An impossibility or oxymoron. You either are or are not a crook. You can't steal a little bit from someone and be called a partial thief. You have taken, you are a thief, period. Therefore to say someone is a halfway crook is to refer to an impossibility.
This term was made popular by Mobb Deep in the song "Shook Ones" when they called whack niggahs out who were "Scared to death, scared to look, you shook, cuz ain't no such thing as Halfway Crooks"
This term was made popular by Mobb Deep in the song "Shook Ones" when they called whack niggahs out who were "Scared to death, scared to look, you shook, cuz ain't no such thing as Halfway Crooks"
by MadP July 13, 2010
"scared to death, scared to look
they shook
'cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks"
Shook Ones Pt. II Mobb Deep
Note: Eminem uses this verse in a rap battle against Papa Doc in 8 Mile
they shook
'cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks"
Shook Ones Pt. II Mobb Deep
Note: Eminem uses this verse in a rap battle against Papa Doc in 8 Mile
by Greyson91394 November 19, 2010
A poser. Someone who professes to live one style of life but reality tells a much different story.
Used as a diss in freestyleraping to describe someone who claims to be a thug or hard but is very much the opposite.
Used as a diss in freestyleraping to describe someone who claims to be a thug or hard but is very much the opposite.
Guy 1- "Yo', Ja Rule is the realest nigga representin' the streets!"
Guy 2- "Hell no he ain't! He's a halfway crook"
Guy 2- "Hell no he ain't! He's a halfway crook"
by ACG2x March 04, 2005
A definition of a fake gangster, comes from Mobb Deep's hit "Shook Ones, pt. 2". Popularized mainly by the movie 8-mile and today used mostly by little white kids discovering their glutus maximuses starting to grow.
Person A: Ima snatch this fake ass niggas chain after I come hone from the office.
Person B: man aint no such thing as halfway crooks
Person B: man aint no such thing as halfway crooks
by DJ_Sikk January 31, 2016
Phrase from Mobb Deep’s “Shook One’s Pt. II” 1995, meaning that you are either a crook (thief) or you aren’t
What Mobb Deep is referring to as halfway crooks are rappers who act hard but really aren’t
What Mobb Deep is referring to as halfway crooks are rappers who act hard but really aren’t
by EminemONTOP June 09, 2022
the motto of Saudi Arabia
saudi police: I see you just stole a piece of bread, I'm gonna have to cut off your hand for that
thief: That's not fair, it was only a piece of bread!
saudi police: Sorry baby, ain't no such things as halfway crooks *slashes hand off with le epic curved sword*
thief: That's not fair, it was only a piece of bread!
saudi police: Sorry baby, ain't no such things as halfway crooks *slashes hand off with le epic curved sword*
by timhoe December 15, 2020