I and I *
*Used in the rastafarian religion in place of “you and me” to show that all people are equal under Jah.
Your parents are coming to see I and I.
by George October 7, 2003
- Rastafarian expression of the physical body and mind being in oneness with soul.
The use of “I and I” is deliberate and intentional.
I and I about to sing praises unto the most high Jah.
I and I love rasta pasta with a side of ital stew.
by Fireyawdman June 2, 2018
Also means “I, with God’s help” or “I, with God-in-me”. Often used in place of “me”. Because the people’s Identity was destroyed in slavery, Identity is very important in RastafarI — so I gets capitalIzed a lot. They pronounce the I’s strongly in reggae songs. Emperor Haile Selassie I is not “the First” but “Haile Selassie *I*.”
I and I build the cabin
I and I plant the corn
Didn’t my people before me
slave for this country?
Jah Bob Marley
by Jay Young January 15, 2004
Previous definitions are good, but miss out on one thing.
the “I and I” also marks a distinktion between the body (that which can be seen) and the spirit. This is reinforced by the similarity of sound between “I and I” and “eye and I”.
The expression “I and I” thus expressedly includes all of ones being.
Also it can be used straight of as a possessive pronoun.
“I an I don like it!”;
“Is tha fe I an I?”;
“It belongs to I and I“.
by Illuminocentric November 29, 2006
A rasta term or rather rasta culture slang that means jah the heavenly father of the Rastafarian movement is with you or rather you and him.
Refers to the holy that resides within the self that is G-d experiencing creation through as well as along side i in i.
1. I in I are soul Jah till the end of my day.
2. Though babylon persecute I, I In I will keep my mind from goin astray.
3. I in I will never waver for He is my strength .
by floydshaman November 23, 2013