one and all
“The Harder They Come” foi gravada por Jimmy Cliff para a trilha sonora do filme homônimo de 1972.
No filme, a canção é atribuída ao personagem principal, Ivanhoe Martin, como se ele a tivesse escrito.
A música rapidamente se tornou um clássico do reggae, sendo regravada por diversos artistas ao longo dos anos.
Em 2021, a revista Rolling Stone a posicionou no número 350 da lista “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
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