i gotta stay deep, 'cause talk is cheap
Luca Passani
in the past 4 months goes like:
i gotta stay deep, 'cause talk is cheap
can anyone explain what this sentence really means?
thank you
luca
Donna Richoux
The "talk is cheap" part is easy, that is a well-known expression
meaning almost what it says: it's easy to talk about ideas and plans but
hard to actually *do* these things. You may know the fable of Aesop that
ends, "But who is going to bell the cat?"
But "to stay deep" doesn't have any special meaning that I know of.
Maybe it is specialized slang (but it's not in my slang dictionaries),
or maybe it's just the writer going for an easy rhyme (deep/cheap).
If it's not special slang, then maybe the writer meant "to stay hidden,"
or maybe "to stay serious."
A few more lines, or the rest of the song, might give a clue.
I can see why you and your friends might argue about this. I hope
someone else can enlighten us.
Best wishes --- Donna Richoux
willia...@my-deja.com
tr...@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux) wrote:
> Luca Passani <pas...@eunet.no> wrote:
> > i gotta stay deep, 'cause talk is cheap
> >
> > can anyone explain what this sentence really means?
> But "to stay deep" doesn't have any special meaning that I know of.
...
> If it's not special slang, then maybe the writer meant "to stay
> hidden," or maybe "to stay serious."
> I can see why you and your friends might argue about this. I hope
> someone else can enlighten us.
This native speaker doesn't recognize the meaning of "to stay deep",
either, an admission I was only willing to make after Donna, who knows a
lot more than I do, 'fessed up.
I've heard that rap is enjoying a wave of popularity in Europe, and the
meter of your quoted material would be suitable for rap. There are
probably quite a few phrases in rap numbers that would be unfamiliar to
an older honkie from the 'burbs like me.
Gary Williams
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Before you buy.
Luca Passani
It's nor rap.
luca