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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.

Peter Tosh

It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
PETER TOSH

Equality Truth
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
PETER TOSH

Always Earth Fantasy Live Reality
I feel good to know that they recognize the potential of reggae music. And they are exposing it to the world, letting the world hear how beautiful reggae music can be.
PETER TOSH

Beautiful Expose Music Potential Recognize World
Legalize it, and I will advertise it.
PETER TOSH

Advertisement Legal
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 man don’t come red, I come Black
PETER TOSH

Black Man Red
I don’t owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every ‘ting is fine.
PETER TOSH

Obligation Owe
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.
PETER TOSH

Cross Crown Motivatioanl Philosophy
Music must never be forgotten, it’s like a fountain that keeps on flowing.
PETER TOSH

Flow Forget Fountain Music
I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?
PETER TOSH

Creation Divine Fade Flesh Spirit
If I wasn’t a singer, I’d be a bloodclaat revolutionary.
PETER TOSH

Artist Revolution
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.
PETER TOSH

Aware Diagnose Divine Parents Potential Quality Teaching
I don’t need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.
PETER TOSH

Equality Justice Peace Rights
Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
PETER TOSH

Certificate Grave One Liner Peace
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
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
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
PETER TOSH

Death Guilt Possession Truth
My songs is hard stuff which politicians don’t want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.
PETER TOSH

Ignorance People Politics Radio Song Station Want
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
It is only the truth that can make a man free, it is only the truth that can make a man live.
PETER TOSH

Freedom Inspirational Live Man Truth
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
Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
PETER TOSH

Experience Funny Try
I enjoy watching the karate practitioners because of their high spiritual level.
PETER TOSH

Enjoyment Level Spiritual
When I go to other planet, I must adjust myself there, too.
PETER TOSH

Adjustment Imagination Myself Planet
I’m on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.
PETER TOSH

Happiness Peace Positive Rest
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.
PETER TOSH

Black Born Church Inequality Snow Songm White
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

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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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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