Bad Brokn Pickiney

This is a composition about unruly children.

(Patois)

Som bad brokn pickiney lef dehy yaad a nite ang kom a mi gietwiay fi mek up nize.

Awl di wile di hungry belly hulligan dem kom ya wid dem nahsi niegah style.

Di woklis gyal am bwoy dem heng out pahn di ruodside huol nite an chat nansense.

Di nizy-nizy pickiney dem noh respeck di peeple dem oo live roun ya.

Mi noh nuo weh mek dem pierence low dem fi goh pan di ruod laik leggo beese.

Di ooman oo run di shap cliem sey shi a cristian, yet shi supuot dem slacknis.

Shi hawba di parasite dem out ya caw shi wahn dem fi buy tings inna ar shap.

Som a di time shi gi dem tings fi mek arself luk gud inna di ierya.

Shi a try fi push up inna mi, but mi noh kip compini wid bad-mine peeple.

Shi gwaan laik shi nice, but mi noh trus ar caw shi a dyam ipocrit.

Di luofta dem alwiez kom ya bout sebm a’clack, but mi noh si dem yet.

Y luk laik sey noh free nyamin noh deh a di shap tinite fi uol di dutty niegah dem.

Di big peeple dem oo live roun ya cyah kantruol di bad brokn pickiney dem.

Fram di diay mi bawn til now, a neva si peeple soh illitaret ah foo-fool.

Awla di peeple dem oo live inna di ierya comein laik blastid zambie. 

Ill-bred Children

(English)

Some ill-bred children leave their homes at nights and come to my gateway to make noise.

The hungry hooligans frequently come here with their unruliness.

The worthless girls and boys hang out on the roadside all night and talk nonsense.

The noisy children do not respect the people who live around here.

I do not know why their parents allow them to go on the road like loose, wild beasts.

The woman who runs the shop claims that she is a Christian, yet she supports their disorderly conduct.

She harbours the parasites out here because she wants them to buy things in her shop.

Sometimes she gives them things to make herself look good in the community.

She is trying to make friends with me, but I do not keep company with covetous people.

She behaves as if she is nice, but I do not trust her because she is a hypocrite.

The loafers always come here around seven o’clock, but I have not seen them yet.

It seems that no free food is at the shop tonight to hold the dirty n*****s.

The adults who live around here cannot control the ill-bred children.

From the day I was born until now, I have never seen people so illiterate and foolish.

All the people who live in the community behave like blasted zombies.

Author's Note

This one is personal.