Corrupt System
Rastafarian lingo used to refer to a corrupt system. The term was coined by Reggae singer Peter Tosh
Patois: Di sh*tstem nah duh nutten fi poor people
English: The corrupt system isn't doing anything for 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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