Dutty Tough :By louise S Bennett

Sun a shine but things no bright;

Doah pot a bwile,bickle no nuff;

River flood but water scarce,yowl Rain a fall but dutty tough.

Tings so bad nowadys when yuh ask smaddy how dem do dem fraid yuh tek it tell dem back, so dem no answer yuh,

No care omuch we da work fa 

Hard-time still een wi shut;

We dah fight, hard-time a beat we,dem might raise wi wages, but

One poun gaw awn pon we pay,

An we no feel no merriment for ten poun gawn poun wi food an ten pound pon we rent

Saltfish gawn up, mackerel gawn up, pork en beef gawn up, an when rice and butter ready dem jus go pon holiday!

Cloth, boot, pin an needle gawn up ice, bread, taxes, kershineile,gasoline, gawn up; an de poun devaluate

De pride of bread gawn up so high dat we haffi agree if cut we yeye pon dred an all turn dumplin refugee

An all dem marga smaddy weh dah gawn like fat is soon all dem deh weh dah fas wid me ah lef dem to dumplin!

Sun a shine an pot a bwile, but things no bright,bickle no buff, rain a fall, river dah flood, but, water scarce an dutty tough....
                                 
{1}She is tell in us that it is raining but the earth is still hard
{2} choose this poem because it a powerful message about what people go through in jamaica.
{3}you can learn what it's like back in jamaica, and you can also learn a little of our{ patwa} jamaican language