Patois, Not English

When you see patois in Cassidy style, pronounce every letter you see.

Don’t apply English rules. It’s not English. There is no ‘e’ at the end of words making vowels long. Two like vowels beside each other, means you pronounce the short sound longer (like i and ii in wii). The long ‘i’ in English is pronounced ‘ai’ in Patois.

Jamaican transport

‘Wan stap draiva’, is ow wi dwiit
Caw dem bus no av no ‘biip’.
Muor taim di ringa naa rerk,
a shout yu afi shout fi di bus draw ‘erks!’
A rerk yu a go? Tek taxi cab
But mek shuor caal dem fram yu yaad
Caw dem we de pan di ruod
Wi’ pak an rinkl yu laik tuod

eco facade

They said it would decrease our prices. They lied.
They said it would increase our efficiency. They were wrong.
They said it would reduce our dependency. We’re still waiting.
And while we wait, the prices continue to steadily go up, and the praised ethanol, sitting in high temperature gas tanks, evaporates before we even have a chance to drive it.