It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
PETER TOSHMe 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.
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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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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When I go to other planet, I must adjust myself there, too.
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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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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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Is word, sound, and power that break down de barriers of oppression an drive away transgression and rule equality.
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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.
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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 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.
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To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
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I man don’t come red, I come Black
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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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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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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.
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I’m on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.
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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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