Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(W.I. Rasta) problems, vexations, trials, bad luck, misfortunes.

1909		J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 99/2: Crosses (Peoples’). Woes, miseries, sorrows.
1991		L.E. Adams Jam. Patois 46: So-so crosses deh pon mi from maanin. – I have had nothing but problems since morning.