Meaning
'Yuh cyaa plant corn an expect peas' — you can't plant corn and expect peas. You reap what you sow, the proverb states plainly: your results will match your actions, not your wishes, and if you put in one thing you cannot expect a different thing to come out. Drawn straight from the certainty of the provision ground, it is offered as hard truth about cause and effect — that good or bad, what you get back is grown from what you yourself put in.
Examples
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Him treat people bad an wonder why nobody help him; yuh cyaa plant corn an expect peas.
He treats people badly and wonders why no one helps him; you reap what you sow.
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Put in di work fi di result yuh want — yuh cyaa plant corn an expect peas.
Put in the work for the result you want — you can't sow one thing and reap another.
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If yuh raise dem careless, yuh cyaa plant corn an expect peas.
If you raise them carelessly, don't expect a different outcome.
Origin
A farming image at its plainest: the seed you plant decides the crop you harvest — corn yields corn, never peas.
How it’s used
Used to point out that consequences follow actions — you cannot behave one way and expect the results of another.