Snake it til you make it

The act of doing minimal work to get by, and being sneaky and/or crafty while you go about it, like a snake.

1: "Man this paper isn't gonna get done tonight"
2: "You'll just have to snake it til you make it man"

1: "Dude you down to chill?"
2: "Hold on, I'm snaking it right now, I'm trying to get this chick to do my laundry"