Artist: Jimmy Cliff

Album: The Harder They Come

Year: 1972

Tracks
1. You Can Get It If You Really Want by Jimmy Cliff

Lyrics:
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try
Try and try, you'll succeed at last

Persecution you must bear

Win or lose you've got to get your share
Got your mind set on a dream
You can get it, though harder them seem now

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try
Try and try, you'll succeed at last
I know it, listen

Rome was not built in a day

Opposition will come your way
But the hotter the battle you see
It\'s the sweeter the victory, now

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try
Try and try, you'll succeed at last

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try
Try and try, you'll succeed at last

You can get it if you really want - I know it

You can get it if you really want - though I show it
You can get it if you really want
- so don't give up now

2. Draw Your Breaks by Scotty

3. Rivers of Babylon by The Melodians

Lyrics:

By the rivers of Babylon

Where we sat down
There we wept
When we remembered Zion

For the wicked

Carried us away captivity
Requiring from us a song
How can we sing a song of joy in a
strange land (repeat)

So let the
Words of our mouths
and the meditations of our hearts
be acceptable in Thy sight
here tonight (repeat)

By the rivers of Babylon

Where we sat down
There we wept
When we remembered Zion (repeat..etc.)

4. Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff

Lyrics:

Many rivers to cross

But I can`t seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it`s only my will
That keeps me alive
I`ve been licked, washed up for years and
I merely survive because of my pride.

And this loneliness won`t leave me alone

It`s such a drag to be on your own
My woman left and she didn't say why
Well I guess I have to try.
Many rivers to cross but just where to begin
I`m playing for time
There`ll be times I find myself thinking
Of committing some dreadful crime.

I`ve got many rivers to cross

But I can`t seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it`s only my will
That keeps me alive
I`ve been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.

5. Sweet and Dandy by The Maytals

Lyrics:

Etty in the room a cry

Mama say she must wipe her eye
Papa say she no fi foolish
Like she never been to school at all
It is no wonder
It's a perfect pander
While they were dancing in that bar room last night.

Johnson in the room afret

Uncle say he must hold up him head
Aunty say she no fi foolish
Like a no time fi him wedding day
It is no wonder
It's a perfect pander
While they were dancing in that bar room last night.
One pound ten for the wedding cake
Plenty bottle of cola wine
All the people them dress up in a white
Fi go eat out Johnson wedding cake
It is no wonder
It's a perfect pander
While they were dancing in that bar room last night.

6. The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff

Lyrics:

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

CHORUS:
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 officers 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

CHORUS

ooh yeah oh yeah woh yeah ooooh

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

Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
What I say now, what I say now, awww
What I say now, what I say one time
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

7. Johnny Too Bad by The Slickers

Lyrics:

Walking down the road

With a pistol in your waist
Johnny you`re too bad
Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johhny you`re too bad

(chorus)

You`re just robbin` and stabbin`

And lootin` and shooting`
You`re too bad (repeat)

One of these day`s

When you hear a voice say come,
Where you gonna run to?
One of these day`s
When you hear a voice say come,
Where you gonna run to?

(chorus)

You`re gonna run to the rock

For rescue, there`ll be no rock
You`re gonna run to the rock
For rescue, there`ll be no rock

8. Shanty Town by Desmond Dekker

Lyrics:

0-0-7
0-0-7
At ocean eleven
And now rudeboys have a go wail
'Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
'Cause them must get bail

Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail

A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rudeboys get a probation
A Shanty Town
And rudeboy bomb up the town
A Shanty Town

0-0-7
0-0-7
At ocean eleven
And the rudeboys a go wail
'Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
'Cause them must get bail
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rudeboys get a probation
A Shanty Town
And rudeboy bomb up the town
A Shanty Town

Police get taller

A Shanty Town
Soldier get longer
A Shanty Town
Rudeboy a weep and a wail
A Shanty Town

9. Pressure Drop by The Maytals

Lyrics:

Hmm hmm hmm, yeah... [3x]

It is you (oh yeah)

It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)

Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure

Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you

I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it

Know that you were doing wrong.

Hmm hmm hmm, yeah... [3x]

I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you [2x]

10. Sitting in Limbo by Jimmy Cliff

Lyrics:

Sitting here in Limbo

Waiting for the tide turn.
Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,
So many things I've got to learn.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

Sitting here in Limbo

Waiting for the dice to roll.
Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,
Still got some time to search my soul.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

I don't know where life will take me,

But I know where I have been.
I don't know what life will show me,
But I know what I have seen.
Tried my hand at love and friendship,
That is past and gone.
And now it's time to move along.

Sitting here in Limbo

Like a bird ain't got a song.
Yeah, I'm sitting here in Limbo
And I know it won't be long
'Til I make my getaway, now.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

I don't know where life will take me,

But I know where I have been.
I don't know what life will show me,
But I know what I have seen.
Tried my hand at love and friendship,
That is past and gone.
And now it's time to move along.

Gonna lead me on now.

Meanwhile, they're putting up resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

11. You Can Get It If You Really Want by Jimmy Cliff

12. The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff