Peter Tosh - Not Gonna Give It Up Lyrics






[Chorus:]
I'm not gonna give it up
I'm not goin'
I'm not gonna give it up
I'm not goin'
I will be fighting
I've got to be fighting
I will be fighting
Til Africa
And Africans are free

I said that I been up there
And I've seen poverty beyond compare
I know slave drivers just don't care
They just don't care

[Chorus]

Africa's the richest place
But it has the poorest race
And to me it's just a disgrace
Just a disgrace

Africans don't wait too long
We gotta fight 'cause it's not wrong
Won't you join in and sing this song
Sing this song

[Chorus]

To be poor it's a hurtful pain
Livin inna poverty it's a burning shame
Help yourself 'cause man you're not lame
You are not lame

[Chorus]





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  1. L.... H....

    Abdul wahab

  2. M.... R....

    Santa on drums

  3. R.... L....

    One of the all time greats- ever.

  4. Z.... B....

    I only heard this song played on the radio about 3 or 4 times ....majority of these DJ’s are sellouts....not about nothing positive for their race. Thus song should have been all over the airways from 80’s until now.

  5. R.... P....

    Brasil 💥

  6. D.... O....

    Rasta Far I

  7. D.... W....

    What a band..Santa and keysley and fullwood ,stevie.

  8. A.... N....

    Escuto desde a minha adolescência. Pra sempre Peter 🖤🇧🇷

  9. P.... m....

    The bestest...

  10. H.... M....

    Tirava onda no palco🇯🇲🇬🇳👊🏻

  11. M.... K....

    Peter its true africa is the richest place.

  12. L.... I....

    I can never give it up

  13. J.... W....

    Help yourself you’re not lame ✊❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥

  14. J.... B....

    Reminds me of my father , true legend

  15. J.... C....

    I wish Jamaicans and prophet Peter Tosh knew how important your love for Africa meant to us,Jamaicans 🇯🇲 will never know how much love ❤ and respect Africa has for you .

  16. p.... y....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzVhyUIkm0E

  17. A.... P....

    Um dos maiores cantores d mundo sempre vive no coração de tanta gente

  18. P.... O....

    Goosebumps all over me... everytime I watch the great performances....rest easy Hon.P.Tosh🙏🏿

  19. D.... R....

    The background harmony is excellent with Peter's baritone. Sweet reggae music!!

  20. m.... m....

    I liken his powerful spirit, to that of Robert sobukwe of the PAC, who died for the truth, never sold his people, tried and tested pan africanists, we are proud to say we miss you.

  21. S.... W....

    eddie murphy on guitar hahaha

  22. J.... H....

    Hands down the very best reggae artist of all time, I will listen and enjoy the rest of my days

  23. A.... Z....

    Best live voice ever

  24. E.... A....

    I see lots of reggae shows live and they doesn't sound like that anymore... I wonder... why is that?????

  25. F.... P....

    Je kiffe cette chanson peace and love Peter

  26. M.... E....

    Tosh and Bob weren't competing but revealing the truth to the oppressed generations!

  27. s.... p....

    1:36-1:45 is soooo true

  28. P.... O....

    Oh my God!!!!Peter Tosh is just too good...his music speaks to me much....He lives on....

  29. G.... K....

    Bob marry and sailed was strugo hard ceinds msg of reggae music and black people

    G.... K....

    Bob marble and the wailing wailers was speind mag of reggae

  30. s.... a....

    In 2019 am still not gonna give 👆 blessed soul peter😇

  31. A.... A....

    🇧🇷

  32. b.... m....

    #2019 ,not gonna give up..

  33. D.... h....

    THis man was a genius!!!!

  34. A.... F....

    Essa me faz sair do chão, percurso da narrativa no espaço invisível..

  35. P.... K....

    Peter (5) Mc Intosh (8) Shot at 09.11. (the ancient Ethiopian new year) St.Peter
    Forty different people wrote the Scriptures. Forty is a number composed of five (symbolizing grace) times 8 (symbolizing a new beginning). It is therefore only by God's grace and love that man will someday be given a chance for a new beginning, as promised in the Word of God.

    After the 7 weeks of the spring harvest, the next day, the 50th day, is Pentecost. This day is also the eighth day of the seventh week. This 8th and 50th day combination pictures the first resurrection when the saints will be raised from the dead and made immortal (1Corinthians 15:20 - 23, John 3:3 - 12, Revelation 20:4 - 6). After the 7 days of the Feast of Tabernacles there is an 8th day, called the Last Great Day.

  36. P.... K....

    Al baraka lil habbashe ! Blessed be the Negus ze Negest of ETHIOPIA ! Mashallah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Al Rasit Tefferi Lives forever amen !

  37. M.... W....

    Oh The Great Peter Tosh

  38. S.... S....

    More than a musician,a voice of us the voiceless masses.Big up from south Africa,we not giving it up we not want economic freedom,our land will give us that so we are taking back our land by amending our constitution to allow for expropriation without compensation from the settlers back to it's owners.

