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> [I never liked to work because I don't want no one to be a slave. I want to be worked in my mind. Every thing that's going on, there's some big spirit behind me who send me to do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-scratch-perry/i-never-liked-to-work-because-i-don-t-want-no-one-to-be-a-slave-i/)

[Lee “Scratch” Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-scratch-perry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/lee-scratch-perry-57630_be-a-slave_i-never-liked-to-work-because-i-don-t-wa_2239671.jpg)

## More by Lee “Scratch” Perry

> [I'm a miracle man, things happen which I don't plan, I've never planned anything. Whatsoever I do, I want it to be an instant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-scratch-perry/i-m-a-miracle-man-things-happen-which-i-don-t-plan-i-ve-never-planned/)

[Lee “Scratch” Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-scratch-perry/)

> [Without music you are all dead; with music you are alive. There is nothing music can't do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-scratch-perry/without-music-you-are-all-dead-with-music-you-are-alive-there-is/)

[Lee “Scratch” Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-scratch-perry/)

> [God got nothing to lose. Them who think they can use God, they wiping out them own selves. If you think you can use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-scratch-perry/god-got-nothing-to-lose-them-who-think-they-can-use-god-they-wiping/)

[Lee “Scratch” Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-scratch-perry/)

> [The Earth is the Lord. Everybody walks on the earth. And nobody respects the Earth. Everybody who walks on the earth, shits on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-scratch-perry/the-earth-is-the-lord-everybody-walks-on-the-earth-and-nobody/)

[Lee “Scratch” Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-scratch-perry/)

> [I never liked to work because I don't want no one to be a slave. I want to be worked in my mind. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-scratch-perry/i-never-liked-to-work-because-i-don-t-want-no-one-to-be-a-slave-i/)

[Lee “Scratch” Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-scratch-perry/)

> [The people who need help, run and get help. They don't remember where they get the help. If the devil wants to reach the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-scratch-perry/the-people-who-need-help-run-and-get-help-they-don-t-remember-where/)

[Lee “Scratch” Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-scratch-perry/)

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