Peter Tosh

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1. Burial 2. Bush Doctor 3. Downpresser Man 4. Legalize It 5. Stop that train 6. Pass It On   Words from Peter:   1. Herb 2. Peter Tosh at Sunsplash '80 3. Peter Tosh in High Times 4. Reasoning With Tosh 5. Rebel With A Cause 6. Reggae mylitis 7. Word, Sound and Power

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Burial

[P. Tosh, N. Livingstone]

 

Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral

Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general

Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral

Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general

 

what a big digrace

whey you rob up the place

rob everything you can find

and you even rob the blind

 

you must you want I fi come a come a funeral

and I no go a no one burial

yet you waan I fi come a come a funeral

mek you friend come claim seh you a di general

 

now we know the truth

find you weraing the boot???

of taking peoples business on your head

so might as well you be dead

 

Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral

Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general

Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral

Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general

 

Let the dead bury their dead

and who is to be fed, be fed

I ain't got no time to waste on you

I'm a livin man and I got work to do

 

this man and that man

they are the same man

you thouht of this just as well

that the rich man's heaven i the poor mans hell

 

you must you want I fi come a come a funeral

natty no go a no one funeral

you must want I fi come a come a funeral

and I no go a no one burial

yet you waan I fi come a coma a funeral

mek you friend come claim seh you a di general

 

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Bush Doctor

 

Warning..

The surgeon general warns:

Cigarette smoking is dangerous,

dangerous, hazard to your health

Does that mean anything to you?

Then legalize marijuana

Right here in Jamaica

Dem say it cure glaucoma

I am a de bush doctor

So there'll be

No more smoking and feeling tense

When I see dem a come

I don't have fi jump no fence

Legalize marijuana

Down here in Jamaica

Only cure for asthma

I man a de minister

So there'll be no more police brutality

No more disrespect for humanity

Legalize marijuana

Down here in Jamaica

It can build up a failing economy

Eliminate the slavish mentality

So there'll be no more illegal humiliation

No more police interrogation

Legalize marijuana

Down here in sweet Jamaica

Only cure for glaucoma

I man a de bush doctor yeah!

And there'll be no more need

To smoke and hide

When you know you're taking

A legal ride

Legalize marijuana

Down here in Jamaica

it's the only cure for glaucoma

I man a de minister...

 

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Downpresser man

 

Downpresser man, where you gonna run to

Downpresser man, where you gonna run to

Downpresser man, where you gonna run to

All on that day

 

I wouldn't like to be a flea underneath your collar

I wouldn't like to be a flea underneath your collar

I wouldn't like to be a flea underneath your collar

All on that day

 

You can run but you can't hide

You can run but you can't hide

You can run but you can't hide

All on that day

 

Downpresser man, where you gonna run to

Downpresser man, where you gonna run to

Downpresser man, where you gonna run to

All on that day

 

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Legalize It

[P. Tosh]

 

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

(Repeat chorus)

Singers smoke it

And players of instruments too

Legalize it, yeah, yeah

That's the best thing you can do

Doctors smoke it

Nurses smoke it

Judges smoke it

Even the laywers too

(Repeat chorus)

It's good for the flu

It's good for asthma

Good for tuberculosis

Even umara composis

(Repeat chorus)

Birds eat it

And they love it

Fowls eat it

Goats love to play with it

 

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Stop that train

 

Stop the train I'm leaving

Stop the train I'm leaving

Stop the train I'm leaving

it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong

said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong

 

all my good life I've been a lonely man

teaching people who don't overstan'

and even though I've tried my bes'

I still dont find no happiness

 

Stop the train I'm leaving

Stop the train I'm leaving

Stop the train I'm leaving

it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong

said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong

 

some goin' east

some goin' west

some step aside

to try their best

some livin' big

but the most livin' small

they just cant even find

no food at all

 

Stop the train I'm leaving

Stop the train I'm leaving

Stop the train I'm leaving

it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong

said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong

 

Stop the train I'm leaving...

 

 

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Pass It On

 

 

What your hands do,

It's your own eyes that see,

So won't you judge you're actions

To make sure the results are clean.

It's your own conscience that is gonna remind you

That it's your heart and nobody else's

That is gonna judge.

 

Be not selfish in your doings,

Pass it on

Help your brothers in their needs

Pass it on

Live for yourself - you will live in vain

Live for others - you will live again

In the kingdom of Jah Man shall reign

Pass it on,...

 

What's in the darkness

Must be revealed to light

We're not here to judge what's good from bad

But to do the things that are right

On a hot sunny day

Under the shadow is rescue

But as the day grows old

No one under the sun will find you

 

Be not selfish in your doings,

Pass it on

Help your brothers in their needs

Pass it on

Live for yourself - you will live in vain

Live for others - you will live again

In the kingdom of Jah Man shall reign

Pass it on,...

 

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