It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
PETER TOSHTo have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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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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I go to church because my parents go to church, and I believe the things they were doing at the time were right.
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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.
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I have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father.
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It is only the truth that can make a man free, it is only the truth that can make a man live.
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There are lots of imposters in this earth, and to very first there always comes a second, to every reality there always come a fantasy, and the fantasy wants to come and live the life of the reality
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And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, ‘love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
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Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime.
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Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake.
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My songs is hard stuff which politicians don’t want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.
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To be coordinated with the power of balance, your mind and your temple must be running parallel.
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I man don’t come red, I come Black
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It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.
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When I go to other planet, I must adjust myself there, too.
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My job is to be the constructive awakener of the black masses of the world so them know themself and others know what black people suppose to be and where.
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