Equal Rights/Downpressor Man (Live) - Peter Tosh

Everyone is crying out for peace, yes None is crying out for justice 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 go to heaven but nobody want to die (follow us, Jesus) Everybody want to go up to heaven but none of them, none of them want to die I don't want no peace I, man need equal rights and justice I got to get it, equal rights and justice I really need it, equal rights and justice Just give me my share, equal rights and justice What is due to Caesar, you better give it unto Caesar, heh heh heh And what belong to I and I, you better, you better give it up to I 'Cause I don't want no peace I need equal rights and justice I need equal rights and justice I've got to get it, equal rights and justice I'm a fighting for it, equal rights and justice Everyone heading for the top But tell me how far is it from the bottom Nobody know but Everybody fighting to reach the top How far is it from the bottom I don't want no peace I want equal rights and justice I need equal rights and justice I've got to get it, equal rights and justice I really need it, equal rights and justice Everyone is talking about crime Tell me who are the criminals I said everybody is talking about crime, crime Tell me who, who are the criminals I really don't see them I don't want no peace I need equal rights and justice We got to get equal rights and justice There'll be no crime, equal rights and justice There'll be no criminals, equal rights and justice Everyone is fighting for equal rights and justice Palestinians fighting for equal rights and justice Down in Angola, equal rights and justice Down in Botswana, equal rights and justice Down in Zimbabwe, equal rights and justice Down in Rhodesia, equal rights and justice Right here in Jamaica, equal rights and justice

"LyricDownPresserMan 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 run to the rocks The rocks will be melitng(2x) All that day So I said CHORUS You drink your big champagne and laugh(3x) All along that day I wouldn't like to be a flea Under your collar man (3x) All along that day You can run but you can't hide(3x) Telling you all along that day You gonna run to the Lord Beggin' to hide you (2x) You gonna run to Jah Beggin' to hide you All, all along that day And I said Downpresser Man Where you gonna run to Where you gonna run to Downpresser man Where you gonna run to I said all along All along, along that day Downpresser man(4x) Wait, Downpresser man Where you gonna run to Downpresser man I don't know where you gonna run to All along that day Downpresser man You can't run, you can't bribe Jah-Jah Can't call him in a bar Fe can drink some Devil soup Can't bribe him to run a car now Can't test him faith Downpresser man(5x) Where you gonna run to Downpresser man You can't bribe no one Them no want no money Them run'f money That money get funny Downpresser Man... S here"

Don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Clarendon (You are an African) And if you come from Portland (You are an African) And if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come Trinidad (You are an African) And if you come from Nassau (You are an African) And if you come from Cuba (You're an African) So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your complexion There is no rejection You're an African 'Cause if your 'plexion high, high, high If your 'plexion low, low And if your 'plexion in between, you're an African So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind denomination That is only segregation You're an African 'Cause if you go to the Catholic (You are an African) And if you go to the Methodist (You are an African) And if you go to the Church of Gods, you are an African So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Brixton (You are an African) And if you come from Weesday (You are an African) And if you come from Wingstead (You are an African) And if you come from France (You are an African) And if you come from Brooklyn (You are an African) And if you come from Queens (You are an African) And if you come from Manhattan (You are an African) And if you come from Canada (You are an African) And if you come from Miami (You are an African) And if you come from Switzerland (You are an African) And if you come from Germany (You are an African) And if you come from Russia (You are an African) And if you come from Taiwan (You are an African)