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Everyone’s trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.

Peter Tosh

It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.
PETER TOSH

Equality Truth
I man don’t come red, I come Black
PETER TOSH

Black Man Red
I have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father.
PETER TOSH

Father Mother
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
Music is in me.
PETER TOSH

Music
I’ve got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
PETER TOSH

Dust Motivational Start
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.
PETER TOSH

Healing Music Powerful Recognize Research
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 TOSH

Black Born Church Inequality Snow Songm White
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
Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
PETER TOSH

Certificate Grave One Liner Peace
I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that.
PETER TOSH

Family Mother Music
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
PETER TOSH

Death Guilt Possession Truth
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.
PETER TOSH

Audience Hypnotize Music Play Potential
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
I am not a politician. I only suffer the consequences.
PETER TOSH

Consequence Politics Suffering
I’m on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.
PETER TOSH

Happiness Peace Positive Rest

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