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Song · 1972 · Reggae

The Harder They Come

1972

★ 7.5 editorial score

Cliff coined the phrase on set, Henzell made it the film's title, and the Dynamic Sounds session was filmed.

From the album

Original Soundtrack (The Harder They Come)

in the Albums canon

Genre

Subject

Defiance Injustice

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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

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