at the first this use of be appears to be no different from its occurrence in certain british dialects where i be he etc. correspond to standard english iam he is there is howeveer a crucial difference between aave and all other varieties of english as the adverbs usually and some times in the above sentences show invariant be is use in aave only to indicate habitual aspect it is only used to refer to some event that is repeateand is not continuous there is therfore a verbal contrast in aave which is not possible in standard english