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So gather round, as I run it down

and unravel my pedigree.

My father was a junkie.

Don't you never do this shit, you hear me? It's bad shit.

Yeah, okay. Yeah, okay?

You hear me talking to you, boy? Don't you never do this shit.

Don't you never be like me.

Okay. Don't do it. Damn it, that's -

What you want for Christmas, man?

I don't know. You don't know?

Boy, you better know what you want.

Else, how you expect to get what you want, if you don't know what the hell you want?

I'll be right back. Daddy, don't go! Daddy.

No, man, don't.

Oh, man, don't.

Come on. I'm sorry, boy.

Come on, man. You're my main man. You're my main little nigga.

Come on. Yeah, same to you, Jimmy.

Now, come on.

You cool? You cool?

Huh?

Get out of here, man.

Give to the poor.

Give to the poor.

Give to the poor.

Let's go. Come on.

Hey! Merry goddamn Christmas, kid!

You been a good boy, huh?

Medic!

Get down, you red devil! Don't be teaching my boy that fairy tale elf shit!

Did you see?

You see?

Daddy!

Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!

I'm sorry.

Money.

My father, when I saw him die like that,

saw him find his grave in the snow,

I only had one thought.

It wasn't gonna happen to me.

Tell me, do you know the difference between a Black man and a nigger?

Uh no.

Most niggers don't.

Next, please.

Good morning. Have a seat.

So, tell me, Officer Winston,

what's the difference between a Black man and a nigger?

Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?

Right. Thanks for coming in.

So, Officer Stevens,

tell me, do you know the difference between a Black man and a nigger?

The nigger's the one that would even answer that question.

Most undercover cops don't know what they're doing 'cause it's a day gig.

I'm looking for somebody who will go under and stay under.

Six months, a year, five years.

What does he have to do?

Buy drugs, sell drugs, set up the people that I want to bust.

No. He's a snitch.

He's a drug dealer.

He's a criminal. He's a scumbag.

But most importantly, he's a scumbag for the right side.

You will be on loan to the DEA, and you'll report directly to me.

I've stayed away from this kind of stuff all my life, drugs and stuff.

I've never even had a drink. I never have, and I never will.

That have anything to do with your father being killed

robbing a liquor store when you were ten years old?

I'm God. I know everything.

Why did you join the force?

Because I wanted to be of some use. I wanted to make a difference somehow.

Have you ever taken a look at your psychological profile?

You know you score almost exactly like a criminal?

Look at this.

Resents authority. Rigid moral code, but with no underlying system of values.

Insufficiently developed sense of self.

Look at this. Look at these scores. Look at all the rage.

Look at all the repressed violence.

I'm telling you,

undercover all your faults will become virtues.

You'll be a star there, John.

You'll do a lot more good there than you ever would have in uniform.

You will be of use.

You will make a difference.

Those guys

After work, they went home to their wife and kids.

And then one day on the street they forgot where they were,

and now they're dead.

But you'll never go home, so you won't forget.

Because there's only one rule in this game, John.

Don't blow your cover.

I didn't want the assignment.

I sat there the whole interview thinking that, if I took it,

it would be the biggest mistake of my life.

And I was right.

I'm looking for a room.

You see? That's what's wrong.

There's just no imagination these days.

That's Belinda Chacon,

and if you want my opinion, you'll stay away from that bitch.

Okay, if you want to get anywhere in drug enforcement,

you do not bother with the street dealers.

You take one of those guys out, there's ten more to take their place.

You go after the big guys, try to knock out the big networks.

Felix Barbosa.

He's like a middle-level executive.

He supplies the guys who supply the guys who supply the street.

Now, he gets his stuff from the importer

Anton Gallegos.

Gallegos is the number-one importer on the west coast.

40% of all of the drugs in Los Angeles go directly through this guy.

Very cute.

Yeah. Yeah.

He's able to do this largely because his uncle,

Hector Guzman, is an influential Latin-American politician.

A self-promoting, duplicitous greaseball,

according to our friends over at the State Department.

He's the guy who helps Gallegos get the product into the country.

So we're going after him?

Uh, well, no, not directly. He's too big. He's too big.

But if we can nail the nephew,

maybe it'll smear the uncle, hurt him back home politically.

Now, that would be very good for you and me.

That would get us friends in high places, if you know what I'm saying.

But we want the uncle. We want Guzman.

John, listen. Will you stay with me?

One step at a time, all right?

You go for Barbosa and then Gallegos, nice and orderly.

See, the beauty of that is that it protects your ass.

Okay.

Hollywood, Hollywood.

The great thing about life on the street is you know how it's gonna be.

It's always the same.

It's always getting worse.

Come on, man!

Eddie, in his red Caddy and his nice clothes

that his mama must have bought him.

He supplied the street dealers.

He was a crazy, good-natured, desperate asshole

with a life expectancy of about a half an hour.

But people said he got his dope by way of Felix Barbosa,

so I had to get to him and through him

while he was still around.

Yo, baby boy.

What the fuck I tell you about being around here, man?

Now, wait, man. They told me I had to. I swear!

No, that's sad, sad, but too fucking late.

Hasta la vista, motherfucker!

Motherfucker.

That's cold shit, man. Goddamn! He's vamping a dead boy.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

He done done, ain't he?

Fuck it.

So, this young lady is on trial for prostitution,

and the judge says, Oh, you're very attractive.

You look like you might have some Indian heritage.

Are you a Navajo?

And she said, Oh, no, Your Honor. I'm a Chicago ho.

Would you get us some beers, Eddie? All right.

I'm a Chicago ho. Oh.

I hung around the obvious places for a while.

Then one day Eddie walked up to me and started talking

What you gotta do is be low-key. just like I knew he would.

I will have two beers

and a white wine for the tremendous behind.

How you doing, brother?

Dudley?

John. Remember?

John.

Yes, I remember.

I once knew a brother named John who loved to dance when he got it on.

He made the pussy do the Watusi,

and she said, Ooh, goddamn, this rhythm is strong.

Stay Black.

What's that nigga talking about, stay Black?

Nigga, stay off that crack.

Eddie?

He's a space case. I don't know.

He, uh

buys from this man

David Jason, who, um

apparently is supplied by the Latins.

Good.

I saw this kid killed the other day, um

He couldn't have been more than 12, 13 years old.

Shot him in the back.

I want you to buy from Jason and then get to the Latins.

You don't want to rush this thing. Yes.

Rush it, please.

Hey. What do you need? I'm looking for Eddie.

Hey, man, close that door! Close that door, man.

Okay.

Gotta get that door.

What's up, man? What brings you to my office?

Just say no.

Just say no!

Eddie.

Eddie! Yeah?

I need a bird, man.

Bird? Oh.

You gonna straighten up and fly right.

Stratosphere, baby.

