Comment on A Jamaican accent just makes me smile

ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Somebody once tell mi seh di world a go roll mi
Mi nah di sharpest tool inna di shed
She did a look kinda dumb wid har finger an har thumb
Inna di shape a one “L” pon har forehead

Well, di years start come an dem nuh stop come
Fed to di rules an mi hit di ground runnin’
Nuh make sense fi live without fun
Yuh brain get smart, but yuh head get dumb
So much fi do, so much fi see
So, wah wrong wid takin’ di backstreets?
Yuh wi never know if yuh nuh go (go)
Yuh wi never shine if yuh nuh glow

Hey now, yuh a one all-star
Get yuh game on, go play
Hey now, yuh a one rock star
Get di show on, get paid
(An all dat glitters a gold)
Only shootin’ stars break di mold

It a cool place, an dem seh it get colder
Yuh bundle up now, wait ‘til yuh get older
But di meteor men beg fi differ
Judgin’ by di hole in di satellite picture
Di ice we skate a gettin’ pretty thin
Di water a get warm, so yuh might as well swim
Mi world a blaze, how ‘bout yours?
Dat’s di way mi like it, an mi wi never get bored

Hey now, yuh a one all-star
Get yuh game on, go play
Hey now, yuh a one rock star
Get di show on, get paid
(All dat glitters a gold)
Only shootin’ stars break di mold

Go fi di moon
Go, go, go, go fi di moon
Go, go, go, go fi di moon
Go, go, go fi di moon

Hey now, yuh a one all-star
Get yuh game on, go play
Hey now, yuh a one rock star
Get di show on, get paid
(An all dat glitters a gold)
Only shootin’ stars

Somebody once ask, “Could mi spare some change fi gas?
Mi need fi get miself away from dis place”
Mi seh, “Yep, wah a concept, mi could use a likkle fuel miself
An we could all use a likkle change”

Well, di years start come an dem nuh stop come
Fed to di rules an mi hit di ground runnin’
Nuh make sense fi live without fun
Yuh brain get smart, but yuh head get dumb
So much fi do, so much fi see
So, wah wrong wid takin’ di backstreets?
Yuh wi never know if yuh nuh go (go)
Yuh wi never shine if yuh nuh glow

Hey now, yuh a one all-star
Get yuh game on, go play
Hey now, yuh a one rock star
Get di show on, get paid
(An all dat glitters a gold)
Only shootin’ stars break di mold

(An all dat glitters a gold)
Only shootin’ stars break di mold

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