PETER TOSH - NO NUCLEAR WAR

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NO NUCLEAR WAR


TRACKLIST


1. No Nuclear War
2. Nah Goa Jail
3. Fight Apartheid
4. Vampire
5. In My Song
6. Lesson in My Life
7. Testify
8. Come Together


On NO NUCLEAR WAR, the final release of his sadly abbreviated career, Peter Tosh continues to speak out against injustice and oppression. Tosh's rich, expressive baritone is right out front, conveying passion and urgency on every song. The title track begins the proceedings on a serious note, and this feeling continues on "Nah Goa Jail" as he declares his resistance to being imprisoned for using marijuana.


There are a few eerie ironies here. The accusatory "Vampire" contains the sound of a bloodcurdling scream that doesn't sound like mere kitsch, and in "Lessons in My Life," Tosh declares "money can make friendship end." At moments like these, it's hard not to think of his death later that year, in a botched robbery, at the hands of someone he knew. The record ends on a hopeful note on "Come Together," a straightforward plea for unity. On the last track on his final record, Tosh sings with his trademark rawness, and turns in a lovely solo on the melodica, an instrument he mastered when he was a young rising star in the world of Jamaican music.


Recorded in 1987. Includes liner notes by Roger Steffens.


Personnel: Peter Tosh (vocals, keyboards, background vocals); David Madden, Dean Fraser, Nambo (horns); Tyrone Downe, Keith Sterling (keyboards); Scully Sims, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson (percussion); Cynthia Schloss, June Lodge, Nadine Sutherland, Pam Hall, Ruddy Thomas (background vocals).


Audio Mixers: Dennis Thompson; Peter Tosh.


Liner Note Author: Roger Steffans.


Recording information: Kingston, Jamaica.


Photographer: Adrian Boot.


Personnel: Peter Tosh (vocals, arranger, guitar, keyboards); Steve Golding (guitar); Dean Fraser, David Madden, Nambo, Chico (horns); Keith Sterling, Tyrone Downie (keyboards); George Fullwood, Gilbert Morrison, Danny (bass); Santa Davison (drums); Sticky Thompson, Scully Sims (percussion); Ruddy Thomas, Pam Hall, Nadine Sutherland, Cynthia Schloss, June Lodge (background vocals).


Label EMI Music Distribution
Orig Year 1987
Discs 1
Release Date Jul 30, 2002
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Marlene Tosh; Peter Tosh


NO NUCLEAR WAR LYRICS


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 people are hungry
They don't have food to eat
They are naked
'Cause they don't have clothes to wear


They are going insane
Because of the condition
A million babies
Are suffering from malnutrition


CHORUS
I can't take no more


I saw WWI
Where lotsa trouble begun
I saw WWII
When the pirates came right through


Lookin' for WWIII
But you got to set me free
Free from the chains
And this here misery


CHORUS
We can't take no more


Unemployment
I said the rate is high
So much sick people
I'm sure they gonna die


So much mad people
Gettin' ready to explode
'Fore somebody
Come help them carry this load


CHORUS


One country deploying MX
Another country deploying SS
Inflation goin' way up high
And the dollar is going way down low


CHORUS


Crying, bawling, they can't take no more
I hear them moaning they can't take no more
They don't wanna die
They want to go to Heaven, yeah


But they can't
They can't take no more
They gettin' low
They can't take no more


They gettin' grief
They can't take no more
They gettin' beat
They can't take no more


They gettin' lazy
Cause They can't take no more
Bored
They can't take no more


Frustrated
They can't take no more
Pleading for them
They can't take no more


Can't you hear me pleading for them
Cause They can't take no more


They want to live in peace
And happiness
Let the trees grow
Let the waters flow...


LYRICS NAH GOA JAIL


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 see me
Walking down the street
It is time that you respect to me
'Cause from I ever know myself
I don't know why you always harass me
CHORUS
I hear one leader say
If it wasn't for the little sensi
Him no know what happen to the economy
I see another leader
Go in a Half Way Tree
And he set them ganja prisoners free
CHORUS
This here spliff that you see me with sir
I just got it from a priest sir
And this little bit of brown sensimilla
I just got it from a minister
My my my friend
CHORUS
I been there too many times...
Too many work to do...