Ebonics Prayer

No doubt some Bible societies will feel compelled to publish a new translation of the Holy Scriptures in the newly discovered language of Ebonics. Here's a head start for them:

Ebonics: Big Daddy's Rap English: The Lord's Prayer

Ebonics: Yo, Bid Daddy upstairs, English: Our father, who art in heaven

Ebonics: You be chillin English: Hallowed be thy name

Ebonics: So be yo hood English: Thy Kingdom come

Ebonics: You be sayin' it, I be doin' it English: Thy will be done

Ebonics: In this here hood and yo's English: On earth as it is in heaven

Ebonics: Gimme some eats English: Give us this day our daily bread

Ebonics: And cut me some slack, Blood English: And forgive us our trespasses

Ebonics: Sos I be doin' it to dem dat diss me English: As we forgive those who trespasses against us

Ebonics: Don't be pushing me into no jive English: And lead us not into temptation

Ebonics: And keep dem Crips away English: But deliver us from evil

Ebonics: 'Cause you always be da Man English: For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory

Ebonics: Aaa-men English: Amen

Nursery Rhymez

English	Ebonics
Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full; One for the master, And one for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane.	Yo! Yo! Ebony Sheep, Got some wool? Yea man, yea man, Three dim bags done full; One be fo da masta, And one be fo yo mama, An one be fo da little homey dat libs down da screet.
Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down And broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.	Jack an Jill Hip-hoppin up da hill To fetch da pail of wada. Jack be felt down An busted he crown An Jill be tumblin too.

The us army

The Army, as one of the three military departments (Army, Navy and Air Force) reporting to the Department of Defense, is composed of two distinct and equally important components: the active component and the reserve components. The reserve components are the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard.

Regardless of component, The Army conducts both operational and institutional missions. The operational Army consists of numbered armies, corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions that conduct full spectrum operations around the world. The institutional Army supports the operational Army. Institutional organizations provide the infrastructure necessary to raise, train, equip, deploy, and ensure the readiness of all Army forces. The training base provides military skills and professional education to every Soldier—as well as members of sister services and allied forces. It also allows The Army to expand rapidly in time of war. The industrial base provides world-class equipment and logistics for The Army. Army installations provide the power-projection platforms required to deploy land forces promptly to support combatant commanders. Once those forces are deployed, the institutional Army provides the logistics needed to support them.

Without the institutional Army, the operational Army cannot function. Without the operational Army, the institutional Army has no purpose.