The bars could not hold me. Force could not control me. They tried to keep me down, but Jah put I around. Yes, I've been accused. Wrongly abused. But through the powers of the Most High, they've got to turn me loose.

Me never believe in marriage that muchmarriage is a trap to control me; woman is a coward. Man strong.

The lips of the righteous teach many, but fools die for want of wisdom.

Nothing is wrong if it makes you happy.

to love is to risk, not being loved in return. to hope is to risk pain. to try is to risk failure. but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in my life is to risk nothing.

Why these people who want to do so much good for everyone, who call themselves government and this and that, why them say you must not use the herb? You see, them say you must not use the herb because it makes you a rebel. Against what?

One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim.