You Know How It Is: The Usual Morning Rotation

1) A phrase used whenever you have nothing better to say or you just want someone's approval for no real reason. To have to work properly, one person must initiate the phrase as shown in the example.

Person 1: 'You know how it is:'
Person 2 (responds): 'The usual morning rotation'

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thats how you do

An African American way of explaining how you do something

thats how you do my n*gga

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get it how you live

1: to get money however you can or to use methods most available to you

2. to acquire anything by any means necessary or available

1. Person 1: Most people get jobs to make money, but where I'm from the only way to make money is by selling drugs.

Person 2: Ay man, get it how you live.

2. Person 1: Bro, i haven't gotten anybooty in like two months. I'm a man on a mission this weekend.

Person 2: Ay man, get it how you live!

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And that's how you land a plane

When you complete something like a boss ass bitch

Girl: *hooks up with a hot guy at a frat party*
Girl: and THAT'S how you land a plane

get it how you live

To use the means which are available to you based on your personal life situation.

1.
Liberal White Man: Jamal, what made you decide to sell crack as opposed to other less illicit methods of earning money?

Jamal: Yo mane, I ain't got no education, I ain't got opportunities, out here you gotta get it how you live
Liberal White Man: Ah, I understand. Could I cop a brick?

2.
Angry Black Man: Why do rich people always have to exploit poor people?

Rich Man: Often we find that, that is the most lucrative avenue available to us by virtue of our circumstances.

Angry Black Man: Ah, so I guess you say you gotta get it how you live

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how you do dis?

A slang term that implies confusion and befuddlement. Often used when you have not been paying attention and you have to do a worksheet or test. This expression usually pisses people off.

"This worksheet is on standard deviation; how you do dis?"

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How you gonna act?

This was a very popular saying among US Military personel around the late 60's and early 70's. It was used very heavily by soldiers in Vietnam, Republic of. Depending on how it was used, it could be used as a question, a filler, or a rebuke. Excellent examples of its usage can be heard in the movie "Hamburger Hill" starring Dillon McDermot.

Dam man! You just tripped all over my shit! How you gonna' act!

Yo man...when you get so short you need a step ladder to climb up on a dime...how you gonna act?

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