The fuck you doing?

Shit, stop slurping. This ain't no 7-Eleven.

Bitch, you fucking up!

I'll send your ass back to Reseda.

You come up with that one-eight straight mañana?

Yeah, I'll have the money.

Eddie. Hmm?

You need to take this girl off the fire, man. She's done.

Now, why you gonna dis my Nubian queen like that?

Mañana.

You got a right to remain silent, Eddie. You got a right to an attorney.

As you might've expected,

it didn't take Eddie long to get himself in a jam.

Whoo!

After holding out for about two or three seconds,

he started offering the cops anybody he could think of.

The first person he could think of was me.

It turned out to be just the break I needed.

Yeah, but you're gonna die a hero, Eddie.

Three times four?

Seven. No, no.

You're adding again. Three plus four is - Honey, we've done this lesson already.

Honey, she will get it. You know how, don't you, Miranda?

She will get it. Three times four?

Twelve. Right! That's right.

See? We worked on this already. See, Dad?

Excellent. Uh, three times five?

Honey, can you get that, please?

Eight.

Daddy, why can't I just use a calculator?

Honey, you can't learn with a calculator, okay?

Why don't we work on this lesson?

Felix.

What are you doing here? We got a problem, David.

Well, it's Call me on the phone.

Don't I don't like - Your friend Eddie just got busted.

Now he's bending over for the cops, trying to save his ass.

And he's gonna lose that skinny little thing.

Did he name us?

Not yet, but he will if he has to, and eventually he'll have to.

Daddy, I thought we were doing my homework!

Well, I don't think he'd talk about us.

If we whack him, he definitely won't.

Don't worry, David. I'll take care of it.

You won't have to - Daddy!

Just a second.

Felix, if there's a problem, we'll kill him. I'll kill him myself.

Nancy, get out of here. Get out of here!

For you. It's Eddie on hold.

Nancy.

I'm Felix Barbosa.

Hello.

Honey. Thank you, sweetie. Thank you very much.

You've got a beautiful wife, David.

No wonder he doesn't invite us over, huh?

Hey, hey!

Don't If you're gonna come to my house, please show a little respect.

He can't help it, David.

It's his nature.

Uh, I know how to handle this.

He's gonna get you busted.

No, he won't.

Eddie, my man.

All right. David.

John.

John, David.

So, you wanted to meet me.

I like to know the important customers.

You've met me. Now what?

Listen, you're taking a lot of weight for a guy we hardly know.

Where you moving this stuff?

Do Macy's tell Gimbels, motherfucker?

Forget it, Eddie. This guy's a cop.

What?

Eddie, what the fuck is this, man? You know me.

I done gave you a lot of paper, man. No, we're cool. We're cool.

I thought you were serious. I-I'm very serious.

You're serious? You're serious? I-I'm -

Look, fucking call me, man, when you get serious.

I will call you. Let me just talk to him.

Kill it. No, no, no.

You cool? No. Get down.

All right. I'll talk -

Hey! David! David!

Is that our bust? Yeah.

Well, who is he?

Some scumbag.

The guy is not a cop. Come on, David.

Don't you see his eyes? You see it in his eyes.

Don't fuck with me. Don't fuck with me.

18,000, David. We need it. We're behind. You know that.

Fucking animal!

Fuck!

Make sure he gets it all.

Mr. Hull!

Hey, Belinda. Mr. Hull, how you doing?

All right. How you doing? Hey, James.

Say hi to Mr. Hull, James. How you doing, man?

I went to the welfare today, and I, uh - You know what I'm saying?

I got on the wrong fucking bus, and

By the time I got there, they changed the time on me and shit.

Without notification, right?

They supposed to give me notification, right?

So I'm off the welfare. Hey.

How you doing? Okay.

You all right?

What'd you eat today?

I had Ding Dongs. You had Ding Dongs.

Yeah, he had Ding Dongs.

Yeah, well, you go across the street to the Mexican place.

Get yourself a chicken tostada,

a beef and bean burrito, or something like that.

And get you some milk, okay? I don't like milk.

That's all right. You just get some anyway, okay?

Don't talk back to Mr. Hull. Yes, sir.

Go ahead. He's a good boy.

Yes, sir.

You be careful crossing that street, James.

You know, Belinda, uh

it ain't none of my business, but you got a really nice kid.

You oughta take better care of him.

Don't you fucking tell me how to take care of my fucking kid!

I take damn good care of my kid!

My kid is clean!

My kid is -

Look, I'm clean, too, right?

I've been tested. I'm HIV-negative. Just so you know.

I'm just laying that out there, but, um

It's very hard raising a kid, Mr. Hull. So you know that.

It's not an easy fucking thing, all right? All right? You dig what I'm saying?

I know you like my kid, right? You likes him, right?

I could tell you likes him, right? Yeah.

So listen. I've been working something out.

I thought of something. Maybe you like this.

He needs a male role model, right?

And And maybe you would like to take care of him.

I could let you have him for $3,000.

All right, all r $2,000.

But that's it, man. $2,000.

Whoa! What the fuck is that? Hello.

You think that's too much for my only son? I know what you got in there.

Hold on a sec- You're a rich motherfucker.

Hey, wait a fucking minute!

All right. Hey, I ain't on your shit.

Go for your phone call, man. Go.

Where you at, Eddie?

Yeah, I'll be there in a few.

Yeah, all right.

Yeah, all right. See.

So what do you say, man? Yo, Mr. Hull!

Belinda, I ain't got fucking time for this shit now.

Wait, wait, Mr. Hull! I could be your lady, man!

Wait, Mr. Hull! I could do it right!

Dudley, my man. All right, Eddie.

I got that big bird for you, baby. You gonna be flying back to Africa.

Ooh! Feel like the one-eight. Taste like the one-eight.

Look like the one-eight.

Oh, yes! One-eight!

Would you like to do a taste test on that, my brother?

Oh, what the -

Oh, the police! Oh, shit, the police! Come on, Eddie, let's go.

I'm gonna get you, Eddie!

Stop right there, scumbag!

Come here. Put your fucking hands in the air, man!

Come on, nice and easy. Turn around, baby. Come on.

Turn around. Keep your hands in the air.

How you doing, Judas?

Name! I don't know the cat's name!

Why you keep asking me? Over and over, I'm gonna keep asking!

For the last time, I'm telling you. For the last fucking time.

I don't know the guy!

I don't know nothing!

Bobby, give me a minute.

Are you Christian?

No, no. Are you a Christian?

A Christian?

Oh, shit. Yeah, man. In God we trust, right?

Well, I'm a Christian.

When a Christian does something wrong, he or she has to make amends.

At the arrest tonight, I was wrong in hitting you.

Yeah, you was wrong. I apologize.

You have a right to file a complaint. That's all right.

