Yes!
Mi glad fi wat a happen.
Papa, dis is sweet.
Mi gwine shut di door pon medicine
Fi turn class athlete!
Is not a trick dis Papa
An is not jus bout di money.
Mi waa fi run like lightening
So dem mek statue a mi!
No!
It kyaa be wen mi dead Papa
Cause honour laas pon duppy!
Mi want i' mek wen mi alive
So even mi can look pon I'.
Den, outside of getting payment
Fi mi job as athlete
Mi can get homecoming celebration
An even monetary treat.
Doan look so clueless Papa.
Wen me run an please di crowd
Dis country mus reward mi
Fi mek everybody proud.
Wat yu grumblin' bout now sah?
Shif' di cobweb mek mi hear!
You really tink is tax gwine use
Fi back di whole affair?
Maybe yu right mi gran-faada
Cause who going in dem pakit
Fi tek cash splurge pon athlete, jus so?
Yu know wat, mek wi drop it.
But as mi indicate before
Yu naa lose off dis gran.
Me, yu gran-bwoy Anancy
Gwine put pon pedestal!
Until such time doah Papa
Please massage mi foot fi mi
An bring wet rag fi wipe dem off cause
Mi dida run barefoot
Dem dutty!
- Erica Brown Marriott