half steppin

not doing a complete job; bullsh-ttin’; opposite of come correct
he was half steppin how he treats his girl. she deserves better.
similar to frontin , either to half–ss something or to put up a facade ; being fake as h-ll
i told him i’d beat his -ss for f-cking my girl! ain’t no half steppin with me. i keep it gangsta.
it pretty much means half -ssed
you can’t just give a shout out to some hoes and expect to make thousands the same night,this aint no half steppin
(v) doing somthing half -ssed
yesterday i was so hung over i was half-steppin’.
trying too hard to be something you’re not, and using a thinly disguised method to do it; someone who is a phony; an imposter; faker; bullsh-tter; a charlatan; a person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud;
“he ain’t nothin’ … he be half steppin’

afro-american origin; early 1960s; jazz musicians would criticize a player who obviously had no talent or originality, who would try to play “hip” lines on his horn a half step outside of the key, in an attempt to copy master jazz saxophonist john coltrane. ex: “he ain’t playin’ nothin’…. he’s just half steppin’…. (i.e., playing musical melodies momentarily a half step out of the key to create harmonic tension resolved by moving back inside the key, a cheap imitation of the real thing).