:[eating chicken nuggets] Man, these shits is right. Yo.
It's good with the hot sauce too, yo.
Yo, D, you want some nuggets?
Man, whoever invented these, yo, he off the hook.
Mm. Motherfucker got the bone all the way out the damn chicken. ‘Til he came along, niggas be chewin' on drumsticks and shit, gettin' they fingers all greasy. He said, Later for the bone, nugget that meat up, make some real money.
You think the man got paid?
The man who invented these.
Shit, he richer than a motherfucker.
Why? You think he get a percentage?
Nigga, please, the man who invented them things, just some sad-ass down at the basement of McDonald's, thinkin' up some shit to make some money for the real players.
Naw, man, that ain't right.
Fuck "right." It ain't about right, it's about money. Now you think Ronald McDonald gonna go down in that basement and say, "Hey, Mr. Nugget, you the bomb. We sellin' chicken faster than you can tear the bone out. So I'm gonna write my clowny-ass name on this fat-ass check for you"?
Man, the nigga who invented them things still workin' in that basement for regular wage, thinkin' up some shit to make the fries taste better, some shit like that. Believe.
Still had the idea though.
Motherfucker, why didn't you call in sick?
Yeah, you are. Write me up a 95 on why you are physically unable to participate in today's activities.
You want me to lie so you can save face?
Go on. "I can't jump off with the rest of my unit because my tummy hurts."
[D'Angelo is teaching Wallace and Bodie chess]
Now look, check it, it's simple, it's simple. See this? This the kingpin, a'ight? And he the man. You get the other dude's king, you got the game. But he trying to get your king too, so you gotta protect it. Now, the king, he move one space any direction he damn choose, 'cause he's the king. Like this, this, this, a'ight? But he ain't got no hustle. But the rest of these motherfuckers on the team, they got his back. And they run so deep, he really ain't gotta do shit.
Yeah, like my uncle. [picks up a queen] You see this? This the queen; she smart, she fierce. She move anyway she want as far as she want. And she is the go-get-shit-done piece.
And this over here is the castle, like the stash. It move like this, or like this. [demonstrates]
Dog, stash don't move, man.
Come on, yo, think, how many times we move the stash house this week. Right? And every time we move the stash, we gotta move a little muscle with it.
True, true, you right. A'ight, what about them little baldheaded bitches right there?
These right here, these are the pawns. They like the soldiers. They move like this, one space forward only. Except when they fight, then it's like this. And they like the front lines, they be out in the field.
So how do you get to be the king?
It ain't like that. See the king stay the king, a'ight? Everything stay who he is, 'cept for the pawns. The pawns, they get all the way to the other dude's side, you get to be queen. And like I said, the queen ain't no bitch. She got all the moves.
A'ight, so, I make it to the other end, I win?
If you catch the other dude's king and trap it, then you win.
But I make it to the end, I'm top dog?
Naw, it ain't like that. Look, pawns man, in the game, they get capped quick. They be out the game early.
Unless they some smart-ass pawns.
HAHeroin addict
Got any testers, man?
Nigga, it ain't even 9:00 and you fiendin' on it. Get the fuck outta here, man! Damn.
Yo, why you act like that, yo?
What, for these junkie motherfuckers?
So you just gonna take his money all day and treat him like a dog?
How I'm supposed to treat him?
I don't know. But you ain't gotta punk him like that.
He punked hisself. He a goddamn drug addict.
And you a goddamn drug dealer.
So? So what? Oh, what, the 'customer's always right'?
Yo, we in the projects. The customer be fucked up. You can't give these niggers shit, man.
Why not? Why can't you? Shit, everything else in the world gets sold without people taking advantage, scamming, lying, doing each other dirty. Why it got to be that way with this?
Yeah, but the game ain't gotta be played like that, yo. You can't tell me this shit can't get done without people beatin' on each other, killing each other, doing each other like dogs. And without all that, you ain't got 5-0 down here on our backs every five minutes. Throwing us around and shit.
You think 5-0 care about niggers gettin' high? In the projects? Man, 5-0 be down here about the bodies, yo. That's what they be down here about. The bodies.
We'll be doing even better when we get that new package.
[laughs] New package same as old, man.
Ain't no new package. Just gonna put that same shit out in a different colored gelcap is all. Might spike that shit with some procaine or some caffeine, but otherwise it's the same.
String, man, people already coming back on us tellin' us that shit is weak.
I know; shit is weak, but, y'know, shit is weak all over. The thing is, no matter what we call heroin, it's gonna get sold. Shit is strong, we gonna sell it; shit is weak, we gonna sell twice as much. You know why? 'Cause a fiend, he gonna chase that shit no matter what. It's crazy, you know. We do worse, and we get paid more. The government do better, and it don't mean no never mind. [pointing to the money] This shit right here, D, is forever.
I'm not jumping out on something I believe's going to harm the case. You want to write me up on that, you can.
You think I want this? I got the Deputy Ops on my ass for this shit! Now I got you showing me up in front of the whole damn detail!
I don't mean to show anyone up.
No. I've got police work to do.
Motherfucker, if you felt this way, why didn't you call in sick?
Yeah, you are. Write me up a 95 on why you are physically unable to participate in today's activities.
You want me to lie so you can save face?
Go on. "I can't jump off with the rest of my unit because my tummy hurts."
How long you been in the pawn shop unit?
Thirteen years and four months.
I gotta ask you, what exactly does a police officer assigned to the pawn shop unit do?
You intake reports from registered pawn shops on all items valued over $50. Then you make an index card for that item. Then you file that index card. If someone wants to find out if something stolen has been pawned, we look to see if we have an index card. If we do, we do. If we don't, we don't.
You did that for thirteen years?
Why'd you ask out of homicide?
What'd you do to piss 'em off?
I think I need to buy you a drink.
