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 ,
The Rastafarian language is actually much easier to learn than Jamaican Patois because it’s mostly a play on English words (e.g. “overstand” for “understand”,“downpress” for “oppress”,“ I-ditate” for “meditate” etc…) rather than being an entirely separate dialect as with Jamaican Patois.
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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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