Biography:
Peter Tosh, ? Winston Hubert McIntosh 19 Oct 1944, d 11 Sept 1987), was a devoted rastafarian and a legendary Jamaican reggae musician, known for songs as "Legalize It", "Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised", "Stop that Train", "Bush Doctor", "Equal Rights", "Stepping Razor", "Mama Africa" and "Get Up Stand Up" with Bob Marley. He was founding member of The Wailers, and went on to have a successful solo career after their album Burnin'. Tosh was born in Petersfield (Westmoreland, Jamaica) by parents too young to take care of him.
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Other songs:
- Lessons In My Life
- 400 Years
- African
- Apartheid
- Brand New Second Hand
- Brand New Secondhand
- Bumbo Klaat
- Burial
- Bush Doctor
- Cant You See
- Cold Blood
- Come Together
- Coming In Hot
- Creation
- Dem Ha Fe Get A Beatin
- Dont Look Back
- Downpressor Man
- Equal Rights
- Feel No Way
- Fight Apartheid
- Fight On
- Fire Fire
- Fools Die
- Glass House
- Go Tell It To The Mountain
- Guide Me From My Friends
- Handsome Johnny
- Here Comes The Sun
- I Am That I Am
- Igziabeher Let Jah Be Praised
- Im The Toughest
- In My Song
- Jah Guide
- Jah Say No
- Johnny B Goode
- Ketchy Shuby
- Leave My Business
- Legalize It
- Lion
- Little Green Apples
- Love
- Maga Dog
- Mama Africa
- Mark Of The Beast
- Mystic Man
- Nah Goa Jail
- No Nuclear War
- No Sympathy
- Not Gonna Give It Up
- Oh Bumbo Klaat
- Peace Treaty
- Pick Myself Up
- Pound Get A Blow
- Recruiting Soldiers
- Reggaemilitis
- Reggaemylitis
- Rock With Me
- Stand Firm
- Steppin Razor
- Stop That Train
- Testify
- Thats What They Will Do
- The Day The Dollar Die
- The Poor Man Feel It
- Till The Well Runs Dry
- Vampire
- Wanted Dread And Alive
- Whatcha Gonna Do
- Why Must I Cry
- You Cant Fool Me Again
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...EQUAL RIGHTS... by Peter Tosh
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*from 'Equal Rights' (1977)*
Intro:
G Am C D, G (x2)
Verse 1:
G Am
Everyone is crying out for peace, yes,
C D G
None is crying out for justice.
G Am
Everyone is crying out for peace, yes,
C D G
None is crying out for justice.
Bridge 1:
C D
I don't want no peace.
Chorus 1:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice; got to get it.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 2:
G Am
Everybody want to go to heaven,
C D G
But no-body wants to die.
G Am
Everybody want to go up to heaven,
C G
But none of them, one of them want to die.
Bridge 2:
C D
I don't want no peace. I man need;
Chorus 2:
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice; I got to get it.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. I really need it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice, just give me my share;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 3:
G Am
What is you to seize-a(?)
C D G
You better give it on to Caesar(?)
G Am
And what belong to I and I?
C D G
You better, you better give it up to I.
Bridge 3:
C D
'Cos I don't want no peace.
Chorus 3:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice. I have got to get it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. I'm fighting for it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 4:
G Am C
Everyone is heading for the top, but tell me;
D G
How far is it from the bottom? Nobody knows.
G Am
But everybody fighting for the top,
D G
How far is it from the bottom?
Bridge 4:
C D
I don't want no peace.
Chorus 4:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice. I've got to get it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice; I really need it.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 5:
G Am
Everyone is talking about crime,
C D G
Tell me; who are the criminals? I said;
G Am
Everyone is talking about crime, crime.
C D G
Tell me; who are the criminals? I really don't see them.
Bridge 5:
C D
I don't want no peace.
Chorus 4:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice. We got to get it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. There will be no crime.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. There will be no criminals.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Everyone is fighting for;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Pali-stinians are fighting for;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in An-gola;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in Bots-wana;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in Zim-babwe;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in Rho-desia;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
G Am C D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355433 577555 x35553 x57775
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
------------------..............
*from 'Equal Rights' (1977)*
Intro:
G Am C D, G (x2)
Verse 1:
G Am
Everyone is crying out for peace, yes,
C D G
None is crying out for justice.
G Am
Everyone is crying out for peace, yes,
C D G
None is crying out for justice.
Bridge 1:
C D
I don't want no peace.
Chorus 1:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice; got to get it.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 2:
G Am
Everybody want to go to heaven,
C D G
But no-body wants to die.
G Am
Everybody want to go up to heaven,
C G
But none of them, one of them want to die.
Bridge 2:
C D
I don't want no peace. I man need;
Chorus 2:
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice; I got to get it.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. I really need it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice, just give me my share;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 3:
G Am
What is you to seize-a(?)
C D G
You better give it on to Caesar(?)
G Am
And what belong to I and I?
C D G
You better, you better give it up to I.
Bridge 3:
C D
'Cos I don't want no peace.
Chorus 3:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice. I have got to get it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. I'm fighting for it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 4:
G Am C
Everyone is heading for the top, but tell me;
D G
How far is it from the bottom? Nobody knows.
G Am
But everybody fighting for the top,
D G
How far is it from the bottom?
Bridge 4:
C D
I don't want no peace.
Chorus 4:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice.
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice. I've got to get it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice; I really need it.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
Verse 5:
G Am
Everyone is talking about crime,
C D G
Tell me; who are the criminals? I said;
G Am
Everyone is talking about crime, crime.
C D G
Tell me; who are the criminals? I really don't see them.
Bridge 5:
C D
I don't want no peace.
Chorus 4:
G C G C
I need equal rights, and justice. We got to get it;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. There will be no crime.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. There will be no criminals.
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Everyone is fighting for;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Pali-stinians are fighting for;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in An-gola;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in Bots-wana;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in Zim-babwe;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice. Down in Rho-desia;
G C G C
Equal rights, and justice.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
G Am C D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355433 577555 x35553 x57775
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
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