Trod
verb TROD trad
Also spelled: trad, trodding, trod on
Meaning
To walk, journey or make one's way through life — used by Rastafari for the spiritual path a person travels. More than physical walking, to trod is to live out one's livity step by step.
Examples
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“Iman a trod di righteous path.”
I am walking the righteous path.
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“Wi trod through Babylon but wi eye pon Zion.”
We journey through Babylon but our sights are on Zion.
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“Keep trodding, nuh stop.”
Keep going, don't stop.
Origin
From English 'tread/trod', kept in the past-tense-like form and used as a general verb of journeying, given spiritual meaning in Rastafari speech.
How it's used
Carries the sense of a life's journey, not just a walk. Common in reggae lyrics about perseverance.