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Comment by Jay Anderson on February 5, 2014 at 4:49am

@ Dana Kayode: I understand.  The Jamaican patois can be hard to understand especially coming from a US accent.  I'm glad you are learning though and finding ways that work for you to figure out the message(s) being transmitted. 

What you say actually reminds me of a discussion I had with my father; I was sharing some music from Bone Thugs N Harmony (who are known to rap really fast) and he said he couldn't understand what they were saying and I said it was easier for me to understand them than Stevie Wonder's rap in "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" and he said oh, you just have to get used to the Jamaican dialect.  Even though I'd grown up listening to Jamaican music it still was difficult for me, of course I think Stevie may have his own language, but anyway, it may come down to what one is used to hearing.  The hardest part is to start listening.  The second hardest part may be to KEEP listening until what is said is understood.

Comment by Eclectic Educators on February 4, 2014 at 7:13pm

Jamal, you are going to trip when you read the following...

I have never heard this song before. For some reason, I thought the song was going to be in Spanish, so I prepared my brain to translate. The song is in English! This clincher is that, I like Stephen's music & I cannot totally understand his dialect. Reading it in Spanish actually helped me decipher his English! Lawd, hep ta-day!

This may not seem mind blowing. You have to experience it...

Comment by Clifford Black on February 4, 2014 at 2:31pm

very interesting. Si. Mucho Gusto;

B.

Comment by Jay Anderson on January 23, 2014 at 11:38pm

Or for a video with the lyrics you can go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6jn7XOc1_U.

Comment by Jay Anderson on January 23, 2014 at 11:34pm

Lyrics in English can be found here:  http://rapgenius.com/Damian-jr-gong-marley-it-was-written-lyrics