Peter Tosh

400 years (400 years, 400 years. wo-o-o-o) And it’s the same - The same (wo-o-o-o) philosophy I’ve said it’s four hundred years; (400 years, 400 years. wo-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o) Look, how long (wo-o-o-o) And the people they (wo-o-o-o) still can’t see. Why do they fi...

Don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man You're an African (CHORUS) No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Clarendon And if you come from Portland And if you come from Westmoreland You're a...

You in a me land Quite illegal You're in a me land Dig out me gold In a me land Digging out me pearls In a me land Dig out me diamonds CHORUS We a go fight (3x) against apartheid We got to fight (3x) against apartheid You're in a me land And you build up you...

BRAND NEW SECOND HAND YOU'RE ONLY ACTING LIKE YOU ARE SOMEBODY BUT I DON'T NO SAY YOU KNOW NOBODY YOU'RE ONLY A SHOW OFF YOUR PAINTED FACE, YEAH BUT UNDERNEATH THAT FACE YOUR JUST A DISGRACE (CHORUS) YOU'RE JUST A BRAND NEW SECOND HAND GAL NO MAN NO WAN' NO...

This ya music Reggae music As far as I can see This ya music Reggae music It's got a spell on me This ya music Rasta music As far as I can see This ya music Roots music It's got a hold on me It can make you feel so happy Whenever problems get you down...

Them want I(2x) Be com'a them funeral Them claim say(2x) Them are the general (2x) What a big disgrace The way you rob up the place Rob everthing you can find Yes you did and you'll even rob from the blind YOU MUST SEE WANT I FE COM'A COM'A FUNERAL AND I NO...

Warning! Warning! The Surgeon General warns Cigarette smoking is dangerous, dangerous Hazard to your health Does that mean anything to you To legalize marijuana Right here in Jamaica I'm say it cure glaucoma I man a de Bush Doctor So there'll be No more smok...

You can't blame the youth You can't fool the youth You can't blame the youth of today You can't fool the youth You're teachin' youths to learn in school That cow jump over moon You teachin' youths to learn in school That the dish run away with spoon...

Told me you loved me Right from the start Don't play no tricks Don't break my heart Told me you loved me And I said why You think I'm gonna cry CHORUS Can't you see What you're doing to me I am bound You've got to set me free You jerk on my heart Shatter my...

Coming In Hot Firin' some shot Coming in red hot It's a musical shot CHORUS I just clean up me nuzzle I just load me barrel And I cock me hammer Cause I'm gonna pull my trigger CHORUS One minute after dozing I thought that I was a blazing My blo...

(King of Kings, hallelujah) (Lord of Lords, hallelujah) (King of Kings, hallelujah) (Lord of Lords, hallelujah) In the beginning was the word And the word was with Jah And the word was Jah In the beginning Jah created the Heaven and the Earth He then created m...

Lookin' at your crystal ball culture man I say Lookin' in your crystal ball culture man What do you see culture man Tell me what do you see culture man I see people victim Prices rising Gas shortage And the dollar devalue In the city In a you shitty In the c...

Due to unfavorable financial condition I am unable to cope with this financial shituation That is causing inflation upon creation I can't stand this no longer The wicked get stronger I can't stand this no longer 'Cause the battle is getting hotter But them ha...

(You've Gotta Walk)Don't Look Back If it's love that you're running from There is no hiding place Just your problems, no one else's problems You just have to face If you just put your hand in mine We're gonna leave all our troubles behind Gonna walk and don't...

Downpresser man Where you gonna run to (3x) All along that day (CHORUS) You gonna run to the sea But the sea will be boiling When you run to the sea The sea will be boiling(2x) All along that day You gonna run to the rocks The rocks will be melting When you...

Everyone is crying out for peace, yes, none is crying out for justice. I don't want no peace, I need equal rights and justice. I need equal rights and justice. I need equal rights and justice. Got to get it! Equal rights and justice. Everybody want to...

Africa has got to be free CHORUS Fight on brothers, fight on Fight on and free your land Fight on sisters, fight on Fight on and free your fellow man Africa has got to be free By 1983 Come on make us see Brothers fight on CHORUS You have paid your dues And...

The lips of the righteous teaches many But fools die for want of wisdom The rich man's wealth is in the city Vexation of the soul is vanity Destruction of the poor is their poverty The poor man's wealth is in a holy, holy place Why do you fight eachother...

(CHORUS) Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (2x) You, preacher man don't tell me Heaven is under the earth You a duppy and you don't know What life is really worth It's not all that glitter is gold And half the...

