Equal Rights / Downpressor Man Songtext
von Peter Tosh

Everyone is crying out for peace
None is crying out for justice
I said, "if the one is crying out for peace"
I said, "none is crying out for justice"

But there will be no peace
′Till men get equal rights
Equal rights and justice
Equal rights
Equal rights and justice
Equal rights
Equal rights and justice
Equal rights
Equal rights and justice

Everybody want to go up to heaven
I say, "hell, nobody want to die" (and visits the Jesus)
Everybody want to go up to heaven
I say, "hey, but none of them want to die"
I don't know why


But ain′t gonna be no peace
'Till men get the equal rights
Equal rights and justice
Equal rights
Equal rights and justice
We need equal rights
Equal rights and justice
Equal rights, equal rights and justice

I said downpressor man
Where you gotta run to
Downpressor man
Tell me where you gotta run
Downpressor man
I said where you gotta run
All along that day

I wouldn't like to be a flea
Under your collar
Man, I wouldn′t like to be a flea-lea
Underneath your collar, man
I wouldn′t like to be a flea
Underneath your collar
All along that day


You can run but you can't hide
I′m telling you
You can run but you can't hide, hide, hide
No no
You can run but you can′t hide
Downpressor man
All along that day

I said down, downpressor man
Where you go run down down down down down
Downpressor man
Where you gonna run
I said downpressor man
Run away
I don't know where you gonna run
All along that day

I said downpressor man
Where you gone run
Downpressor man
I don′t know where you gonnsa run
Downpressor man, yeah
All along that day

I said downpressor man
Where you go run down down
Downpressor man
I don't know where, i don't know where you gone
Down down down downpressor man
I don′t know where you gonna run
All along that day