THINGS MY JAMAICAN MOTHER TAUGHT ME
My Mother taught me HUMOR. "If yu don't eat food, breeze going blow yu 'way."
My Mother taught me about GENETICS. "Yu just like yu fadda."
My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE. "When yu get to be as old as me, you will understand."
My mother taught me about anticipation. Just wait till we get home.
My mother taught me to meet a challenge. Wa di raas yu tinking? Answer me when me talk to yu...Dont talk back to me!
My mother taught me ESP. Yu tink a dont know what yu up to, nah?
My mother taught me to become an adult. Come an tek yu beating like a man.
My mother taught me justice. One day when yu have pickney, a hope dem treat yu same way.