keeping it real

Maintaining authenticity and originality when others are not.
My boy Jeff bought a plastic Christmas tree that ALREADY has LED's on it. That man's keeping it real.
by osgood from the E town November 17, 2019
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keep it real

A term used to define the "realocity" of an individual. Often used to describe how "tough" or "ganga-skilled" one is.
Example:
Shanequa:I been sleepin' wit yo man, beyotch! *insert two finger snaps for good measure*
Ranaenae:Oh no you did not!
Shanequa:Oh yes I did, bitch! Whatchu gonna do about it?
Ranaenae:I gonna keep it real, you chickenhead.
*insert some low-class rap and a "pimped out" low rider.*
---===15 minutes later===---
Ranaenae shows up at Shanequa's abode in her worn out Cutlass Supreme carring a wooden baseball bat and a half-empty carton of eggs. First, she smashes out the front window of Shanequa's car, and proceeds to cake both the car and house with the eggs. Moments later, police arive on the scene to find Ranaenae scrawling something on Shanequa's house with black spraypaint. The then arrest her, throw her in their cruiser, and take her down to the police station. Ranaenae then claims police brutality and is released, so as promote good relations with the public.
by Josh from AK March 24, 2004
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Keep it Real

contrary of the other definition just be yourself; this one means when your high as hell with your buddy/ies and their trippin you out talking stupid trippy and you want them to act normal
Puffer: maaaaaaan im high
Passer: wonder if god exsists
Puffer: fuck god, keep it real, im high as shit
by Maverick Aegis November 26, 2010
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keep it real

To not any shit from anybody, if they wanna mess then you mess,
To keep it real is to do shit that you know will fuck you over later but you do it anyway becuase you know, you got to keep it real
Johnny: "i dunno if i wanna do this, there are people in there"
Andre: "Shut the FUCK up bitch, We keep it real!!!, Now light that shit on fire"
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a closing statement used to say goodbye and often by Christians as a reminder to keep their faith real - as in not hypocritical.
(after a bible study has ended) Later bro, keep it real!
by ling-James December 12, 2009
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keeping it real

Something that people claim to do when they supposedly want to speak their mind. Used often on the Internet by people who are about as quiet as a church mouse in real life.

Now, on the other hand, there are people who thinking that keeping it real is synonymous with being an asshole or bitch. They say that most people can't handle such realness, and usually get offended when you "keep it real" by calling them such. All in all, most people just don't wanna deal with such childishness, contrary to what they tell you.
1. You talk trash to me in the chat, and I'll put a virus on your ass! I'm just keeping it real! r0xx0rs! w00t! l33t!11! Cyber-thuggin' baby!!1

2. You're not on my level. I'm just keeping it real.
-No, you're being a bitch. Now I'M keeping it real!
by The Producer June 04, 2007
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A manufactured street code for continued white supremacy. As used in common speech, could also be phrased, "keeping it submissive" or "keeping politically, socially, and economically irrelevant."
African-Americans (especially men) who have evolved into greatness through traditional paths are invalidated as they have not "kept it real." The term's definition relegates and caps many potential great African Americans through peer-pressure, advertising, greater social misunderstanding, and ambiguous racial identity.
The phrase is harmful in that it not only damages the collective psyche of a large portion of the American populace, it also limits (in all facets) the unlimited potential that this group could have upon the country.
"Thurgood Marshall, Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Booker T. Washington, (Sports Analyst) James Brown, and Condoleeza Rice are not keeping it real."

"50 Cent and Michael Vick are keeping it real."
by Adam S. Chin August 23, 2007
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