If I wasn’t a singer, I’d be a bloodclaat revolutionary.
PETER TOSHThere 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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Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime.
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I love to watch television in Babylon, especially the news because it’s so full of corruption. I-man know there is so much corruption, there is bound to be an eruption!
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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 travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It’s a large, very large garden, seen?
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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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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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It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?
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Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
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I do nothing I regret, man, because I try to do nothing abominable. As long as there is not an abomination, there is nothing to regret, you understand?
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To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
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Music is a science, it heals depression.
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Because everyone who try a-go to church, and they were trying to teach but they weren’t teaching, they was brainwashing. Since I would never call that teaching.
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When I go to other planet, I must adjust myself there, too.
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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?
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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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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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Is word, sound, and power that break down de barriers of oppression an drive away transgression and rule equality.
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I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that.
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It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
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I man don’t come red, I come Black
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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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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.
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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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It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.
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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.
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I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
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