To be guided, protected, or influenced by a divine spiritual presence or energy
Patois: Wi move forward, overlighted by di power of Jah
English: We move forward, guided by the power of Jah
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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