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 TOSHMy 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.’
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Music must never be forgotten, it’s like a fountain that keeps on flowing.
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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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I don’t owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every ‘ting is fine.
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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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To be coordinated with the power of balance, your mind and your temple must be running parallel.
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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.’
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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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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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Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime.
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It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.
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Music is a science, it heals depression.
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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.
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What the Rastaman represents is positivity.
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I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
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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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