Peter Tosh - Legalize It (Audio) 

Bob Marley may be regarded as the reigning monarch of reggae music, but it is imperative to recognize the profound impact and legacy of Peter Tosh. Not only did he pen some of The Wailers’ earliest and most iconic hits, such as “400 years”, “Get Up, Stand Up” and others but he also played a pivotal role in shaping the group’s musical and spiritual development, having taught Bob Marley how to play the guitar and influenced the band’s embrace of Rastafarianism. Furthermore, Peter Tosh was a trailblazer in his own right, as he was the first popular reggae figure to sign with a major label, Columbia Records, and to publicly advocate for marijuana legalization through his groundbreaking album “Legalize It”. This was years before Bob Marley became synonymous with cannabis culture. It is high time we give Peter Tosh the credit and reverence he deserves for his enduring contributions to reggae and cultural history.

Germany Here. WE DID IT!

Alcoholism ran on both sides of my family. So I decided that I'd just smoke God's Goodness and avoid the pitfalls of booze.

Thank you Peter Tosh for this song this is not just a song this is an anthem for stoner

Just here listening as New York legalizes recreational adult marijuana use.. I’m almost in tears. Thank you to everyone who has fought for our rights.. no more CRITICIZING.. much love to you all....❤️

Germany did it! Today on 23th february 2024 the german parliament voted for legalization. Peace! 🥦☮🥳

Peter tosh is a legend.

Finally Brazil decriminalized it and I'm listening to this awesome song in 2024❤

Peter Tosh is my King of Reggae 💚💛❤️🇯🇲🎶🎼🎵

Remember my first joint when I was 15. Couldn't stop laughing.

01.04.2024.....i enjoy this song and smoke my LEGAL Joint ❤ I listen to ur Song since i was Young -now it is free ❤❤❤Greetings from Germany.

When I was in 8th grade we had a music teacher for the first time. She asked us to bring in an example of what we listened to for music.

My thoughts are with the Wailers tonight, after the passing of Bunny Wailer. What a band! Three great talents. Listening to some Peter Tosh tonight while smoking, thinking of justice and peace, and relaxing. Peace to you.

Only just discovered Peter literally today, after just getting into Bob Marley in the past few months… I love that exciting feeling you get when you discover another fantastic artist. ❤️

If youre reading this, light up another one for me.

The pioneer! Look what you did for us Mr. Tosh! It's becoming legal everywhere!!! Thank you and rest easy good sir.

Saw him in concert in Sydney when I was just 15 with my big brother. Got so stoned beforehand that I fell asleep after 2 songs and woke up for the encore.

When I saw him at the Ritz in New York in 1980, he entered as the band played " Legalize it", and he was smoking a huge spliff while a thick cloud of smoke circled around his head, it was like the cloud followed him as he walked..I found him very radical, more so than Marley.

PETER WE SMOKE TODAY IN HONOR OF YOU GERMANY HAS MADE IT LEGAL TODAY JAH BLESS

Much love to Peter Tosh! 1976 way a good year. I listened to this a thousand times back then.

Brazil is almost there Thank you ALL Thank you jah

What a powerful message to the world but yet to be heard by many part of the world. May people hear his message and learn from it.

Respect to one of the greatest artiste who first said to legalize Marijuana!!!!! Peter Tosh a great prophet!!!!!!

Germany did it today

I n I son of the most High Jah Rastafari🇲🇱🇰🇪Mad respect Rasta keep it burning

Peter Tosh has a voice to all people who smoke marijuana every day. It heals your body so much, you got to LEGALIZE IT!

Jah blessed Peter TOSH vive le monde du reggae

Yes, my first taste and whiff of the reefer, and one of the first songs I fell in love with !!! Thanks, Peter Tosh 🌴💖🌴🇰🇳🇯🇲

As usual Peter Rosh addressing subjects some folks do not want to touch. He will be deeply missed, but his music lives on.

Been smoking since the sixth grade never ran from the cops or my parents ! It's always been legal ! Thank you Peter

I had my first tokes at 9 years old.. Had chemo treatment and it made feel much much better... These days after seving in the military and my bad ptsd It's the only thing that brings peace to my head body and soul

I smoked my first joint at the age of 62. Never looked back.

Best album cover ever.

Best cover of an album

This needs to be legalised in New Zealand 🇳🇿 hi from New Zealand

2024 Germany Legalized it!

Uns dos melhores álbum de Peter Tosh!!!

MARYLAND has just voted to legalize marijuana beginning in July 2023. Justice, peace, and tranquility to all.

Everybody: we need more green music!!! Jah Tosh: don’t hold my Spliff, I’m smoking it.

I dream of the day that my Brazil will legalize, one day we will get there

R.i.p to a icon. Rest in Peace. May Jah bless in heaven. One love. (Legalized it). Weed the healing of the nation's.

So happy to live in The Netherlands 🇳🇱✌🏾 But here we call it “gedoogd”😎

‘Wont Forget u bro,more that 50’yrs u died,and still here in da place:) Bravo man

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL PETER TOSH DAY!!!!

Brazil here 💚

Regae de ótima qualidade, Tosh vc é IMORTAL um cara do bem e de DEUS.

We were all singing this in our Buckeye State of Ohio on 11/07/2023 thanks to State Issue 2 passing the ballot, making marijuana perfectly legal in our beloved Ohio! LEGALIZE IT, MON!!!

i 've seen Peter Tosh life on july 26, 1978 at the Oakland Bay Stadium as a support for the Rolling Stones. it was Mick's 35th birthday. a lifetime experience! :-) (y) LEAGALIZE IT!

