Playing for keeps
noun, slangHip-hop slang · Rap Dictionary
Definition
To be playing to win.
Examples
1
“If i'm playing then i'm playing for keeps.”
2
“I'm playing for keeps, but you ain't think I'd bounce back They love to hear a black nigga count stacks, count stacks" - J. Cole, Hell?s Kitchen.”
3
“Heroin transactions with Russian shots of the Smirnoff Playing for keeps, I bust in 'em before she get off" - Rick Ross, Pandemonium.”
4
“Don't sit on the fence, I play offense Playing for keeps until the end" - Hooligan Hefs, No Effect.”
5
“I?m on that greedy shit, that fiendin? shit, I need a piece I?m on that wreckless shit, that selfish shit, I?m playing for keeps" - Kodak Black, Slayed.”
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