fire burn / denounce
Patois: Fiyah bun Babylon kaaz dem eva deh taament poor people.
English: I denounce the police because they are always tormenting poor people.
Babylon , Ball head , Blessed , Bobo dread ,
One of the key elements of the Rastafari language is the use of what is called "Iyaric," a form of Jamaican Patois that is considered to be the "holy language" of Rastafarians. Iyaric, also known as Dread Talk, is the Rastafari language created in defiance of English as an imposed colonial language that facilitated the loss of African languages among enslaved Afro-Caribbeans.
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Popular Rastafarian expression used to strongly denounce someone or something.
Patois: Fiyah bun Babylon system
English: Fire burn the corrupt system
Babylon , Ball head , Blessed , Bobo dread ,
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