Ninth song by Peter Tosh on the anniversary of his passing in 1987. Bunny, always the spiritual one, left the Wailers in 1973 after Chris Blackwell, the owner of their label Island Records, stated the Wailers would play " freak clubs" on the upcoming American portion of their tour. Peter left a few months later in November Peter's first solo album, Legalize It, with its iconic cover of the man becoming one with a field of ganja, made him a world wide sensation. I'm sure the album surprised many with its very laid back vibe---usually Peter was militant and filled with righteous indignation towards oppressors everywhere. Here is what Wiki has to say-- " Legalize It is an album and song by Peter Tosh. Legalize It was Tosh's debut album as a solo artist after leaving The Wailers. It was recorded at Treasure Isle and Randy's, Kingston, Jamaica in 1975 and released in Jamaica in the same year. ] Legalize It is one of the three solo albums released in 1976 by Wailers members, along with Bunny Wailer's album Blackheart Man and Bob Marley's Rastaman Vibration. The song was written in response to his ongoing victimization by the Jamaican police and as a political piece pushing for the legalization of cannabis, particularly for medical use. In 1977, Tosh backed this up by saying 'We are the victims of Rasclot circumstances. Victimization, colonialism, gonna lead to bloodbath'. Tosh also said 'Herb will become like cigarettes', in an NME interview in 1977." Let's hear three songs from Legalize It. First up is the famous title song. . Peter Tosh - guitar, keyboards, vocals Al Anderson - guitar Aston Barrett, Robbie Shakespeare - bass Carlton "Santa" Davis, Carlton Barrett - drums Tyrone "Organ D" Downie - keyboards Donald Kinsey - guitar Robbie "Ras" Lee - harmonica Rita Marley - background vocals Judy Mowatt - background vocals Bunny Wailer - background vocals

Legalized, Canada-wide!! We finally got here :) Happy 420!

First time I heard this album was in Bridgetown Barbados in 1976 (47 years ago!) - Needless to say I took the album home and became a big Peter Tosh Fan to this very day

Its no crime.give thanks and praise!

Today is the day for Germany!

Peter needs more recognition! He was so damn good

Greetings from Germany. Smoking one while listening to this awesome bass groove is 👌👌👌

One of my biggest influences… 🙏🏼

And Thailand just did! 🇹🇭 2022! Well done Tosh!

i finally can smoke legally on my walks through the park now (germany), love this so much. Legalization takes away so much unnecessary stress in life.

Time passes and continues to pass. maybe at some point we will leave this world, but this music, good music will never go out of style. Great singers, great performers... simply incomparable 💖

Na.epoca eu comprei esse cd por 15 reais ,eu salário era 80 , daí passou 25 anos e hoje escuto esse som , bom demais . Ths my brother

Couldn't of said it better myself Mr.TOSH!

Listen to this high are some good vibes

This definitely should have been a song on Friday

Respect from Indonesia ❤️💛💚

31/12/2022 !!! ÚLTIMAS HORAS DO ANO ; CURTINDO ESSE SOM PESADÍSSIMO EM ILHA BELA!!!! FELIZ 2023 !!!

If you don't want to smoke don't smoke if you want to smoke then smoke praise jah

Yea ya yea ya it Legalize here 100% in Canada 💯😁

Maryland just legalized it ❤

4/20 legalize it 🙏🏼✌🏼Bolivia 🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴

ONE WHO MAKES A PACT WITH THE ANCESTORS, becomes IMMORTAL..................

My home state of Ohio just voted to legalize it today!

True true true this man is a profit if the government system did join and push the artist back then Jamaica would be REAL POWERFUL 100%

... "Goats love to play with it, So you got to legalise it..." Well, that's a good enough reason for me.

Happy legalize Day in Germany❤❤❤❤

Big up and respect for the legend 💚💛❤️

I love this, timeless message!

Que hino meus amigos ❤️

It’s crazy, this song is nearly 40 years old and we still are fighting for legalization. Let’s go Brandon!

This song is my prayer to Jesus

Argentina dice presente 🔥💐🇦🇷🇨🇱🏔️🇺🇾🇯🇲✊🤘🍄....... Aguante Peter Tosh ! Gracias a la pacha por las alegrías ! 🇦🇷🤘🏔️💐🔥

Maryland finally approved recreational last night 😂 had to come celebrate 😂

I've been smokin for 30yrs and discoverd him on my own because he was Bob Marley's best friend in the 90s.

Dass ich das auf meine alten Tage noch erleben darf 🎉

Quem aí tá ouvindo esse clássico do Peter Tosh curti aí Reggae music 2020

Bless the goodness the earth gives us

Remember my first spliff when i was 20... it was love at first sight

imagine if wee all just sat down had a toke what a better world we would inhabit and leave for the next generation peace out my fellow earth inhabitants

Missouri just legalized it! Gwaan

dig this song it's very cool..somebody turned me on to Peter Tosh when I was in college in Fla in the 80's. I dont understand why weed hasn't always been legal.

2022 and still this song is my favorite.

Queimando um e escutando essa lenda do reggae ❤️😊🎶🎶

Jah Rastafara...Peace and Love

Great musician of our time. USA has legalized it. He saw the feature. 🌬👍👍💪👌🚬🚬🌬🌬🙄😃😜

Rest in peace Peter Tosh wish you were here

my mom said she grew up listenin to this dude n she knows all his lyrics, had to check it out

Job done 🇩🇪💚🥦

Man reggae music is so nice

Piece is is what we have Deep thoughts And learn to understand life in all angles Please legalize it 🙏🏾😓🙌🏾

Reggae staple classic roots 🔥🟥🟨🟩🫶🏻

NICE TUNES I REMEMBER LISTENING TO PETER TOTH WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG AND I WAS ONLY 8 YRS OLD WHEN I SMOKED MY FIRST SPLIFF IM 67 YRS OLD NOW AND STILL LISTENING TO TOTH AND STILL SMOKING SPLIFFS