they tell me of a pie up in the sky waiting for me when i die from the minute you re born till when you die they never seem to hear even your cry and as sure as the sun will shine gonna get my share of what s mine and then the harder they come the harder they ll fall one and all well 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 under ground lord they think that they ve got the battle won i say forgive them lord they know not what they done and as sure as the sun will shine gonna get my share of what s mine and then the harder they come the harder they ll fall one and all well the harder they come the harder they ll fall one and all and i ll keep on fightin for the things i want though i know that when your dead you can t but i d rather be a free man in my grave then livin as a puppet or a slave and as sure as the sun will shine gonna get my share of what s mine and then the harder they come the harder they ll fall one and all well the harder they come the harder they ll fall one and all