Joe Daaaaaaaaaaaag Repost

Joe Dawg
 
Why you ears so heard?
 
First you charged for murder
 
Little later fe fraud
 
End up inna custody
 
Then stow way abroad
 
Continue with your badness
 
Nah praise the lord
 
Twos, twos, back in custody
 
End  up pon isolation ward
 
Thump the screw so hard
 
Him drop like a ton a lard
 
Every day you want fight
 
Cant get to the exercise yard
 
Every time them beat you up
 
You cry, Oh Lord!
 
Change your ways no man
 
Your reply,"mi big and mi broad"
 
If a so you a go tell the officer
 
You gwine pull a wrong chord
 
If you no change your ways 
You gwine end up inna de morgue.
 
Joe Dawg,Joe Dawg
 
Change your ways no man
 
Then you can become


Mr Joe Dawg

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 1/14/2013 6:32:00 PM
The patois used in your work reminds me of Paul Lawrence Dunbar's dialect poetry. It is a wonderful piece with culturally-rich expression. Thank you for sharing it. I must ask (plz forgive my ignorance), what does "thump the screw" mean??
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Date: 1/15/2013 9:31:00 AM
Thump= punch screw=slang (prison guard/officer) Thannks for reading, hope you understand in its entirety now.
Date: 1/14/2013 5:14:00 PM
A rude boy indeed. I definitely picked up a ska/reggae vibe, then read the comments below and saw I was correct. I love a poem that embraces street talk/slang...well done
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Date: 1/14/2013 5:12:00 PM
A rude boy indeed. I definitely picked up a ska/reggae vibe, then read the comments below and saw I was correct. I love a poem that embraces street talk/slang...well done
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Date: 1/13/2013 7:39:00 AM
Its Jamaican patois, exported to England. I sometimes write in my "native tongue".
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