Ebonic Lord’s Prayer

Yo, Bid Daddy upstairs,
You be chillin
So be yo hood
You be sayin’ it, I be doin’ it
In this here hood and yo’s
Gimme some eats
And cut me some slack, Blood
Sos I be doin’ it to dem dat dis me
Don’t be push’n me into no jive
and keep dem Crips away
‘Cause you always be ‘da Man
Aaa-Men

Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power and the glory.
Amen.

Ebonics Dictionary – 2nd Edition

Once again Leroy was asked to do a simple homework assignment. Still befuddled by the whole school thing, Leroy is a trooper. He was given another set of vocabulary words to use in sentences. Here’s what he handed in:

  • Honor Roll
    We was playin bidwiz on the stoop the other day, man I was honor roll.
  • Planet
    I know this dude who got arrested cause he got him some seed to grow weed, and he planet in the backyard.
  • Dismay
    I went for a blood test, the doctor pulled out a big needle. He said dismay hurt a little.
  • Omelette
    I should punch you dead in the eye for what you just said but omelette this one go this time.
  • Stairway
    Getting high is stupid. It just make you stairway into space.
  • Mobile
    I went to the store to buy some food, I was short on cash, my man said gimme one mobile.
  • Defense
    I saw this dude running from the cops, but he hopped defense and got away.
  • Afro
    I got so mad at my girl, afro a lamp at her.
  • Aftermath
    I don’t feel like being at school today so aftermath, I’m out.
  • Locket
    I slam the door so hard, I locket.
  • Domineering
    My girl’s birthday was yesterday, I got her a domineering.
  • Kenya
    I needed money fo the subway, so I axe a stranger Kenya spare some change.
  • Derange
    is where da deer and antelope play.
  • Data
    At my basketball game, I scored thirty points. My coach said data boy.
  • Beware
    I asked the man at the unemployment office, “Is dis beware I get a job?”
  • Dimension
    I be tall, dark, handsome and not dimension smart. (HA!)
  • Coatroom
    The judge said, “One more outburst like that, you’ll be thrown out de coatroom.”
  • Decide
    My boy frontin’ like he love his girl but eribody know he got a couple of chicks on decide.