wagwan mi bredda welcome to di world a jamaican patois dis a di way we talk live laugh an reason every day patois no come from school or book it come from survival back inna di day african people dem mix dem language wid english an other tings an create dem own voice dat voice turn into patwa an it stay strong same way till now when a jamaican say seen it no mean dem eye work it mean mi understand mi agree mi deh yah wid yuh a one likkle word wid nuff power di word ting can mean anything a object a situation a person a vibe context a everything in patois an den deh word like bomboclat whole heap a people outside jamaica curious bout it fi keep it simple mi bredda a one strong expression people use it fi shock excitement anger or emphasis it no something yuh fling round careless but yuh ago hear it inna real talk patois full a feeling tone matter more than grammar how yuh say a ting more important than what yuh say sometime dat a why di language feel alive from reggae to dancehall from street corner to yaad patois travel di world without passport people a foreign a chat it even if dem no fully overstand so wagwan again bredda patois a more than talk a identity a history a pride seen