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be up

leave from where u at
when the poleece come on the block, it's time to be up
by J Bird September 1, 2005
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be up

Used to wish someone well, often used when departing similar to "take care".
You: I gotta go.
Me: Aight, be up.
by evertrip September 4, 2019
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Be up off me

Get away from me. Don't touch me.
Be up off me,Fool! You be up off me, or I'll kick your ass!
by eileen March 9, 2005
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Be Up Off Me

To tell someone not to touch you, or to get off of you.
Get away from me. Don't touch me.

Be up off me,Fool! You be up off me, or I'll kick your ass!
by eileen March 9, 2005
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Whatchu wanna be up

Prison or street jargon used as a response to "What's up... <used and said in a way of either jokingly feigning indignation, or, intentionally, ambiguously, or actually... provoking a fight> <in combination with body language insinuating offense of some kind or another whether real or imagined>... 'witchu'with you? The response, "Whatchu wanna be up...my niggah? <usually less threatening>....white boy <racial slur meant to provoke a response of some kind or as a test of mettle <or, usually in a more aggressive tone and more threatening body language, with just a slight tilt of the head and arms positioned in such a way as to appear sort of ape like, or, as if carrying a large imaginary basket...>...nigga? Sometimes accompanied by “gettin' in a nigga face” and aggressive posturing. More common in prison, or the streets, specifically, ritually, it is a common way fights that start off posturing verbally sometimes start ramping up to evolve into pushing and or actual fist fighting. It is a form of social posturing and a "dominance alarm"* (*if that is a thing*) It is used —unprovoked— to test the mettle of a perceptively weak inmate. Sometimes the test completely fails if the person being tested is a new arrival, expecting it and, (as a result of his comrades or whomever he is riding with, assure him is the proper response to such a challenge...) 'steals off on**' the aggressor. (**or, in other words, w/o warning, no posturing whatsoever, makes first punch)
Prison dialogue example:

New boot: “What up, bruh?”

Posturing alarmist/tank boss, or soldier:

“I aintcho 'bruh,' bro!

"I ain't no friendly nigga...

... gets all up in new boot's grill, testing his mettle...)

Whatchu wanna be up, white boi?"

New boot:

"Oh, my bad. 'Bro' it iiis!(wham!)"

Other inmates:

"Oooooweeemain, THAT white boi stole off on dat nigga, main."

Guards in pickett, over intercom, barking:

"Rack it up, maggots.... NOW!"
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