3 Jahre 266 Tage Ukrainekrieg, noch 3 Jahre 55 Tage (hoffentlich) das orangerosa Piggy und: Jimmy Cliff †

Heute ist er gestorben, Jimmy Cliff, einer der populärsten Ska- und Reggaemusiker. Ohne ihn hätte sich wahrscheinlich Reggae nicht weltweit durchgesetzt, trotz Bob Marley. Er lebt in seinen Liedern weiter.

  

Zwei Lieder vom Donauinselfest Wien, 2005: "Vietnam" und "You Can Get It If You Really Want It".

"The Harder They Come" 1972.

 

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, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
The harder they 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, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they 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, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all

 

Hey, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Hey, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Hey, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all