Chorus If you live in a glasshouse Don't throw stones And if you can't take blows brother Don't throw blows Harm no man Let no man harm you Do unto others As they would do to you And to every baldhead Respect the Rastaman Cause he's the only man l...

Jah Jah guide me from my friends cause I know... I know my enemies... Everytime I know... I know my enemies... They will come and Sit round your table Wanting to kill you like Cain kill Abel Only trying to find an easy way That they can try to eliminate you Ja...

I am that I am I'm not in this world To live up to your expectations Neither are you here to live up to mine, yeah I don't owe no one No obligation No I don't mean none So everything is fine, fine I said I am that I am I am I am I am I am that I am...

Anything you can do I can do it better I'm the toughest (I'm the toughest) I can do what you can't do You'll never try to do what I do I'm the toughest (I'm the toughest) Stop from doing wrongs Change your foolish plans Stop from doing wro...

Igziabeher, let Jah be praised Negusa neghast, let Jah be praised Medanialam, let Jah be praised Let Him be praised, let Him be praised You better let Him be praised He watereth the hills from his chambers And the Earth is satisfied, so satisfied He ma...

In my song Jah is the melody In my song he is the symphony In my song he is the sweet inspiration In my song it's the perfect meditation When I'm feeling down Got nowhere to go I get into myself And I put on a show In my song Jah is the melody In my song he...

Here though I trod through this valley I will fear no evil Here though I trod through this valley I will fear no evil 'Cause I know Jah guide, Jah guide, Jah guide Jah guide, Jah guide I through this valley And I know he will When I'm trodding through this va...

Must Rasta bear this cross alone And all the heathen go free Jah say no... Must Rasta live in misery And heathens in luxury Jah say no... He´s coming to tear down the walls of downpression Drive away transgression Clean up corruption Rule equality Must righ...

Deep down in Jamaica, close to Mandeville Back up in the woods, on top of a hill There stood an old hut made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode He never learned to read or write so well But he could play his guitar like ringin' a...

Come make we play some ketchy shuby And when me shuby, you feel ketchy And when you ketchy, don't make it drop Cause if it drop, it will pop And if it pop, no one can mend it Cause if they mend it, you can easily bend it So we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-...

Wake up one morning and don’t have no tea Me no want no one come sorry for me That’s nobody’s business but my own The other day comes and it happens the same Don’t think that I’m going to feel ashamed That’s nobody’s business but my own So you better leave my...

Legalize it - don't criticize it Legalize it and i will advertise it Some call it tampee Some call it the weed Some call it Marijuana Some of them call it Ganja Legalize it - don't criticize it Legalize it and i will advertise it Singer smoke it And players...

Sorry fi Maga Dog Him turn around bite you And if you jump outta fryin pan I know you jump inna fire yeah See you come from country in a country chuk Tell me say you a look a likkle wuk Gal go weh from dey Me no wan' fe see you 'round here Chorus When I wer...

Do you remember Moses Do you remember Moses Him no dead... The man 'dep on earth still The man a trod earth still The man 'dep on earth still Watch it now The wicked them a gwan Remember Elijah Do you remember Elijah Him no dead... The man 'dep on earth stil...

I'm a Mystic Man I'm just a Mystic Man I man don't I don't drink no champagne No I don't And I man don't I don't sniff them cocaine Choke brain I man don't No I don't Don't take a morphine Dangerous I man don't I don't take no heroin No no no (CHORUS) 'Cau...

Nah Goa Jail Said me Nah Goa Jail Fe ganja no more I'm a Nah Goa Jail (CHORUS) This here smoke That you see me with sir I just got it from an officer And this here little bit of green sensimilla I just got it from an inspector He's my friend CHORUS When you...

No Nuclear War We don't want no nuclear war With nuclear war we won't get far I said that We don't want no nuclear war With nuclear war we won't get far Said no, just another holocaust It's just another holocaust And we can't take no more (CHORUS) Too many p...

I can't find no love no sympathy what kind of love they´ve got for me I'm on my way to happiness where I can find some peace and rest when I'm in troubles yeah only me only me feel the pain not one good word of advice from any of my so-called frien...

Mash it up now That's exactly what we gonna do Make it good You are so beautiful You are so wonderful And you can make your dreams Make them come true You get through everything And cast a laugh and sing You can do anything That you want to You bring the su...

