I and I LANGUAGE

Rasta overstand that the way I and I talk shape the way I and I think. Rasta know that the way Babylon create the words and plant them in I and I head is a way to keep I and I down. So Rasta break the chains and create Rasta way of expressing how Rasta feel and think.

Rasta know the truth of WORD SOUND POWER and therefore always spark a revolution with the words Rasta choose. Few basic examples can be saying "politricks" instead of politics since politics is tricks; saying "downpressor" instead of "oppressor" since when you are pressing somebody you are keeping them down; or even something everyday like "darkers" instead of "sunglasses" since darken is what they do.

I hope I and I was able to give you a quick overview of Rasta talk with these examples and this made you wanna explore more. When one makes a quick internet search, a bunch of websites come up where I-sistern and I-brethren have already compiled dictionaries for Rasta to English.

Here are the links tohelpful sources to overstand the way I and I talk :

http://niceup.com/patois.txt


http://www.swagga.com/patios.htm


http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/dict.htm


http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/phrases.htm


http://www.ibpc.fr/~dror/rastadror.html


http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/caribbean/dictionary.htm


http://www.earthcultureroots.com/dictionnary.html


http://www.rockol.it/rockol/reggae/dizio.htm


http://www.geocities.com/arrayedroots/ARSPat.html


http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/kerkhoff/DubPoetry/Glossary/PatoisDictionaries.html



Here is a Rasta - Hebrew dictionary:

http://www.irielion.com/israel/jamaicaslang.htm

and as a bonus for the Russians among us :

http://www.zhurnal.ru/music/rasta/patois.html


RASTA SPREAD TO ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH! !