keeping it real
Not being fake or influenced. Being true to yourself and your values, but more importantly, being true to innate values that all people acknowledge as respectable. Not
frontin, or inhibiting yourself or pretending to be something your not; but also not following dominant values that should not be acceptable.Honesty, doing the right thing, genuineness,
fairness and reasonability are generally aspects of keeping it real.
Gandhi kept it real because even though his acts were controversial or illegal, they were never harmful and society now knows he was doing the right thing.Also used in a more
jocular way to explain an individual's behavior that they may have thought was the right thing to do out of stubbornness or disregard for others, but it wasn't really keeping it real because the social
concensus is that it is not.
keeping it real
by Da Realest on Nov 06, 2006 14:14:19
Staying true to yourself, your faith, your life and constantly seeking the truth.
You are keeping it real as long
as you do not harm yourself or anyone around you physically mentally or spiritually.
You try to benefit the environment and society that surrounds you and eventually serving humanity for
the greater good.
By keeping it real you are authentic and do not follow the
geopolitical or corporate economic norm, but you strive to develop a norm that is centered on peace, truth, and unity.
keeping it real
by who cares? on Apr 18, 2005 15:26:53
A
black person's excuse for being ignorant or doing
ignorant shit. The person who says that they are "
keepin' it real" usually claims to be denying pop culture and sticking with their own thing.
Chris Rock had a good description:
Example:
Rock: Nothing makes a nigger happier than not knowing the answer to your question:
(
first person):"What's the capital of
Zaire?"
(nigger):"Shit, I don't know that!....
Keepin' it REAL!"
Rock: Yeah, real DUMB!
keeping it real
by Ryan Thompson on Jun 16, 2004 15:35:42
When a black celebrity/athlete gets into trouble and his teamates/black commentators/BET media say he's "
Keeping it real", as if it were assumed he is supposed to act like that. It is
more or less a black-on-black racist term. (White people don't use the term and are largely unaware of what it means.) It says that black people are supposed to get in trouble with the law,
thusly "
keeping it real"; being true to their race.
Example:
A lot of people probably said
Kobe Bryant was "keeping it real" when he got into trouble, or when
insert name basketball player
got busted for marijuana possession, not realizing they are perpetuating the racism they try to fight at the same time.
keeping it real
by The Producer on Jun 04, 2007 09:06:25
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.
Example:
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!
keeping it real
by Adam S. Chin on Aug 23, 2007 19:44:12
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.
Example:
"
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."
keeping it real
by T Hizzle on Apr 09, 2005 14:39:37
Real is an abbreviation of Retaliating for Every Attack Line. Therefore, "keeping it real" is a
defense mechanism used to sustain one's pride and self-interests against motherfuckers and bitches whose key intentions are to humiliate you and attempt to eliminate the much needed respect from your peers. To be real means to
follow your heart, never
giving a fuck about what your enemies try to do to break you, and always keeping a steady eye on your goals as well as the loved ones you set out to protect.