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 TOSHI man don’t come red, I come Black
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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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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It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
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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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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.
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It can be beautiful, if you just be yourself.
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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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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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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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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 go to church because my parents go to church, and I believe the things they were doing at the time were right.
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I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
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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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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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Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
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Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
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