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The Harder They Come

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The Harder They Come

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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 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 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

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 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

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