Language

• • "yu" references his creole dialect
  • "picasso" used as an analogy to portray that mixing something together can actually make something beautiful
  • "red" and "green" make brown linking to skin colour

  "when picasso mix red an green is a half-caste canvas?"
• • "yu" -> creole dialect
  • "tchaikovsky" also used as an analogy in the same intentions as the picasso analogy
  • Juxtaposition "half-caste symphony"

  "yu mean when tchaikovsky... mix a black keys.... half-caste symphony"
• • "sun" is the truth but is "overcast" due to the clouds representing racism
  • Sibilance of the phrase “so spiteful” creates a harsh, sinister tone

  "till dem overcast so spiteful dem dont want de sun pass"
• • Calls for more open mindedness of listeners to understand full story than half
  • "eye", "ear" , "mind" : Link to people with disabilities + racism has disabled people to not understand

  "come back tomorrow wid de whole of yu eye ..... ear ..... mind”