Be cool, collected, don’t panic, don’t worry be happy, life is good, things will get better (for example the up and down of dating, work politics, financing issues, personal or group dilemmas, etc.)
Originating from pop singer/songwriter JJMAX’s song “Keep Your Lettuce Tight” released in 2018. JJMAX’s lyrics specifically describe the craziness of dating, but the phrase is used for many situations.
Tom: HeyNoah, what’s wrong?
Noah: My boss is mean and my dog is sick.
Tom: Keep your lettuce tight dude, everything will be okay!
The person who wants to hide their ethnicity to achieve or get somewhere where ethnic varieties are seldom found and this person would typically step on or over somebody like him to get social status desired Like ice cube explains in Oreo cookie