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Peter Tosh

Jamaican Musician

Born: Oct 19, 1944

Died: Sep 11, 1987

Because Black Me Music People Word

Related authors: Bob Marley Burning Spear Damian Marley Gregory Isaacs Jimmy Cliff Sean Paul Shaggy Ziggy Marley

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. Peter Tosh

Death Truth You Guilty Possession Sentenced Your Found

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

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

Politician Consequences Only Am Suffer

I've got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again. Peter Tosh

Myself Dust Pick Over Got Off Up Again Start

Every year, I hear about Thanksgiving. Who do one give thanks to? ... And who is giving thanks? What are they giving thanks for? For lots of poverty that's on the earth and lots of war that is a-rumoring all over the earth? For lots of people who die daily and the crime that multiply? Peter Tosh

War Thanksgiving Daily People Crime Giving Poverty Year Thanks Every Earth About Give Over Hear Lots Die Who Multiply

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 Me Man Son People Will Black Made Singing White Sick Lord Hearing Than Snow Taught Wash Jesus

I have no mother here; I have a bearer. Jah is my mother, and Jah is my father. Peter Tosh

Mother Father Jah Here

It's not the one-half that's never been told; it's the three-quarters. Peter Tosh

Three-Quarters Never Been

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

Me Song Took Criminal Say Out Find Write Call Go Years Children Mean Them Illegitimate Why

I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record. Peter Tosh

People Think Cares Record About Label Just Want Album

I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that. It encouraged my grand aunt to find me a music teacher, because it was quite obvious music was in me. Peter Tosh

Teacher Music Family Me Mother Musically Find Only Obvious Because Aunt Encouraged Quite Loved Grand Inclined

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