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 of 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 tryin' to keep me down
tryin' 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 of 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
oh yeah
well oh yeah
oh yeah
oh yeah
but i'll 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
then living as a puppet or a slave
so as sure as the sun will shine
i'm gonna get my share right now of 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
yeah
the harder they come
the harder they'll fall
one and all
(wanna say now
wanna say now
oh
wanna say now
wanna say one more time)
yeah
the harder they come
harder they'll fall
one and all