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Da Israel Peopo Come Sorry
An God Do Good Stuff Fo Dem
1 Hosea tell:
“You Israel peopo, come back by oua God, Da One In Charge.
All da bad kine stuff you guys wen do,
Az wat wen bring you guys down!
2 Come back by Da One In Charge,
An tell him you sorry.
Tell um: ‘Try hemo da shame fo all da bad tings us guys wen do,
An let us guys go!
Lissen wen we pray
Fo tell you we sorry.
Den we goin talk good bout you,
Jalike wat we tell now, az one sacrifice
Dass mo betta den da bulls we kill.
3 Da Assyria peopo no can get us guys outa trouble.
We no goin ride war horses fo fight.
We no goin tell no mo
Dat da tings us guys wen make, dey oua gods.
Cuz you da ony One dat show love an pity
Fo da kids dat no mo faddah o muddah!’ ”
4 Da One In Charge tell, “I goin make dem come good,
No matta dey wen tell ‘Laytas’ to me.
I goin show plenny love an aloha fo dem
Cuz I no stay huhu wit dem no moa.
5 Jalike da dew give watta from da sky fo make da lily flowa come out,
I goin make da Israel peopo come strong lidat.
Dey goin be jalike da cedar trees Lebanon side
Dat sen down deep roots.
6 Da Israel peopo goin be jalike one tree dat get young shoots.
Dey goin stay awesome jalike beautiful olive trees,
An smell nice jalike da poplar tree.
7 Da peopo goin live unda my shade one mo time.
Dey goin grow good, jalike wheat an barley.
Dey goin get flowa jalike da grape plant.
Erybody goin know bout dem jalike dey know da wines from Lebanon.
8 “Eh! You Israel peopo!
Tell ‘Laytas’ to da idol kine gods!
I da One goin lissen wen you guys pray,
An take kea you guys.
I jalike one green pine tree dat make shade fo you guys.
An all da good tings dat happen to you guys, stay come from me!”
9 Erybody dat know wat fo do erytime,
An know wass good an wass bad,
Dey goin know an undastan
All dis stuff I wen write.
Cuz Da One In Charge erytime go da right way,
An da peopo dat do wass right,
Dey go da same way.
But da peopo dat go agains Da One In Charge,
Dey trip an fall down wen dey try fo go
Da way God like um fo go.