The title song from the soundtrack, written and recorded by the star of the film. It doesn't get more Jimmy Cliff than this. A watershed moment in Jamaican film and reggae music, the film is a cult classic and so is the album. The music is fairly straightforward, it bops along to Jimmy's manifesto to himself: life is short and he is going to go out there and get what he wants, no matter what. He sings that he would 'rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.' I seem to recall a discussion among friends about this universal concept; as long as one has hope, then one must continue to survive, even as a slave. But everyone has a breaking point, when you can't take it anymore and you are willing to die in order to be free. What do you think?
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