It is only when you are closely involved with some persons that you are able to really know them. If one is not provoked, it is impossible to tell their true nature.
Seen? "If yuh nuh mash ants, yuh nuh fine him guts" means, literally, if yuh don't crush di ant, yuh can't see di inside. But really, it tell yuh seh yuh haffi really get involved, dig deep, fi truly understand a person or a situation. A yardman would seh dis when yuh a talk 'bout somebody yuh barely know, and dem a mek judgement. Bless up.