No, I'd file it if I were you. No. That's all right.

You're a new face around here.

I haven't seen you on the street before.

Where you from? From Oakland, man.

Nah. You're not from Oakland.

I know Oakland.

Nah.

You're from back east.

Jersey. New York. DC. Maybe.

Let me ask you something.

You got kids?

Well, these

are my African American beautiful babies.

If somebody put a gun to your baby's head,

would you try and kill them if you could?

Huh?

Me too.

And by selling that stuff

you're putting a gun to my baby's head.

Let me warn you.

I'm like a mad dog after a bone.

I'd be all over you like stink on doo-doo.

Trust me.

Here.

You read this.

It gives me a lot of pleasure.

Prayer book. Yeah.

Yeah. Check this out, Reverend.

God bless you.

God bless you, Reverend!

Sit.

What are you doing here? I work here.

You work here as what?

David Jason, attorney at law.

All rise.

The court is now in session.

The Honorable Judge H. Arricott presiding.

Want a Chiclet? Be seated.

You're a lawyer? Yeah, I'm your lawyer.

Who hired you? Uh, I'm handling it pro Bono.

If you don't want me, there's the PD.

And she's good. She just can't provide special services, that's all.

Like what? MC-37455.

People vs. John Hull.

Getting your case called first.

How do you plead?

Um, Your Honor, I'd like to, uh -

If I may approach?

Your Honor, uh, this is the preliminary police toxicology report

which says that the substance seized from my client was mannitol,

a baby laxative.

I've spoken with Ms. Ryan, the prosecutor, and she agrees to an immediate dismissal.

Ms. Ryan?

Dismissed.

Audi 5000.

Where's he at?

Is he here? Yeah. Him and Eddie.

You sold me mannitol.

If it hadn't been, you'd be in jail right now.

Don't worry. You're gonna get what you paid for.

Make beautiful love to you out here in Ladera Park tonight.

Police helicopter come and shine a light on us.

She said, Shit. Police helicopter done you a favor.

You been eating grass for the last half hour.

You been eating grass for the last

You been eating grass for

My man.

What, are you surprised to see him?

Dudley, as-salaam alaikum, brother.

Listen, John here got busted, but he kept his mouth shut.

Now, uh, everybody here can't say that, right?

Finally, Felix Barbosa.

The first stop on Carver's pyramid.

I was right where I was supposed to be.

That really depends upon what you're saying, David.

I mean, what are you saying, David? Are you saying something about me?

Come on, Eddie. Tell the truth. Be honorable.

That's all you got left.

Fuck you, little faggot. Ain't had pussy since pussy had you.

Cops made you give them somebody, and we know it.

Yeah, okay. All right, cool. I gave somebody up.

All I gave up was this little motherfucker right here.

You got the money. It's on the table 18 grand.

Count the shit, David. There it is on the table.

Next time you might give up us.

Now, wait a minute.

Wait a fucking minute.

Felix.

Felix.

Never, Felix. I swear to God. I would never -

I know you never will.

Why y'all gonna do me like that? Shit. I'm worth money to you, Felix.

Shit, I could give you money, man.

Why, Eddie? You don't owe me anything.

No, no, I mean, just to, you know, tell you that I'm cool and shit.

I could hook you up with another 18 or I could go with a two-four.

I could multiply that by two and go with an extra two.

Just for the wildlife fund and shit.

I could go with the five-0.

Why not a hundred?

Hundred?

Cool. Hundred.

Give it.

Twenty-four hours, man. Tomorrow.

No, no, no, Eddie. Now.

Ten seconds.

One I don't have it on me right now, man.

I gotta see the Versateller and shit.

Two

What you gonna do, man?

Five

Why you treating me like this? I'll give it to you in 12 hours.

Shit, first thing in the morning. I swear to God!

What you - Six

You want to do it, David?

Come on, man. You know me.

Felix!

Come on, man! What am I doing? Oh, God!

What am I doing? What am I doing?

Let him go! Let him go!

I'm sorry. Oh, God. I'm sorry.

Aah! Jesus fucking Christ, man! It was a joke, Eddie.

It was a fucking joke. How I know it was a joke?

Go home, will you? Eddie, would you please go home?

Yeah, apologize to these guys and go home.

Fuck.

It's all right. Gopher. Gopher, I'm very sorry.

Listen, man, I didn't mean to call you a homosexual.

And, David, you know me. I'm a businessman.

I put on a tie every morning. I go to work.

Hey, brother, you know, business - Go home, man.

Eddie, I just want to ask you a question. Yes, Felix?

Cocksucker, you really fucking think you were gonna get away with this shit?

No, don't. I'm sorry.

Work for me, Eddie, learn to keep your fucking mouth shut!

Understand, Eddie? And if you can't fucking do it, I'll do it for you!

Cocksucker.

I'm sorry! I'll fucking do it for you permanently.

Come here, you -

I'm sorry! Oh, God! Come here, you -

Oh, God, I'm -

Felix!

Huh?

Fuck it.

Go on.

Come on, you guys. Come around. Take a look at this, huh? Come on.

So, Johnny, what do you think?

I think you made your point.

Hey, I like him. That's very good.

What about you, bar mitzvah boy?

First time you see somebody die?

No.

Uh, I was 14, and, uh

I was in camp, and a friend of mine was water-skiing

and a junior counselor was driving the boat

and the motorboat ran him over.

You ought to kill a man someday, David.

It's

It's liberating.

Coke is dead. So what's next?

Oh! You're so smart.

Well, that's the question, but that's for me to know and you to find out.

Why aren't you selling it then? 'Cause, uh

I can make it chemically.

I know how to market it. Uh-huh.

I need a chunk of money,

and that's why I'm hanging around with this asshole Barbosa.

And 'cause I can't get to the big guys. So, who are the big guys?

Gallegos, et cetera.

Why can't you get next to him? 'Cause I don't move enough quantity.

Why do you ask so many questions? 'Cause I'm a cop.

That's funny. Hey, I told you that. I told you that.

You know anything about designer drugs? What, ice and ecstasy and tar?

Yeah, yeah, well, you know, they've gotten a bad name

'cause, I mean, there's a limited market for Parkinson's disease.

But what about a substance

that was absolutely safe Mm-hmm.

currently legal

Mm-hmm. that you could go to work on

and do your job better than you ever did it straight?

Right. Sounds like a dream.

In dreams begin responsibilities.

Okay.

So, what is this new thing you can make and market -

Oh, some other time, John, when we know each other better.

Okay.

Let's see what we have.

This is more than I bought.

Yeah. Well, half we owe you. The other half's, uh, on consignment?

It's a token of our esteem 'cause you kept your mouth shut.

You having trouble moving it, especially since you got no more Eddie.

Ooh.

You got me.

That's true.

