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Oh, the kids can still write. Their style has just changed from this:

The old Johnson house had always been mysterious. It's old fence, overgrown yard, peeling paint and gabled roof always conveyed a sense of doom. And the sense of doom was well earned, for rumors persisted about the horrible screams heard so many years ago. And the story goes on, to this day. People who dare to take the shortcut in at midnight, through the back yard of the old Johnson house often tell you of the fear they felt, before the pain and the screams started. And they all bear the tell-tale bruise, the vertical stripe across the face. Of course, during the daytime; visitors remember to step over the rake in the path.

to this:

Yo buss dis. De old Johnson crib had always been mysterious. It's old fence, overgrown yard, peelin paint an' gabled rouh always moveed a sense uh doom. An' de sense uh doom wuz well earned, fuh rumors persisted 'boutthe horrible screams heard so many years ago. An' de story goes on, to dis day, an shit. folk who dare to take de shortcut in at midnight, trough de back yard uh de old Johnson crib often tell you uh de fear dey felt, befo de pain an' de screams started. An' dey all bear de tell-tale bruise, de vertical skripe across de face. uh course, durin de daytime; visitors remembuh to step ovuh de rake in de path. Sheeit!

Sorry. Your re-writing into new-English-speak flunks.

I do not see even one sentence that begins with "I'm like". Nor do I see -- even once -- the all-important communication feed-back clause, "You Know what I'm saying?".

Now go try it again, please.

The old Johnson house had always been mysterious. It's old fence...

Contraction for "It is old fence..."?

The old Johnson house had always been mysterious. It's old fence, overgrown yard, peeling paint and gabled roof always conveyed a sense of doom. And the sense of doom was well earned, for rumors persisted about the horrible screams heard so many years ago. And the story goes on, to this day. People who dare to take the shortcut in at midnight, through the back yard of the old Johnson house often tell you of the fear they felt, before the pain and the screams started. And they all bear the tell-tale bruise, the vertical stripe across the face. Of course, during the daytime; visitors remember to step over the rake in the path.

Your BEV translation was cute, but it's not just a black kid thing and it's not just a dialect thing. There's a lack of imagination, limited vocabulary, poor spelling.... this is what I see:

The old johnson place is scarey and run down and poeple get like a scarey feeling becaus you can hear screems from it. And this is becaus theirs a rake in the yard and poeple steps on it and it hits them (thats a joke ha ha) but really its a scarey place.

from this . . . to this:

Or this:

THE OLD JOHNSON HOUSE HAD ALWAYZ BEEN MYSTURIOUS, ITZ OLD FENCE. OVURGROWN YARD. PEEL1NG PANET + GABLED R00F ALWAYZ CONVEYED A SENSE UV D00M! AND THE SENSE UV D00M WUZ WEL EARNED. 4 RUMORZ PURSISTED ABOUT THE HORRIBLE SKREAMZ HERED SO MANY YEARZ AGO. AND THE STORY GOEZ ON. 2 TH1S DAY. PEOPLE WHO DARE 2 TAKE THE SHORTCUT 1N AT MIDNITE. THROUGH THE BACK YARD UV THE OLD JOHNSON HOUSE OFTEN TEL U UV THE FEAR THEY FELT. B4 THE PANE + THE SKREAMZ STARTED! AND THEY AL BEAR THE TEL-TALE BRUISE. THE VURT1CAL STRIPE AKROSZ THE FACE, OF COURSE. DURING THE DAYT1ME, VISITORZ RUMUMBUR 2 STEP OVUR THE RAKE 1N THE PATH,