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.
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.
Everyone's trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.
I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences.
You never miss the water til the well runs dry...
I've got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.
How old is the sun? Sun not temporary, not chronological. There is the terra-celestial and the celestial. I am celestial, mon. I am here, there and everywhere. I live among men so I must adjust myself. When I go to other planet, I must adjust myself there, too, mon.
Legalize it, and I will advertise it.
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.
Some goin' east; and-a some goin' west, Some stand aside to try their best. Some livin' big, but the most is livin' small. They just can't even find no food at all.
I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.
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?
Are some flowers more beautiful than others? The garden is beautiful. Do I prefer brother over brother? Comparisons are part of this political world. Where there is one, there is no conflict. Where there is two or more, there is conflict. Two is the devil. Conflict begin with the devil. We count 0 to 1, then back to 0. It is a circle.
I don't owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every 'ting is fine.
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.
Everyone is crying out for peace... I need equal rights and justice.
If I wasn't a singer, I'd be a bloodclaat revolutionary.
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
Because everyone who try a-go to church, and they were trying to teach but they weren't teaching, they was brainwashing. Since I would never call that teaching..
I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record.
It is only the TRUTH that can make a man FREE, it is only the TRUTH that can make a man LIVE.
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.
To be coordinated with the power of balance, your mind and your temple must be running parallel.
My songs is hard stuff which politicians don't want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.
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?
I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It's a large, very large garden, seen?
Music is a science, it heals depression, it awakens, most people don't know, they just take music for an entertainment, something to dance to, and enjoy yourself and you go to bed and forget it tomorrow, music must never be forgotten, it's like a fountain that keeps on flowing
I don't need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.
If the music does not penetrate the heart, the soul, the mind, and the body... Then you ain't gon' feel it.
Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.
Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake. And who can resist the dance of the earthquake, mon?