Make me your partner, I'll get you your chunk of money.

I don't need a partner. I need a salesman.

You need a partner.

'Cause Felix Barbosa's not gonna back you and your wonder drug, whatever it is.

One.

Two.

I can't buy that much shit, John. I don't have that in the budget.

What am I supposed to do with it?

You're a drug dealer.

Deal drugs.

I was supposed to be making a difference.

Here I was selling drugs to kids and pregnant women.

I hated doing what I was doing, but I was good at it.

Being a cop was never this easy.

Let me speak to you for a second.

If you working for me, you either use or you sell. You can't do both.

How am I supposed to use if I got four kids?

You got four kids? Fine young thing like you?

What you doing with four kids?

I'll give you fine young thing, baby.

Bitch, I told you get your skinny ass off my motherfucking corner!

another fucking nigga's car! Don't be -

I don't want to have to see you here no more!

Get your hands off me! Sit your ass down!

All right. It's cool.

Hey, it's cool, baby. It's cool.

Hey. Listen up, sissy. This place ain't yours no more. It's ours.

So take your weasel-looking ass and this scrawny bitch the fuck out of here.

Yeah. I'll be back, man.

You see that movie, man? You can rent it at your local video store.

I'll be back.

Let's roll, baby.

David, there's someone here to see you.

Oh. Momentito.

So what's your name? John. You?

Jacquiline with a J.

I got to go. No, wait. Come back.

Same time, same station. Okay?

Okay, don't let it get cold. I'd never -

Hey, uh, David, we got to go, man.

How come I like balling Black chicks so much?

I don't know. Maybe you feel like you fucking a slave.

You mean like a bondage thing? No, like a racist thing.

What's the most intense sex thing you ever did?

You ever been with two women at the same time?

Yeah. Your mother and your father. Oh, wow, yeah, yeah.

Did my mama get buck wild on you? Sick fuck.

Okay, mack daddy, you're about to meet somebody very-

You're gonna thank me for this. She's a truffle.

Uh, lock the door. Lock the door.

Oh, baby! Ba - David, you're late.

So beige. You're a vision in beige.

This is Betty. Isn't she a

Mmm. stone fox?

This is John Hull, my new associate.

Your new Eddie. Mmm.

I hear the old one wore out.

Well, factory recall. This is the advanced model.

That's $50,000, thanks to John, employee of the week.

So how does this work?

Dig Dig this.

Betty sends this money to an unnamed African nation

to a store for stuff she never bought.

They deposit it in a bank down there

who then, in turn, makes a loan to Betty, which she never has to repay.

That way it doesn't show up as income for the IRS.

It's the laundrosmats. It's the laundrosmats.

David. Yeah?

You talk too much.

Why? John is John is the coolest, baby.

Yeah, Betty.

I'm the coolest.

How much is this?

Do you know anything about ethnic art?

Have you ever been in a store like this?

See, we don't put price tags on our merchandise.

So if you have to ask,

then obviously you can't afford it.

In that case, I'll take two of them.

John.

You're up Eddie Two.

Not for me, thank you. Why not?

Because it can get to be a very expensive habit,

and as you said, I can't afford it.

You know something?

I don't trust you.

You know something?

I don't think you could trust yourself.

And you know something else?

A man has two things in this world, his word and his balls.

Or is that three things?

Lighten up, Betty. Betty!

What's the vibe here? I don't get it.

You shoulda seen this guy on the street the other night. He's the shit!

I didn't tell you. You were so -

Like some beautiful panther

o-o-or jungle storm.

This is not my condescending infatuation with just everything Black.

Those politically conservative Negroes can kiss my ass,

and the anti-Semitic pricks can kiss my ass.

But you have the gift of fury.

You're like a a dangerous,

magnificent beast.

Watch your mouth, David.

Watch my mouth?

I can say anything I want. You can say anything you want?

You didn't hear me? I can say anything I fucking want to say!

So say anything you want to say. Boys.

Is this some type of male bonding thing?

Because you can take it outside.

You're blowing my high.

She wants us bad. She wants us both.

Mmm!

But we gotta go.

We gotta go.

I want two of those masks.

Yeah.

Two of them.

You can't take shit off nobody, Bijoux. Man, I -

I don't care how big they are or who they are.

I ain't afraid of no motherfuckin' nigga. He can't do shit to me.

I'm back!

Wild, wild west!

Wild, wild west, motherfuckers!

Motherfucker!

Motherfucker hit her! Damn!

We gotta kill him.

'Cause, look, she worked for you. You were supposed to protect her.

If you don't assert now, you're gonna lose authority with the other dealers,

and one of them's gonna kill you.

Yeah. Plus, with Ivy out the way, we can take over his territory, move up.

Thank you.

All right. We'll get Barbosa's man, Chino. We'll get him to do it, right?

No. If we use Chino, then it's Barbosa's who's asserting.

It's gonna be Barbosa's territory. It's got to be us, baby. It's gotta be us.

If it's us, it's got to be me, right?

If I do this, we're partners, man.

Fifty-fifty. Everything down the middle.

Hey.

I want to see you come back in one piece.

Me too.

I see ya, Jay Come on

I see ya, Jay

Sinkin' into that format flow

Get dollars, hit the door And I'm at the core

I like rhythm and blues I pay dues, like taxes

So I like to match a negative emcee Who gets smoked like a primo

Sent home with a little butt-naked demo He came with

How you gonna play the game with Compromise? No, sellout

While some change for a little Chump change and more airplay

And then complain when they don't hear

A little tape in the back Of a Caddy or a Jeep

Huh You shoulda stayed with the street

Come on

I see ya, Jay Come on

I see ya, Jay Come on

I see ya, Jay Come on

I see ya, Jay Come on

Yo, this is Ragtime, and right about now, I'm out of time,

so I'm outta here, but the deejay's gonna keep the party bumping

with some funky rhythms. You know what I'm saying? Peace!

I knew you'd come.

Should have popped me when my back was turned, bitch.

What the fuck you looking at?

Yeah, you a bitch.

You want to suck it, bitch?

Or you want a drink?

You in a coma, motherfucker?

Oh, sh -

Motherfucker.

You fucking bitch.

You did it. Partner.

See?

I had killed a man.

A man who looked like me,

whose mother and father looked like my mother and father.

And nothing happened.

The police didn't come after me.

No one did.

I could have killed others if I wanted to and gotten away with it.

This is cocaine, an addictive alkaloid

which distorts the thought processes,

destroys the sex drive,

and makes most people too obnoxious to bear.

It's illegal, and as you know, you can buy it on any street corner.

Hmm.

This is a chemical variant.

It increases attention, energy, cognitive powers,

yet with a smooth opiate-like emotional surface.

It's completely legal,

and I'm the only one who knows how to make it.

How much can you make it for?

