An idiom of hip hop culture used to refer to the tendency or ability for real individuals to identify, connect with, or otherwise respect, other real individuals. The usage of real is identical to that in the more generic phrase keepin' it real, i.e. genuine, true.
Scalia: "I think equal protection is the most overextended rational in modern day justice"
Roberts: "agreed"
Scalia: "We see eye to eye on this don't we?"
Roberts: "Hey, real recognize real."
Scalia: "word"
Roberts: "agreed"
Scalia: "We see eye to eye on this don't we?"
Roberts: "Hey, real recognize real."
Scalia: "word"
by kelzobaggins November 15, 2007
hip, urban rendering of "you had better recognize"; what you say when you want someone to acknowledge your authority
Four years ago, I was a nobody; now, I'm the cream of the crop in the rap game. You betta' recognize!
Son, don't talk to me like that; I'm yo' momma. You betta' recognize!
Son, don't talk to me like that; I'm yo' momma. You betta' recognize!
by hustla32 April 14, 2009
Game Recognizes Game: {Concept}Is the idea that two Players, see playa, of unequal respect when meeting, will recognize and even pay homage to the player of greater respect.
When I went to a bar in Hollywood, I ran into Hugh Hefner. I had to give him props. Any player would know that, Game Recognizes Game.
by SammymatiK May 6, 2008
what you tell some disrespectful twat who needs put in their place. It is most effective if while saying it you raise your hand in a threatening motion as to put 4 fingers across the side of the persons face.
by Peg Leg Pete October 16, 2007
To have "game" is to attract people of the opposite sex. Game recognize game is when a person who has game, can see it in another, like a playa knows another player when he sees one.
by Jonathan Dack October 23, 2004
An esoteric catchphrase of the urban male pimp, playa, rapper or wannabe that carries the weighty implication that only someone who has their game tight can have the appropriate respect and admiration for someone else's doubtlessly tight game.
"It was tight how you played Shenequa and Lavisha off each other like that..playa playa!"
"Game recognize game homie, you know how I do."
"Game recognize game homie, you know how I do."
by redgyul September 21, 2004
i’m getting recognized is what Adam divine said the first time he got recognized in public in an intersection in California
by Wolfie the titan February 10, 2021