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The Wire · Season 1, Episode 5

D'Angelo and Stringer in “The Pager”

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.

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