Give me $5 million, and I'll supply the whole west coast

for 30 cents a pop.

The world will cost more.

So all we need is the

money Money.

and we're out of business with these morons forever.

Listen, I want you to get a new apartment. Something expensive.

What's wrong with where I'm at? That dump?

Come on. You're a big dealer now. You gotta act like it. Spend some money.

Get some new clothes. Have some fun.

That's an order.

So what was it like?

What was what like?

Popping Ivy.

I'm God, remember?

Then you should know what it was like.

We've taken over Ivy's territory. We're moving more product.

That means Gallegos will probably come to us himself.

That's great. That's terrific.

If we can take him down by the end of the month,

it'll go on the report for this quarter.

The faggots in congress will love that.

Make us look efficient.

What's the problem?

You ever kill anybody?

Are you kidding? I went to Princeton to avoid all that shit.

What am I doing here, man?

John

have you ever seen a crack baby?

Newborn crack baby?

Six hours old,

screaming its heart out because it's going through withdrawal?

You know, over the course of the next year,

it doesn't learn to crawl or walk or talk on time

because it's got deformities.

Physical deformities, mental deformities.

It's got brain damage, lowered IQ

dyslexia, God only knows what else.

Maybe it goes to school, but it can't learn.

And it's violent, so it gets in trouble with the law.

It's unable to form any kind of close emotional ties,

so it's faced with the prospect of going through this hideous, miserable life

completely alone.

There are millions of these babies, John.

There's a whole generation of your people

who are being destroyed before they are even born,

because these guys -

Barbosa, Gallegos, Guzman -

are bringing that shit into this country.

Now do you remember what you're doing here?

Yeah.

Good.

He was right. That's why I was here.

So I did what he said.

I got myself a nice place in the hills,

some new threads, a nice ride.

It was fun.

I liked being a big shot.

Wouldn't you?

I'm tired.

I want my masks.

You always shop at night? I'm a nocturnal creature.

I do a lot of things at night - shopping laundry

Business is improving.

From almost nothing to almost something.

Oh, are you an ambitious boy?

In my own way.

And why do you look at me like that?

How do I look at you?

Like you know something I don't.

Like you're better than me.

I don't think I'm better than you.

I don't think

I'm better than anybody.

I know you can't stop thinking about me, though.

No. That's part of your

imagination.

I have a present for you.

You want to see it?

Tell me, David, what's the freakiest thing you ever did sexually?

Me? Really? Mm-hmm.

Brown shower.

I don't do that, brown shower.

Although, a woman, sometimes when she comes,

will have a discharge that's liquid and copious.

You like that? I like that suit.

Where'd you get this furniture? I love this.

Nice Italian lady picked this out for me. Oh, it's so nice.

Gianni Versace, right? Mm-hmm.

Mike Tyson wears Versace.

David, come on. Take your feet off the couch.

You don't do that at your mother's house.

Nouveau anal, I think this is called, but all right.

And here. Here. Coaster. Coaster.

Yeah. We need more stuff.

No. We don't want to push it.

All right, we've been having fun. We've been doing really good.

Look. Right? What do we got here?

Chump change, man. Rent money.

You talking about designer drugs, David. We need more.

What kind of monster have I created?

Where's Barbosa getting his stuff from anyway?

Gallegos.

Gallegos, who you couldn't get next to because why, what?

You didn't move enough product. So now you will.

We buy direct from Gallegos, we get a better price.

Yeah. But Barbosa's never gonna let us near Gallegos.

If we buy 20 keys,

Gallegos will come to us himself.

How do you know that?

How you think I got next to you, David?

Yes, my game was strong, and my money was long.

Who owns this place?

I really made this business pay.

Everything was going exactly the way it was supposed to.

Carver was thrilled at my rapid ascent as a dealer.

Hey!

I was telling David what to do, instead of him telling me.

And then it all started to go wrong.

Today's Gopher's birthday? Yeah, today, man.

Some birthday. Uh-huh.

Hey, David, what are you gonna do with ten kilos?

You're always late on two.

No, no, excuse me, Felix. It's not ten kilos we want. We want 20.

Oh, man. Come on. Listen, David and I have been talking.

There's markets we can't open 'cause we don't have the inventory.

There's money to be made out there, baby.

The more we have, the more we can move. Am I right, David?

Mm-hmm. Son of a bitch.

Man, finally, somebody with balls on the team, huh?

Johnny, why don't you come work for me? I'll give you your own franchise.

You can supply David, lean on him when he's late.

I'm with David, Felix.

But why, man?

Did he give you that synthetic coke routine?

Is that what it's about? He did.

That's a joke, John. I'm telling you, it's a joke.

No, no. Felix, don't kid about it.

No. No. Who's kidding, man?

We talked about that a couple months ago. You're in on that, right?

Oh, no, no. You are going to invest, right?

Do I look dumb enough to back this schmuck in anything?

Don't Don't talk to me that way.

No, I'm not even talking to you at all. I'm talking to John.

David, don't listen to him.

Felix, he's your friend. Fuck him. He's a schmuck.

Hey, Felix, is that necessary, man?

All right, okay. Okay, I apologize.

It's your birthday party, Gopher. I apologize, okay?

We should all have a nice time. Okay.

It's a good thing he never went to jail, because if he came out,

he'd have an asshole big enough to swallow a watermelon.

David, relax, okay?

Whoa, David! Take it easy. Relax, huh?

I think he's pissed off. I don't believe this.

You're really pissed off, aren't you, David?

Wait a second.

I think we should lighten the party up. Yeah, it's getting too heavy.

Come on. We're gonna have a little game. No, Felix.

We're gonna play a little game. But I know what you do, Felix.

Come on, David, get up. Come on.

We'll play a little game. You want to play a game with me?

Don't. No, I don't want to play a little game.

It's a game that nice Jewish boys play at summer camp.

You slap my hands, I slap yours. Don't. Don't.

What does it take to get you up? A stiff dick up the ass, you faggot?

Get up. You got no balls?

You afraid of me? Come on, you pussy. All right.

Oh, he's growing balls. Okay. Come on, guys.

Who's first? I know this game. You know the game? You go first.

Oh, you missed, David. You missed, David. Now it's my turn.

Felix, you're wrong, man. You stay out of this.

First one to four wins. Like the World Series.

Okay?

Come on. Put them down there. That's it.

Oh, you flinched, David. That's too bad, man.

You know what that means. That means I get to hit you, right?

Felix, man. One more time, David.

One more time. Put them back there. Come on.

Come on. You got balls now, right?

You're a big, tough guy, huh?

You like that, huh?

Felix, that's one.

That was two.

Oh. No, David. No. No, no.

No, that's not two.

This is two.

Ooh, it hurts. Boy, does it hurt.

Come on, schmuck.

