| ▲ | satvikpendem 2 hours ago | |
It's ebonics, a slang or dialect version of using "are." | ||
| ▲ | sheept an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Linguistically it's particularly interesting since it marks the habitual aspect, and standard English has no grammatical equivalent.[0] [0]: https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/invariant-be#who-says-this | ||
| ▲ | frollogaston an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
And it's more like "are being" here (present imperfect) | ||