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I was taught that Jesus the Son of God was a white man, and hearing black people singing, ‘Lord, wash me, and I will be whiter than snow,’ made me sick.

Peter Tosh

I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?
PETER TOSH

Creation Divine Fade Flesh Spirit
My mother and father didn’t know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, ‘My, the man play that guitar nice.’
PETER TOSH

Father Guitar Instrument Mother Play
I was born with music inside of me, and that was the first flower that bloomed on my tree, but I was the highest key in my school and also the lowest key, seen?
PETER TOSH

Bloom Born Flower Music Tree
Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake.
PETER TOSH

Beats Dance Earth Earthquake
My earthly parents don’t know my potential or my divine qualities. They weren’t taught how to diagnose or be aware of such things.
PETER TOSH

Aware Diagnose Divine Parents Potential Quality Teaching
Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
PETER TOSH

Experience Funny Try
In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make what is good, better, and what is better, best. I follow this in every aspect of life.
PETER TOSH

Aspect Follow Life
My philosophy is: if you don’t bear a cross, you can’t wear a crown so you gotta go through some form of humiliation to reach tribulation.
PETER TOSH

Cross Crown Motivatioanl Philosophy
I don’t owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every ‘ting is fine.
PETER TOSH

Obligation Owe
It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?
PETER TOSH

Balance Energy Physical Wheel
Me is what them call illegitimate, that mean say me is a criminal, bomba rassclaat! That’s why me go write a song called ‘Illegitimate Children.’ It took me years to find out I was one.
PETER TOSH

Children Song Writing
I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.
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Consequence Politics Suffering
If the music does not penetrate the heart, the soul, the mind, and the body. Then you ain’t gon’ feel it.
PETER TOSH

Body Feeling Heart Mind Music Soul
Is word, sound, and power that break down de barriers of oppression an drive away transgression and rule equality.
PETER TOSH

Barrier Drive Equality Oppression Rule Words
I feel good to know that they recognize the potential of reggae music. And they are exposing it to the world, letting the world hear how beautiful reggae music can be.
PETER TOSH

Beautiful Expose Music Potential Recognize World
I am good. I live good. I think good. I don’t have to feel good to be good, I take my goodness wherever I go.
PETER TOSH

Feeling Goodness Live Positive Thinking

I was taught that Jesus the Son of God was a white man, and hearing black people singing, ‘Lord, wash me, and I will be whiter than snow,’ made me sick.

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I was taught that Jesus the Son of God was a white man, and hearing black people singing, ‘Lord, wash me, and I will be whiter than snow,’ made me sick.

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