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(You Gotta Walk and) Don’t Look BackPeter Tosh

Songwriter: Smokey Robinson Ronald White

Producer: Robbie Shakespeare Peter Tosh

If it's love that you're running from
There is no hiding place
Just your problems, no one else's problems
You just have to face

If you just put your hand in mine
We're gonna leave all our troubles behind
Gonna walk and don't look back
Gonna walk and don't look back

Now if your first lover let you down
There's something that can be done
Don't kill your faith in love
Remembering what's become

If you just put your hand in mine
We're gonna leave all our troubles behind
Gonna walk and don't look back
Gonna walk and don't look back

(Saxophone solo)

If you just put your hand in mine
We're gonna leave all our troubles behind
We gonna walk and don't look back
Gonna walk and don't look back

Places behind you
There to remind you

If your first lover broke your heart
There's something that can be done
Gonna heal your faith in love
Remembering what's been done

But if you just put your hand in mine
We're gonna leave all our troubles behind
Gonna walk and don't look back
Gonna walk and don't look back

(Talking):
How far you been walkin' now
About 100 miles
You still got some more to walk
I know, I got a little more to go
I'm gettin' kind of tired but I got to keep on walkin'
I'm walkin' barefoot
You've got to walk and don't look back

Peter Tosh

Hubert Winston McIntosh (October 19, 1944 – September 11, 1987), better known by his stage name Peter Tosh, was a talented reggae multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and vocalist from Jamaica. In addition to being a founding member of The Wailers, Tosh would go on to distinguish himself as one of the biggest reggae artists of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Many of the songs that he wrote for the Wailers were influenced by the prevailing political and economic repression. Sung with his rich baritone, Wailer hits like “No Sympathy,” “400 Years,” and “Stop That Train" all reflect his response to the political and social situation of the oppressed. He also co-wrote one of the most celebrated reggae anthems, “Get Up, Stand Up,” with Bob Marley.

By the time The Wailers' released their 1973 album, Burnin', Tosh had begun to chafe at Island Records insistence on marketing the group as Bob Marley & The Wailers. Resentful of the perception that he was merely backing up his old friend (Bob Marley), Tosh decided to become a solo artist. His 1976 debut album, Legalize It, spent two weeks in the Billboard 200 and even got platinum certified. Its title track became an international mantra as it espoused decriminalizing the use and possession of marijuana.

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