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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 don’t need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.
PETER TOSH

Equality Justice Peace Rights
People go to school and get educated, but most people who go to school and become a graduate in eduation still don’t know what the word ‘education’ means. ‘Educo’ means to bring out.
PETER TOSH

Education Graduation People School
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 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!
PETER TOSH

Corruption News Television Watch
I man don’t come red, I come Black
PETER TOSH

Black Man Red
I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that.
PETER TOSH

Family Mother Music
When I play for the people, every time I play for my audience they are hypnotized, seen. These guys know the potential of the music.
PETER TOSH

Audience Hypnotize Music Play Potential
I enjoy watching the karate practitioners because of their high spiritual level.
PETER TOSH

Enjoyment Level Spiritual
Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
PETER TOSH

Experience Funny Try
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

God Lord People Sick Teaching
I go to church because my parents go to church, and I believe the things they were doing at the time were right.
PETER TOSH

Believe Church Parents Time
Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
PETER TOSH

Certificate Grave One Liner Peace
It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
PETER TOSH

Equality Truth
Reggae must be lived, not played. It is a lifebeat everytime.
PETER TOSH

Beats Music Play
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
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
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
Music is a science, it heals depression.
PETER TOSH

Depression Music One Liner Science
People are beginning to recognize reggae music, and know it’s a very powerful music, and researchers have been researching and coming up with reports that it’s a great music, a healing music.
PETER TOSH

Healing Music Powerful Recognize Research
I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.
PETER TOSH

Consequence Politics Suffering
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
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?
PETER TOSH

Man Regret Understand
I have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father.
PETER TOSH

Father Mother
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.
PETER TOSH

Church Teaching Try
I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
PETER TOSH

Dust Motivational Start

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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