| |Sun a shine but tings no bright; |
| |Doah pot a bwile, bickle no nuff; |
| |River flood but water scarce, yawl |
| |Rain a fall but dutty tough. |
| | |
| |Tings so bad dat nowadays when |
| |Yuh ask smaddy how dem do |
| |Dem fraid yuh tek tell dem back, |
| |So dem no answer yuh. |
| | |
| |No care omuch we da work fa |
| |Hard-time still een wi shut; |
| |We dah fight, Hard-time a beat we, |
| |Dem might raise wi wages, but...