|
THINGS MY WEST INDIAN MOTHER TAUGHT ME.... 1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Chile, just wait till we get home." 2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You goin get a good cut ass when we get home!" 3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE. "what di backside yu thinkin bout '? Answer me when me talk to you, Chile....doh talk back to me!" 4. My Mother taught me CONSEQUENCES. "If yu run cross de road an' a car lick yu dung, a goin' kill yu wid licks." 5. My Mother taught me THE VALUE OF EDUCATION. "If yuh doh go to school, yuh go be a tief, or walk an' pick up bottle." 6. My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If yu tun over yuh eyelid an a fly pitch on it, it go stay so fi evva." 7. My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD. "Is not one time monkey goin' want wife" 8. My Mother taught me ESP. "Yu tink a don't know what yu up to nuh?" 9. My Mother taught me HUMOR. "If yu don' eat food, breeze goin blow yu 'way." 10. My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT. "Come an' tek yu beatin' like a man." 11. My Mother taught me about SEX. "Yu tink yuh just drop from da sky?" 12. My Mother taught me about GENETICS. "Yu jus' like yu fadda." 13. My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE. "When yu get to be as ol' as me, yu gwine understan'." 14. And my all time favorite... JUSTICE. "One day wen yu have pickney, a hope dem treat yu de same way." |