A term used to refer to marijuana or cannabis, regarded as a sacrament and used for spiritual and medicinal purposes by Rastafarians
Patois: Wi burn di herb as a sacred offering to di Most High
English: We burn the herb as a sacred offering to the Most High
Babylon , Ball head , Blessed , Bobo dread ,
The Rastafarian language is actually much easier to learn than Jamaican Patois because it’s mostly a play on English words (e.g. “overstand” for “understand”,“downpress” for “oppress”,“ I-ditate” for “meditate” etc…) rather than being an entirely separate dialect as with Jamaican Patois.
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Slang term for marijuana.
Patois: Rude bwoy, hide di herbs, Babylon deh roun di corna
English: Dude, hide the weed, the police is around the corner
All fruits ripe , Babylon , Bad like yaz , Bashy ,
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