Oh bumbo klaat, oh ras klaat Oh bumbo klaat, oh ras klaat I said I came upon this land To guide and teach my fellow man But one thing I can't overstand Is why them don't love his brother man Oh bumbo klaat, oh ras klaat Oh bumbo klaat, oh ras klaat Sometime...

Got to build our love on one foundation Got to build our love on one foundation Got to build our love on one foundation or there will never be no love at all there will never be no love at all Got to put aside them segregation Got to put aside them segrega...

Lucifer son of the morning, I'm gonna chase you out of earth! I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase satan out of earth I'm gonna put on a iron shirt, and chase the devil out of earth I'm gonna send him to out of space, to find another race I'm gonna se...

Sittin' in the morning sun And watching all the birds passing by Oh how sweet they sing And oh how much I wish that I could fly And I try I said I try I try I really try try try But I got to Pick myself up Dust myself off Start all over, again (CHORUS 2x) S...

(Chorus) Rastafari is Lords of Lords and Savior He`s the mighty Mighty one Thunderable, Thunderable one. (Chorus) Rastafari is.... He`s the omnipotent, omnipotent one, Magnificent,super Magnificent one, (Chorus) Rastafari is..... You better worship, wors...

Chorus) I'm recruiting soldiers For Jah army Recruiting soldiers Jah time is now Satan forces They all rise up to fight They all rise up to fight Jah and the saints See them fighting Against Jah children See them slaughter them light slaves Hear them come s...

Woke up this morning With a funny funny feelin' And that feelin' Was an unusual feelin' Inna my bone yeah It inna my blood Inna my toes Coming up to my brain Went to the doctor To check out what's matter I Went to the doctor To find out the matter...

Rock with me Rock with me baby Roll with me Come on and roll with me honey Rock with me You wanna rock with me baby all night long I said bless my soul, I don't know what is wrong with me I don't wanna go home baby, Baby can't you see? Rock with me You wanna...

Talkin' 'bout war And rumors of war Talkin' 'bout the coming of Jah The time is not far Oh my majesty Please rescue me-e-e Oh my majesty Can't you rescue me-e-e Wars Rumors of war Talkin' 'bout the coming of my father The time is not far God when I reach ho...

(Soon come, soon come, soon come) Every time I call You tell me that you soon come (Soon come) I call you on the phone You tell me that you soon come (Soon come) I don't like hanging around Or to be pushed around I got my business puttin down I don't like so...

Live clean, let your works be seen Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm Live clean, let your works be seen, my brothers Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm Warn bald hed tell me say Dis ya bald hed a tell me say Put on me cloze and come wid im A mek we go to chu...

If you wanna live Treat me good If you wanna live, live I beg you treat me good I'm like a walking razor Don't you watch my size I'm dangerous Said I'm dangerous (2X) If you are a bully Treat me good If you are a bully, a bully I beg you treat me good I'm l...

Stop that train I'm leaving Stop that train I'm leaving Stop that train I'm leaving It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong I said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong All my good life I've been a lonely man Teaching the people who do...

I see Johnny with his head hanging down Wondering how many schillings left in that pound Cost of living it is rising so high Dollar see that have heart attack and die Bills and budgets are waiting Finance ministers anticipating Unemployment is rising And I he...

You said you loved me and then you left you broke every promise you win every bet You never miss your water till your well runs dry so tell me tell me whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry… Listen to me darlin' you cheat and you lie now you com...

unnu old vampire you don't like to see youths prosper only like to see youths suffer unnu set of vampire unnu old vampire only trod upon creation with your bloody meditation unnu set of vampire unnu fight against upfullness unnu fight against creation unnu f...

Said I'm wanted, dread & alive By the evil forces Said I'm wanted, dread & alive Nowhere to hide They are trying to find me CHORUS Babylon charge I for ganja Which I know couldn't do How could one man Gang Jah Must be an ape from the zoo CH...

Mama, mama, dem hold papa Say they charge him fe' smoke ganja If me never jump the fence dem hold me too So tell me mama, what we gonna do? Oh, mama, whatcha gonna do now? Oh, mama, whatcha gonna do? Oh, mama, whatcha gonna do now? Oh, mama, whatcha gonna do...

Why must i cry These tears from mine eyes (2x) Making believe you love me only (just to love)was my great sin whoa(3x) But i will never fall in love again 'Cause only my heart feels the pain Why must i trod This lonely(2x) road Why must i carry Th...

First you came and you sold us Christianity But all your members just lust after vanity Telling them to trust in you faithfully Not seeing it's the return of the slavery Taught us of heaven way up in the sky Where we can't reach unless we die But you can...