It is only the truth that can make a man free, it is only the truth that can make a man live.
PETER TOSHI have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father.
More Peter Tosh Quotes
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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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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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It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?
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I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that.
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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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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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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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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.
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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
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I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
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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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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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I have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father.
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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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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.
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Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
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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 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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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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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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Music is a science, it heals depression.
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If I wasn’t a singer, I’d be a bloodclaat revolutionary.
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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 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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To be coordinated with the power of balance, your mind and your temple must be running parallel.
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