--- title: "4 Ghetto Quotes By Jimmy Cliff" description: "4 Ghetto quotes by Jimmy Cliff. Plus more from Jimmy Cliff and more Ghetto sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/jimmy-cliff-6895_diplomacy_i-would-love-to-see-no-more-ghettos-but_686614.png" --- > [I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-would-love-to-see-no-more-ghettos-but-the-things-is-there-s-no/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/jimmy-cliff-6895_diplomacy_i-would-love-to-see-no-more-ghettos-but_686614.png) > [It's important for me to go back into the ghetto, where I'm from. I still get my oxygen from there. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/it-s-important-for-me-to-go-back-into-the-ghetto-where-i-m-from-i/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/jimmy-cliff-6895_feet_it-s-important-for-me-to-go-back-into-th_929217.png) > [I would love to see no more ghettos, but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-would-love-to-see-no-more-ghettos-but-the-things-is-there-s-no-2/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/jimmy-cliff-6895_class_i-would-love-to-see-no-more-ghettos-but_1203642.png) > [It's important for me to go back into the ghetto, where I'm from. I still get my oxygen from there. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/it-s-important-for-me-to-go-back-into-the-ghetto-where-i-m-from-i-2/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/jimmy-cliff-6895_anymore_it-s-important-for-me-to-go-back-into-th_1861278.png) ## Other authors on Ghetto - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matthew-65517.jpg) Matthew 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/matthew/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/malcolm-x/) - [Kane Arreo 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/kane-arreo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tupac-shakur-92439.jpg) Tupac Shakur 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/tupac-shakur/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-alexander-67636.jpg) Michelle Alexander 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/michelle-alexander/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-sowell-90605.jpg) Thomas Sowell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/thomas-sowell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-ishmael-reed-44825.jpg) Ishmael Reed 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/ishmael-reed/) ## More by Jimmy Cliff > [If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/if-i-don-t-channel-pain-into-a-song-i-play-my-guitar-or-play-the/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [I’ve abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact – really, it’s better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-ve-abused-myself-a-lot-over-the-years-but-my-voice-is-still-intact/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-have-not-become-the-artist-i-believe-i-am-i-want-to-become-a/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [Look at the waterfall! See how the shadow scroll. If you belive me, we'll stay together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/look-at-the-waterfall-see-how-the-shadow-scroll-if-you-belive-me-we/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [“I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than to live life as a puppet or a slave”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-d-rather-be-a-free-man-in-my-grave-than-to-live-life-as-a-puppet-or/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-grew-up-in-the-church-and-had-always-questioned-what-they-were/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [My pigment is of the earth, and collecting my sacred fire from my solar plexus with the central sun of the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/my-pigment-is-of-the-earth-and-collecting-my-sacred-fire-from-my/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-m-very-attached-to-my-family-and-protective-of-them-and-miss-them/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-visit-studios-just-to-get-the-feel-the-smell-and-see-what-other/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/got-your-mind-set-on-a-dream-you-can-get-it-though-how-hard-it-may/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [I need you everyday and we'll stay this way. The same ol'place we found It's ours forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/i-need-you-everyday-and-we-ll-stay-this-way-the-same-ol-place-we/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [Rastafari means to live in nature, to see the Creator in the wind, sea and storm. Other religions pointed to the sky, and while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/rastafari-means-to-live-in-nature-to-see-the-creator-in-the-wind-sea/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [Reggae night and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light. Penny Reel just called got to get my things got to catch this ride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/reggae-night-and-we-ll-be-jammin-till-the-morning-light-penny-reel/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [My role is the shepherd's role. The shepherd is the one who opens the gate and allows the flock to go through and whoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/my-role-is-the-shepherd-s-role-the-shepherd-is-the-one-who-opens-the/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) > [People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-cliff/people-might-say-jimmy-cliff-you-ve-done-a-lot-achieved-a-lot-what/) [Jimmy Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-cliff/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghetto/jimmy-cliff/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ghetto Quotes By Jimmy Cliff", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. 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