The Wire · Season 1, Episode 5
“The Pager” · Season 1, Episode 5
In this episode: D'Angelo Barksdale (2), Omar Little (1), Stringer Bell (1), Kima Greggs (1), Avon Barksdale (1), Bubbles (1)
Yeah, but, Stringer, if you don't pay a nigga, he ain't gonna work for you.
What, you think a nigga's gonna get a job? You think...you think it's gonna be like, 'Fuck it, let me quit this game here and go to college'? No, they're gonna buck a little, but they ain't gonna walk. And in the end, you gonna get respect.
[to Kima] How y'all do what y'all do every day and not wanna get high?
How complex a code can it be if these knuckleheads are usin' it? Then again, what does it say about us if we can't break it?
The cheese stands alone.
[about Omar] He scare you, don't he?
You know, I'm just sayin'...
He scares me. Yeah. See, if he dead, you know, I could carry it better. Commin' up the way we did, you know, you kind of expect that. Waitin' on it. See, the thing is, you only got to fuck up once. Be a little slow, be a little late, just once. And how you ain't gonna never be slow? Never be late? You can't plan through no shit like this, man. It's life.
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