Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall
The harder they come, the harder they fall — and I'm still standing.
They say I brought Trenchtown to the world, but I just sang what the streets already knew. My voice got carved by Studio One and hardened on the film sets of Kingston. I'm Ivan on screen, James in the soul, and Jimmy to the world. I sing hymns like battle cries and play peace like it's resistance — because it is.
What I'm Into: smoky studios at midnight, rocksteady before the storm, many rivers to cross, the weight of a guitar, Rastafari sunrises
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