You grew balls. You're gonna have to wear them now, right?

Felix.

Fuck it. Let's play to four.

You said the game was to four, right? You want to play to four?

Want to play to four? We'll play to four. Okay.

Okay, put 'em up there.

You want four, huh?

Okay, Felix, you made your point.

He wanted to go to four. It wasn't up to me. That's what he wanted.

David, come on. Please. Just calm down.

I knew from that moment that Barbosa was going to kill David

unless David killed him first.

too much coke.

My whole plan was coming apart. Go apologize to him.

What did they do to you?

Oh, baby.

They taught me what I needed to know.

That they don't respect me, that I don't deserve respect.

Oh, David.

You've got to get out of this business.

You have a wife and a daughter who love you.

I love you.

What more do you want?

I want my cake and eat it too.

I want my cake and eat it too.

Taft's partner, Hernandez, was a dirty cop.

Hey!

He needed a bust to look clean, so Barbosa decided to give him us.

Hey, man. You gonna make me wait? Huh?

I'm telling Taft here that I got some people here working.

I need some busts, or they're gonna start wondering about me.

They're already wondering.

Relax, man. What's your big problem? I told you to come here, didn't I?

You can have Gopher if you want. Okay? Oh!

Okay, okay, okay.

How about a lawyer?

Felix, what?

Lawyers are great. Jewish even better. But I need some spades.

Politicians, they like the dark faces

so they can scare the suburbs into voting Republican.

Lawyers and spades. I got the trifecta.

Two dealers and a girl who does the wash.

Two niggers and a kike. All democrats.

All right. You're my man.

Can the lawyer end up dead?

Can be arranged. Yeah. All right.

Carver already knew about it.

He always knew about everything. Don't ask me how.

What's your problem?

What is my problem? I'll tell you what my problem is.

My problem is you think you're hot shit, and you don't even know what's happening.

So tell me what's happening, Gerry.

Well, you said it yourself.

Barbosa doesn't bust Jason, he's got to kill him.

Huh? We can't be responsible for that.

Then what do we do? Tell you what you do.

You stay away from that bust and let it go down.

They take Jason and the girl. That's it.

Gerry, if Jason goes to jail, we have no way of getting to Gallegos.

Why don't you talk to the cops, tell them to call off the bust or something.

I can't interfere with the local police.

Bullshit. You do it all the time.

You're God, remember?

So that's it? You're throwing away all this work?

I've been busting my ass, putting my life on the line for you?

You? I'll tell you what you did.

You let Jason and Barbosa get into it last night,

which you should not have done.

All right? And now it is out of our hands.

Okay.

I'll take care of it myself then.

You stay away from that bust.

Is that an order? Yes, that's an order.

You stay away from that bust. Do you understand me?

Yes, sir.

I don't like this, David.

I think we need to rethink it and do it another time.

We're doing it. We're doing it. Why's she got to be here, then?

Because he wanted me to come.

He's testing me, not you. Testing what? How you wear shoes?

This is bad, David.

She's in the stratosphere, and you're definitely not yourself.

Now, we need to rethink this, man.

It's too late. We're here.

Here they come.

There they are.

Nobody moves until they make the switch.

Hey, sorry to drag you out so late. But you can't be too careful, huh?

It's been a long time.

Yes, it has, hasn't it? David, how are you, man?

You all right? Good, good.

Johnny, Johnny. Hey, Felix.

All right. Let's see what we got.

You bet. Chino.

Relax for a second, Chino. You know, Felix, this don't feel right.

What are you talking about? Let's make the switch.

I'm talking about a feeling. Ever had a feeling?

Hold on, Chino!

I thought you were the crazy one. This motherfucker's crazy.

No, no, I'm crazy, Felix. I'm crazy about you.

Yeah.

Oh, shit. This bastard's wearing a wire.

Shit. Mm-hmm.

So, why don't we get in your car now?

What the hell's going on there?

Looks like we got a problem.

Shit!

Let me use the scope.

What are you doing? He's got a gun.

What are you doing? He's got a gun.

Shit!

Everybody in the car! Are you nuts?

He has a gun! He was gonna shoot the informant.

All right, move in! Move in!

Now, don't shoot! Don't shoot! The informant's in the vehicle!

Get in the car. He has a gun!

What the hell are you doing?

It went all right. We're all right.

Hold on!

Look out! Look out!

Felix the rat. Felix the rat. Fucking cop.

He's a fucking cop. How else would he know what was going on?

You You motherfucker.

If I was a cop, you'd be face down on the floor back there.

Felix the rat.

Get out of the car.

Stop the car and I'll get out. Can't stop. No time. Get out of the car.

Not now, David! Yes, now!

Open the fucking door!

Open it! All right! I'll open the fucking door!

David! Oh, God!

Goddamn it!

He traded us to the cops, just like Eddie.

And Eddie had to die. The same rule should apply to Felix.

Never again. No, David, we can't do this.

Hey!

David, stop it, or we're going get -

Oh God! Shut up, or you'll die.

You'll both die! Everybody'll die!

How's it feel, Felix? Fuck you.

Aah! Shit!

How does it feel?

Fuck you.

Aah!

It's almost time.

It's not open. It's not open.

Okay, I'll get it. Here.

Felix. Goddamn it. You open it. David, stop it!

Now, now, now!

Get the fuck out! David, please!

Okay, now, get out!

Get out! Go! Adios!

See you soon, David.

Yeah, yeah. We'll have shrimp.

Get the fuck out! Get the fuck out!

I'll see you in fucking hell!

What are you fucking waiting for?

Then we'll have barbecued jumbo shrimp, you motherfucker!

Get back in the fucking car, David!

This is the greatest night of my life.

Terrible.

Terrible, but

great.

You know, Felix was right. He said I should kill a man. Mmm.

They're gonna kill us.

Am I right?

They're not gonna kill anybody. We're too valuable to them.

We move the product. That's all they care about. Right, David?

After tonight

After this

I can't do this anymore.

No more laundering.

No more anything.

I like her, and I know you like her, but, uh

she's gotta go. No.

We gotta kill her, John.

If you even think about hurting her, David

your ass is mine, you understand?

I'll kill you.

Then she's your responsibility.

I'll fucking kill you, David.

Well

veiled threats aside, um,

she's on your fucking head.

And you know which way I mean that.

I had violated orders.

People had died.

I couldn't go back to Carver. I didn't know where to go.

But I needed someone.

What do you want?

I wanted to make sure you were all right. I'm sorry. I didn't -

You don't think I know what David said about me when I left the car?

That's what David wants. You think I want to hurt you?

You think I'd let somebody hurt you? You think I'd let anybody hurt you?

Steady.

I'm sorry. It's all right.

I won't let anything happen to you.

I just want to be here when they come.

They won't come for you. They'll come for me.

