Bodie and McNulty in “Final Grades”

Bodie

I ain't no snitch.

McNulty

Didn't say you were.

Bodie

I been doin' this a long time. I ain't never said nothin' to no cop. [Bodie sighs] I feel old... I been out there since I was 13. I ain't never fucked up a count, never stole off a package, never did some shit that I wasn't told to do. I've been straight up. But what come back? Hmm? You think if I get jammed up on some shit, they be like, "All right, yeah. Bodie been there. Bodie hang tough. We got to his pay lawyer. We got a bail". They want me to stand with them, right? Where the fuck they at when they supposed to be standin' by us? I mean, when shit goes bad and there's hell to pay, where they at? This game is rigged, man... we like them little bitches on the chessboard.

McNulty

... Pawns.

Bodie

Yo, I'm not snitchin' on none of my boys. Not my corner, and not no Barksdale people. Well, what's left of 'em. But, Marlo, this nigga and his kind, man, they gotta fall. They gotta.

McNulty

Well, for that to happen, somebody's gotta step up.

Bodie

I'll do what I gotta. I don't give a fuck! Just don't ask me to live on my fuckin' knees, you know?

McNulty

You're a soldier, Bodie.

Bodie

Hell yeah.