PEACE AND BLESSINGS KINFOLK
UNTIL THE LION LEARNS HOW TO WRITE, EVERY STORY WILL GLORIFY THE HUNTER.
WE DO NOT INHERIT THE EARTH FROM OUR ANCESTORS, WE BORROW IT FROM OUR CHILDREN.
WI NUH GET DI EARTH FROM WI ANCESTOR DEM, WI BORROW IT FROM WI CHILDREN.
EXAMINE WHAT IS SAID, NOT WHO IS SPEAKING.
NUH DWELL PAN WHO A TALK, FOCUS PAN WEH DEM A SEH.
A HYENA WILL NOT CHANGE ITS SPOTS EVEN IF IT MOVES TO A DIFFERENT FOREST.
A HYENA NAH GUH CHANGE IT SPOT DEM, EVEN IF IT MOVE GUH A ONE DIFFERENT BUSH.
WHEN THERE IS NO ENEMY WITHIN, THE ENEMIES OUTSIDE CANNOT HURT YOU.
WEN YUH NUH HAV NUH ENEMY INSIDE A YUH, DI ENEMY DEM PAN DI OUTSIDE CAH HURT YUH.
IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES THEN YOU WILL LEARN THROUGH ACCIDENTS.
IF YUH CLOSE YUH EYE DEM, DEN YUH AGUH LEARN THRU ACCIDENTS.
A MAN WHO INVOKES A STORM ON HIS PEOPLE CANNOT PREVENT HIS HOUSE FROM DESTRUCTION.
A MAN WEH BRING DUNG A STORM PAN HIM PEOPLE DEM, CAH STOP HIM OWNA YADD FROM MASH UP.
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY, SO THAT THEY WON'T THINK THAT THEIR ANCESTORS ARE DEMONIC.
TEACH YUH CHILDREN DEM BOUT AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY, SUH DEM NUH TINK SEH DEM ANCESTOR DEM DEMONIC.
THE PALM TREE THAT ENCOURAGES BIRDS TO NEST IN IT, SHOULD NOT CRY OVER SHATTERED LEAVES.
DI PALM TREE WEH ASK BIRD FI LIVE INAH IT, NUFFI CRY OVA CRUSH UP LEAF.
STICKS IN A BUNDLE ARE UNBREAKABLE.
STICK DEM WEH INAH ONE BUNDLE CAH BRUK.
DO NOT CALL THE FOREST THAT SHELTERS YOU A JUNGLE.
NUH CALL DI FOREST WEH SHELTA YUH A JUNGLE.
WHEN DEATH FINDS YOU, MAY IT FIND YOU ALIVE.
WEN DEATH FIND YUH, MEK IT FIND YUH ALIVE.