My father died when I was ten years old.

Heart attack.

I held him in my arms.

He told me he loved me, and he died.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Tell me something about you.

This really scares me.

Yeah. Me, too.

Don't hurt her.

Deliciosa.

Felix Barbosa was a skinny 14-year-old

Here he was at last,

Anton Gallegos.

A creep in a black cape.

And now I began to wonder. Barbosa's death had gotten us here.

Did I let David kill him?

Did I want him to?

Felix owed me $1,800,000.

When you killed him, you bought his debt. Now you owe it to me.

You get to keep 30%, same as he did. You have three days.

How we gonna do that? David.

I ought to kill you.

Everybody says I ought to kill you.

The only reason I let you live is if I can get something from you.

Good.

We will start with this.

I'd done it.

I'd gotten to Gallegos

the number-two man on Gerry's pyramid.

Where you been, man? Look, I met with Gallegos today.

Now, we can take him down tomorrow. Get in this car.

You're coming in right now. I'm coming in where?

You know what the fuck I'm talking about. Your assignment is terminated.

You violated a direct order to stay away from that bust!

As a result, a police informant is dead! That's not my fault!

Two officers were injured, and a vice cop was subsequently murdered.

I didn't blow my cover.

Don't get smart with me, you son of a bitch!

You want to bring Gallegos to trial. I got him. Who gives a shit how I did it?

Give me your gun. What the fuck is wrong with you?

What are you doing?

You're not going back out. If I have to, I'll put you in custody!

Now give me your fucking gun!

You're protecting him, right?

You're protecting Gallegos. This motherfucker -

What is he, the new Noriega?

He helps you fight communists, you let him bring drugs into the country

to sell it to niggers and spics, and you use me to do that shit!

You violated orders, so you're finished.

Don't try to make a conspiracy theory out of it!

Just give me the goddamn gun!

Give it to me!

Talk to me, man.

What the fuck are you doing? Tell me what the fuck is going on.

Ow! It's not me! It's the state department!

Don't give me that shit.

You remember the uncle, Hector Guzman?

Well, things have changed. We like him now.

We'd want him to run for president down there someday.

Gerry, I sold drugs.

I watched people die, and I didn't do nothing.

I killed people!

You lied to me!

They lied to me, John!

How naive can you get, man?

What, are you so stupid you can't see that? You think I like this?

Huh?

John, I'm sorry, huh?

It's all shit. It's all bullshit. You know that. I know that.

Fuck am I gonna do now?

Hey, you know, they're bringing me to Washington.

Come along with me. We'll go to Washington.

We'll have a budget. We'll have some clout.

I didn't get into this for that.

Well, neither did I, but that's all there is.

The fuckin' spoils of war. You might as well enjoy it.

If that's all there is, I've been wasting my motherfuckin' time with you.

I can get more clout and more money on the street

than I can get following your ass to Washington!

This whole fucking time

I'm a cop pretending to be a drug dealer.

I ain't nothing but a drug dealer pretending to be a cop.

I ain't gonna pretend no more, Gerry.

I quit.

It's not that simple. You don't think so?

You watch me.

I quit.

It's not that simple, John.

My first drink, Ger.

Shit ain't bad.

So the whole game had been a joke.

A joke on me.

I was a fool.

I'd been turned out like a two-dollar ho.

Used

abused

but with no towel

and no kiss.

Never have, never will.

You know the jungle creed say that the strongest feed

on any prey it can,

and I was branded beast at every feast

before I ever became a man.

Are you fucked up?

We've been everywhere you told us looking for this money.

We only got a million one of what - Wh-What do we owe Gallegos?

A million eight.

A million eight? Yeah.

No.

He's lying.

Barbosa barely owed him a mil.

He's gonna kill you guys.

Buñuel's Abismos de Pasión, and they've ruined it all.

Sit them down! Sit.

Sit down.

Come show me! Come! Show me!

All right.

It's not one-eight.

It's a million one. Now

that's more than what he owed you.

That's all we're paying.

Big brass balls.

But if I say it's a million eight, then it's a million eight.

So you owe me another $700,000, which is already late,

so we add it with the interest, and there are those little penalties.

So, let's say

a million?

Is that okay?

Okay. That's fine.

Is that gonna be okay with you? No, no, no.

Because, if it's not okay, we will talk about it.

We will make some sort of decision. It's fair.

Things that get in the way of collecting my money

Okay.

Wasn't going to let us live anyway, huh, Molto?

Let's go, let's go, let's go. All right, I'm coming, I'm coming.

Motherfucker, you thought I'd let you live, let you get away?

I got you twice.

Where is it? No sé.

Even if we had given him another million, he would have killed us.

I could tell by the look in his eyes and the smirk on his face.

So I got Gallegos after all.

Despite Carver and despite the State Department, I got him.

John Q. Hull, the dealer, not Russell Stevens, the cop.

It was like Gerry had said.

All my faults were becoming virtues.

And now that I had whacked Gallegos,

there was no turning back.

Motherfucker.

We're in business, David.

Yeah - It's all right.

Uh, John.

I bet there could be something like 100 million bucks in that van.

If we take it, half of Latin America's gonna come after us.

That's what we want them to do, David. That's the idea.

Hey. Hey. Uh-huh.

Hey.

You don't work for Gallegos. You work for Guzman, right?

This is what you're gonna do.

You're gonna tell him we got his money and we talk to him and nobody else.

Entiendes?

Oh, I see. Okay, huh?

Oh, you flinching now, huh?

Motherfucker. Johnny, Johnny.

Hector Guzman goes fishing with George fucking Bush.

That's right. And he's gonna give us money for synthetic drugs.

We're gonna be big time. What if they go after Nancy and Miranda?

Do you want to be rich, David? Do you want to do the designer drug thing or not?

Yeah, yeah.

Okay, so this is what the fuck it takes.

Right? Right, Molto?

You got the balls for this, David, or what?

Yes.

Okay.

Then you go and get your family and take care of it.

You take the van. All right.

You killed Gallegos. You're gonna pay for this.

Next time I put your fucking eye out. You're lucky I need you.

You deliver the message. You understand?

Molto and the rest of Guzman's boys

were gonna be all over my condo.

The banks were closed, but I had money at the hotel.

And I wanted to check on James.

Belinda had been smoking all afternoon as usual,

then suddenly collapsed and went into convulsions.

Mrs. G. called the rescue squad,

but by the time they got there she was dead.

Until I saw her lying there, quiet for once,

I never realized how pretty she was.

I didn't want to think about it.

I didn't want to look at her.

But I couldn't get up off the bed.

Give me a minute here. You're the boss.

Okay, these people are coming after me and anybody close to me, and that's you.

This guy's gonna take you to the airport.

You get out of the country as soon as possible, all right?

You got any money? A little.

