Mi Still Talk Soh Poem by Tyrone Gayle

Mi Still Talk Soh



Wipe out yoh eye dem, doh mek di foreign settings fool yoh,
Mi tongue fya red wid di native talk 'til mi teeth dem affi a bawl cool noh,
A true Jackass, di world noh level, beca yoh cah put dis inna Google Translate,
But wen mi mouth a fly, people look pon mi like mi a Bogle weh dance great,

Jah kno, mi heart did drop pon di grung wen a yaadie ask if mi still talk pat wah,
Mi is not a Chronixx concert, soh mi nah sell out, weh mi a duh dat fah,
Wait, get a comb, doh get it knot up, mi can speak English like a news ancha,
If not, people will mek up dem face like Glen Titus, di acta,

Cuh ya, how mi soh confident, mus be di exposure to di Barlife,
C-Bar, di High School, noh di place weh sell a lot a liquor at night,
It convenient eeh, di cuz side a mi, graduate from di school of Claude Mckay,
Deh man deh was a great Jamaican poet, son, work hard, a dat mi mama say,

Stick noh bruck inna mi ears, soh mi listen good, cah mi a di eldest child,
Woiii! Masa God gi mi sum skills, soh to di world mi affi gi di wickedest style.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: creole
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem was inspired by a friend of mine from primary school in Jamaica. Sadly, we lost contact with each other as the years went by. Almost a decade later, we communicated with each other in New York and she had the audacity to question if I still spoke Jamaican creole. I hope this piece answered her question.
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Tyrone Gayle

Tyrone Gayle

Clarendon, Jamaica
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