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 TOSHMy songs is hard stuff which politicians don’t want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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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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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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Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
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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?
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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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It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?
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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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I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.
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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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Music is in me.
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I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
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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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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






