WUZ DEE NITE BEFO CRIMMUS

- EBONICS VERSION -

Wuz dee nite befo Crimmus
An all ober dee hood
Erry body wuz sleepin'
Dey wuz sleepin' good

We hunged up or stockin's
An hope like dee heck
Dar ole Sanny Claws
Gone brang us our check

All o' dee fambly
Wuz la’in in dey beds
Whilst Thundrebird wine
Danced thru dey haids

I'd passed out on dee flo
Rite next to my maw
When I heared sech a fuss
I think “It mus be dee law"

I looked out thru dee bars
What kevvered my do'
Spectin' the sheriff
Wid a warrant fo' sho'

An what I did seen
Made me say..."Lawd, look at dat"
Dey wuz a huge watermelon
Pulled by giant wharf rats

Now ober all dee years
Sanny Claws, he be white
But look likin' us bro's
Gets a black Sanny dis nite

Faster den a PO-lice car
My homeboy, he came
He whupped on dem wharf rats
An' called dern by name

On Leroy! On Roosevelt!
On Lonzo and Joineruis Lee!
On Benatridus! On Willie!
Dey wuz a'site to see!

As he landed dat watermelon
Out dair in dee skreet
I knowed it wuz fo' sho'
De Damndest site I'd ebber seed

He dint go down no chimbly
He picked the lock on my do'
Aii' I sez to myself
"Shit, lie dun dis befo'!"

He had dis big bag
Full of preznents I speck
Wid Air Jordans and fake gold
To wear roun my nek

But he lefl no good preznents
Ju' started stealin' my shit
Gite my drugs, my stole guns
And even my burglar's kit

Wit my stuff in dee bag
Out the windder lie flewed
I sho' wudda ketched 'im.
But lie stoled my knife too

He jumped in dat watermelon
An' whupped out a switch
He was goned in a sekkun
Dat son-of-a-bitch

Nex. year, I be hopin'
A white Sanny we git
Cuz a black Sanny Claws
Jus' ain't wuff a shit

*New Ebonics translation by Oakland, California School Board.