  39. S.... S....

    My favourite song by my favourite artist.He

  40. L.... G....

    Peter tosh morreu e nao viu a Libertação da África isso em breve vai acontecer todos setemos um so povo vamos viver em paz para senpre espero que peter bob e outros que se foram voltem na ressureição e veja como o criador resolveu o problema mundial Salmo 37v 29 mateus 5 v 5

  41. T.... ....

    The stepping razor

  42. j.... r....

    That is why

  43. j.... r....

    But will be fighting

  44. C.... D....

    Uma das grandes lendas do reggae, muito som

  45. j.... r....

    Sorry to say it will never happen

  46. j.... g....

    bIG bIG rEGGAE maNNNNNNNNN

  47. J.... D....

    HOW can we stop that life has given use to fight. NO STOP.

  48. B.... M....

    My favorite Peter Tosh song! 🎶🎶👍👍🎉🎉

  49. G.... w....

    Help yourself you are not lame that is why I will never give up

  50. H.... F....

    Dou valor esse caraaaaaaaaa d +++++++++++++++++

  51. e.... m....

    Africa aint free yet. Until we stop being fooled to fight one another in these political wars that's when we'll be free.

  52. J.... A....

    Alguém em 2019? Brasil

    J.... A....

    wayhighradio.com

  53. C.... M....

    For the voice and the fighter that was Peter Tosh RIP let the creator be praised still today Africa is not free and where are the voices to say so where is our Tommy Morrison we remain silent as the  Chinese used by their European owners, aids, abortions, and vaccines and massed theft of natural resources runs rife through our mother land that's why they took peter out because he would not have been silent today as many are now hear what he said he is not going to give it up and he meant it too

  54. M.... W....

    The great Peter Tosh

  55. S.... a....

    Peter Tosh God farther 0f Reggae King Of Soul

  56. e.... m....

    respect senior man.

  57. F.... A....

    Wow, I haven't heard this song since I was a kid @ 8, and saw a Peter Tosh video on Nigerian television around 1984

  58. B.... B....

    Viva o Peter Tosh o príncipe do Reggae.

  59. M.... U....

    Africa was everything to Peter Tosh!

  60. O.... U....

    Peter Tosh is a complete entertainer. I think he has more talent than Bob Marley. He seemed to have an edge over Marley but the recording companies accorded Marley more respect and recognition just for profit motive. However, an objective assessment of their works today will show Tosh's true greatness. His stage act was unrivaled talk less of his lyrics.

  61. J.... J....

    #rastaman 🙏🏼🇧🇷🇯🇲

  62. A.... P....

    Bonita canción de Peter en el año 83 del álbum mamá África

  63. W.... G....

    Wow not one pair of pants under ass cheek much respect to the Tosh camp!

  64. J.... W....

    What show? Wow bless up 1

  65. C.... C....

    Nice reggae

  66. Y.... M....

    🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻✌🏼

  67. P.... O....

    Creativity at it's best...Respecq @ Hon.P.Tosh...rest easy...

  68. Y.... ....

    never give up

  69. L.... D....

    O melhor o verdadeiro rei do reggae.

  70. D.... M....

    Blessed is Peter Tosh I swear to God.

    D.... M....

    I like the way he holds the microphone. He sings powerfully and enthusiastically. I feel it with the way he sings. It's a good song for meditation.

  71. s.... j....

    Israelites are free

  72. T.... D....

    Great job tosh

  73. C.... C....

    numbers one

  74. A.... G....

    Mano Peter Tosh é o cara

  75. t.... m....

    this song gives me strength and motivation. reggae muzik lives in my soul

  76. A.... R....

    Jah guide

  77. A.... S....

    só da vontade de fumar um do bom Jah rastafári Maranhão Jah live 2019

  78. A.... S....

    pense num mostro do reege um dos profeta do reegge Jah live massa de mais é nos 2019

  79. J.... C....

    Muito Bom este Reggae de Peter tosh

  80. E.... M....

    Am not gonna give it up...truely never give up in whatever u r doing.

  81. S.... S....

    Till Africa and Africans are free.Till Palestine and Palestinians are free,world over free up everybody.Let's fight on,RIP Tosh great man of all in our times.

  82. V.... M....

    4:30👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😭

  83. M.... W....

    The Great Peter Tosh

  84. D.... M....

    To me he was a Freedom fitgher and KING 👑 of reggae music✊

  85. T.... M....

    dread almighty

  86. D.... O....

    Lord of mercy! Truth Rasta🙌🏾🇰🇪 #RevolutionIsHereRasta!

  87. A.... M....

    Till Africa and Africans are free! Never gonna giving it up

  88. b.... c....

    Viva africa

  89. k.... ....

    whose on bass and drum?

  90. S.... S....

    Me too,am doing the little I can to free ourselves from Economic Slavery.Nuff Raspect from south Africa.This was a great man,greatest according

  91. P.... T....

    This Guy don't struggle to sing

  92. I.... Y....

    Too powerful .you are too great

  93. J.... A....

    This man is in a league of his own

  94. c.... r....

    Éternel