The SYSTEM and De SIS-TEM (part 1)

 

The system

Yea dat sis-tem

The system can be pretty oppressive

Dun know,
It fe mess me up bad bad

Nonetheless, the system is there to serve and protect

Protect uno say?

Yes protect
It is a need to prevent the society from moral decay
Preserve the ethical and honourable fabric, civility to portray
A structure to rationalize functionalism
Capitalize on sanctimonious idealism
The system may be what it is, but it is not that bad
Sometimes unforgiving, sometimes hard
In life nothing comes easy
And inevitability spells inequity

Me express a view dat differ
So what uno say doh matter
De system fe lef me down fe bleed
Deaf fill me eyes an harden me heart cuh me stay alive
No job wit mouths to feed
Toughen me up hustle hard to survive

Dat sis-tem uno talk bout
Dat rasclat sis-tem uno brag bout
Dat sis-tem fe endorse baby killa to be high tech scholar
Dat sis-tem you see, is what done try fe kill me
Me broda, me sista, me queen
And me likkle yute mikey

But me go murda it first
Cuh as me life get worse
Me nah take dat blow twice
Needa thrice

I think I understand what you are saying,
But you can’t possibly think that the system is a colossal failure

Me nah know what “System” you fe talk bout
Buh me know what Sis-Tem me fe dream bout
Me success was a slow progress in me lil road side vending ting
De same ting dem fe gimme before and tell me do

Now, new law, new money man, new plan
So dey kick me thru
Hit de curb break me jah
Next ting me accrue

Accuse me broda as law-breaker and lambaste him wit licks
Dem camouflage fellas
Nutting fe say for dat

Me see likkle yute
Put him gun in anada bwoy mout like is chicken bone
Cuh he have a uniform an badge he own

Me see bourgeois  rob maléwé
An sell da same ting dem fe steal back to dem
Me see dem poli-tricksters segregate de mass
Fuel rage and instigate hate
In da name of politics we like jackass

Dey promise de world and a way forward
Dem blindfold us wit scores of sores from dat party and dis party agenda
Inquiry dis and dat
When it all done we still backward
Den, their term expire and expose true lies
But every day to de system another yute dies
Nutting fe say bout dat

Me see nuff ting dat me cyan talk bout now
From garbage disposal impuissance
To utility provider incompetence
From Social Welfare gimmick
To high profile law breaking; patronymic

Me see tings me jus eh have time to say
Cause me done pissed bout life in da Sis-tem way

I am beginning to understand your frustration
It is apparent that you are under some serious oppression

So you tink is ah me ting?
Ah me want dis Sis-tem to be better?
Wat about Burt, Georges and Verlinda?
Wat about dat trigga bwoy who shot Yardy from anger
An nutting still from de commissioner

Or dat yute him hand get chop for asking ting polite
What bout him accused who walk out in few nights
Wat about de mudda dat cyan feed she daughter
Wa bout de boss who sexually abuse him worker

Yea dem children wit no books to go to school
No food, no clothes an ya’ll see dem as fool
See me got lots to tell you bout
But me fe say de bloodclat Sis-tem is a murderer me fe dream bout

Well I think I get what you’re saying and see that you might be right. The system can sometimes be unforgiving to people and retard your sight. But we are the system and we make it what it is.

Nah man, nah.
You ah de Sis-tem not me
Me nah tink like you
And you can never tink like me
But me have some more ting fe say
An you must tell me dat you and me ah different in everyway

TO BE CONTINUED in part 2