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.
PETER TOSHMy 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.
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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I man don’t come red, I come Black
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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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Music is in me.
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I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It’s a large, very large garden, seen?
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It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?
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Music is a science, it heals depression.
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I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.
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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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Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake.
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I enjoy watching the karate practitioners because of their high spiritual level.
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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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To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
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When I go to other planet, I must adjust myself there, too.
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Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
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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!
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It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.
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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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Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
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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.
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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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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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I don’t owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every ‘ting is fine.
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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.
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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 don’t need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.
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Legalize it, and I will advertise it.
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