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I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.

Peter Tosh

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
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
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
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 owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every ‘ting is fine.
PETER TOSH

Obligation Owe
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?
PETER TOSH

Bloom Born Flower Music Tree
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
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.’
PETER TOSH

Father Guitar Instrument Mother Play
I don’t need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.
PETER TOSH

Equality Justice Peace Rights
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
PETER TOSH

Death Guilt Possession Truth
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
I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
PETER TOSH

Dust Motivational Start
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
Music must never be forgotten, it’s like a fountain that keeps on flowing.
PETER TOSH

Flow Forget Fountain Music
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
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 am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.

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