Okay, so let's try this again. I say, "Have a good evening, Mr. Broadus!"
And a good evening to you, Sgt. Carver.
See.
And a VERY good evening to you, Officer Collichio!
CColicchio
Fuck yourself with a 40, shit-breath.
S4 E1Boys of Summer
God-dayumn.
SSalesman
I see you've got the DeWalt cordless. [pause] Your nailgun. DeWalt four-ten.
Yeah. Trouble is, ya leave it in the truck for a while, and need to step up and use da bitch, da battery don't hold up, ya know?
SSalesman
Yeah. Cordless'll do that. You might want to consider the powder-actuated tool. The Hilti DX460MX or the Simpson PTP. These two are my Cadillacs. Everything else on this board is second best, sorry to say. Are you contracting or just doing some work around the house?
Nah, we work all over.
SSalesman
Full time?
Nah, we had about five jobs last month.
SSalesman
At that rate, the cost of the powder actuated gun justifies itself.
You say ‘power'?
SSalesman
Powder.
Like gunpowder.
SSalesman
Yeah. The DX460 is fully automatic, with a 27 caliber charge. Wood, concrete, steel to steel, she'll throw a fastener into anything. And for my money, she handles recoil better than the Simpson or the P3500. You understand what I mean by recoil?
Yeah. The kickback. I'm wit cha.
SSalesman
That's right.
27 caliber, huh?
SSalesman
Not large ballistically, but for driving nails, its enough. Any more and you'd add to the recoil.
Aw shit, I seen a tiny ass .22 round nose drop a nigga plenty a days, man. Motherfuckers get up in ya like a pinball, rip your ass up. Big joints though? Most the time they just break a bone and they just say “fuck it.” I'ma go with this right here, man. How much do I owe you?
SSalesman
Six-sixty-nine, plus tax.
[Snoop counts out money]
SSalesman
No no, just pay at the register.
No man you handle that for me, and keep the rest for your time.
SSalesman
This is $800.
So what man? You earned that bump like a motherfucker, man. Keep that shit.
We good?
Yeah, man. Man say if you wanna shoot nails, this here the Cadillac, man. Meant Lexus but he ain't know it.
Hold a charge better?
Man, fuck a charge, this here's a gun powder activated, 27 caliber, full auto, no kickback, nail-throwing mayhem man. Shit right here's tight.
[Chris laughs]
Word. Fuck this nailin' up boards, we could kill a couple mother fuckers with this right here.
[to Namond] What you need school clothes for anyway? Yo ass stay suspended. If it wasn't for social promotion, yo ass would still be in Pre-k nigga...Prolly day care out this bitch.
[Namond is approaching Bodie to go leave with his friends.]
Ay, B.
'Sup?
Um, I wanted to know if I can leave early 'cause me and the fellas want to go down to Mondawmin for some back-to-school stuff.
Whatchu need "back-to-school" stuff for? Yo' ass stay suspended!
Tsk, c'mon, stop playin', B!
Hey, if it wasn't for social promotion, yo' ass would still be in Pre-K, mothafucka—prolly day care out this bitch!
FUCK ME…..Where am I going again?
One of those neighborhoods between Oliver and Middle East.
Middle East…that’s a good name for it…fucking Fallujah.
S4 E2Soft Eyes
I still wake up white in a city that ain't.
Better to be lucky than to be good.
You think I have time to ask a man why he giving me money? Or where he gets his money from? I'll take any motherfucker's money if he givin' it away!
Because if some federal motherfucker comes through the door, I say hey, it's all in the game. But a city police? Baltimore city?! Hell no, can't be happenin', because I have raised too much goddamn money for the mayor and his ticket. Hell no! Ain't no soul in the world that fuckin' ungrateful!
CClarence
Calm down, Clay-
Money-launderin'? They gonna come talk to me about money-launderin'?! In West Baltimore?! Sheeeeeeeeeit. Where do you think I'm going to raise cash for the whole ticket? From laundromats and shit? From some tiny-ass Korean groceries? You think I have time to ask a man why he giving me money? Or where he gets his money from? I'll take any motherfucker's money if he givin' it away!
S4 E3Home Rooms
I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit.
How you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sporting wit' the puppies?
It ain't what you takin', it's who you takin' it from.
Yeah, now, well, the thing about the old days: they the old days.
S4 E4Refugees
SGSecurity Guard
You think I dream of comin' to work up in this shit on a Sunday mornin'. Tell all my friends what a good job I got. I'm workin' to support a family man. Pretend I ain't talking to you. Pretend like I ain't even on this Earth. I know what you are, and I ain't steppin' to, but I am a man, and you just clip that shit and act like you don't even know I'm there.
I don't.
SGSecurity Guard
I'm here. [Marlo moves closer] Look, I told you I wasn't steppin' to. I ain't disrespectin' you, son.
You want it to be one way.
SGSecurity Guard
What?
You want it to be one way.
SGSecurity Guard
Man, I don't...
You want it to be one way.
SGSecurity Guard
Man, STOP! Stop, sayin' that.
But it's the other way.
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