You're gonna need some money, okay?

Why don't you take that. No.

The money don't know where it came from. You take it, okay?

You and me finished?

If you're still in the business.

Are you still in it?

Yeah.

Please go.

Say again. Over.

Yankee-5-4.

License number 2-Sam-Adam-George-3-8-9.

Repeat: 2-Sam-Adam-George-3-8-9.

Excuse me. Move to the side, please.

What's happening, Reverend?

You know you killed that little girl up there, don't you?

Almost the same as if you shot her.

You deal in vice, you pay the price, Reverend.

You really don't believe that, now, do you, son?

Yeah? What do I believe, Reverend?

Well, I can see you're in pain.

Anybody can see it.

The girl's death is a sin on your eternal soul,

and you're gonna stay in pain until you can atone for it somehow.

Sin and souls? Who believes in that shit anymore, Reverend?

You do.

You want to know what a sin is?

A sin's ending up like that girl.

Where junkies prowl, where the tigers growl

in search of that much-needed blow.

Where winos cringe on a can-heat binge and find their graves in the snow.

You and me are one.

Don't forget who you are.

We got word that Mr. Guzman had come to town

looking for his late nephew's $100 million.

We couldn't fight all of Latin America, so we invited Mr. Guzman down to the docks

to discuss a new arrangement.

Okay, Gopher, you know what you got to do?

Yeah, yeah. I know what to do.

Hold it right there.

You have something that belongs to Mr. Guzman.

And most of it's right here, but first we have a proposal to make.

By the way, we're sorry about your nephew. He -

My time is very short, Mr. Jason.

We've developed a new product.

8-Y-5-4. Request backup.

C Street Pier, San Pedro.

Possible narcotics transaction taking place.

Male suspects.

Be advised, some suspects exited limousines.

Diplomatic plates.

Repeat: diplomatic plates.

It's completely synthetic, therefore no growing, no refining, no peasants.

Best of all, no international borders, no customs agents.

There in that case in front of you are two detailed prospecti on marketing

with anticipated cash flow and so forth.

You racist Americans.

You just want to cut us poor Hispanics completely out of the market.

No, Mr. Guzman. I think you know, there's no such thing as an American anymore.

No Hispanics, no Japanese, no Blacks, no whites, no nothing.

It's just rich people and poor people.

The three of us are all rich, so we're on the same side.

You cannot delay him or arrest him in any way.

Do you copy?

Yeah. Will not arrest or delay.

But I think there's drug money out there, and I can arrest and delay that.

Now, you get me backup because I'm not letting it get away.

You got it? I'm not letting it get away.

Now, look.

We're prepared to give you back 80% of the money we took from Anton.

The rest you invest in the new drug

with proceeds paid out according to the figures on page 6.

Do you have a sample of this product? It's in the case.

Buy it.

You have a deal, Mr. Jason.

Now where's my money?

Work with me, Jesus.

Work with me, Lord.

Now, we've already taken out the 20% for the company. That's the other 80.

Something's wrong.

All right, hold it! Take it easy!

Who are you?

I'm a policeman. Welcome.

It's always good to see the police. Very reassuring.

But, fortunately, we don't have a problem, officer.

We're just on our way to dinner.

Well, what about your money?

Money?

What money? Is there money here?

I keep my money in a bank.

El banco.

Thank you for your concern, officer.

Vamos.

Now put the guns down!

I said put them down!

The cops will be here! Three minutes! It's your last chance!

Now you put 'em down!

Take his gun. I'll lower the van. Let's go.

Johnny!

Put the gun down!

In the name of God, Johnny.

Now you put that gun down.

I'm going for my backup gun!

I got backup.

Don't do that!

You're not gonna shoot me, are you, Johnny?

You're not gonna shoot me!

Are you, son?

Put the gun down!

Come on now, son.

Put it down.

Don't! I'm going for my gun!

Don't do that! Johnny!

No!

Oh, shit.

You're supposed to be wearing a fucking vest!

What the fuck were you doing?

I know you're a cop.

Hold on. Hold on.

You're not bad. You're not bad.

Shh.

I need a rescue ambulance!

C Street Pier, San Pedro!

Let's go. What are you doing?

Officer needs assistance! C Street Pier, San Pedro! Code 3!

Code 3?

What the fuck? What What?

I need a rescue ambulance! Code 3! C Street Pier, San Pedro!

Officer down!

What in God's name are you doing?

I'm a cop, David!

Shh, shh, shh. Okay, you're all right.

Okay, okay, okay. You're not that bad.

I got you. You're not that bad. You're not that bad, okay?

Okay.

In the name of God.

Coming home, Jesus. I got you, partner.

$500 million and no more nigger.

Forget this Judeo-Christian bullshit.

The same people that taught us virtue

are the very ones who've enslaved us, baby.

Shh. Hallowed be Thy name

I got you, partner. I got you, partner.

We've had fun. Shh, shh, shh.

And I know your dick gets hard for money, power and women.

It doesn't matter that you're a cop, so let's get in the van.

I Shh, shh, shh

I can't. Shh.

Is this what's between us and destiny?

Oh, God.

Is this it? Is this what's standing between us and greatness?

Our Father Huh?

Oh, you shouldn't have done that, David.

You shouldn't have - But I did, so let's get in the van.

You shouldn't have done that. But I did.

So get in the fucking van!

Learn, John.

Wake up, my brother. Wake up.

There's not much time.

Wake up!

You have

the right to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

David!

You're under arrest, David.

John, what's the -

what's the weirdest thing you ever did sexually?

Nothing seems that weird anymore, man.

We were almost there.

Sit down.

So, how you doing? Swell.

Listen, in about an hour, you're gonna be testifying

in front of the subcommittee, and I need a little favor.

Just need you to do a little kind of a soft-shoe,

make 'em feel good about how their drug money is being spent.

What if I don't feel good about it?

Can I show you something?

She never made the plane.

You son of a bitch.

Now, she is up on multiple counts

of violating various state and federal bank laws.

If you bad-mouth us, I'll see to it that she gets convicted on all of them

and that the judge runs the terms consecutively.

However, if you play ball, she walks.

What do I have to say exactly?

All you have to do, really, is speak highly of the operation

and the DEA and all the agents in it, particularly me.

I want it in writing.

I want it signed by you and the prosecutor,

and my attorney approves every single word.

Mr. Stevens, so what have you actually accomplished

with this vast expenditure of time, money and violence?

Madam Chairman, my assignment was to bring down Anton Gallegos,

the chief supplier of cocaine to the west coast I did that.

Mr. Stevens, whom do we have to thank for all this?

Besides yourself, or course.

I had very little to do with it. The true credit belongs to the agency.

In particular, my superior officer, Gerald Carver, and his superiors.

They designed the operation.

They gave me the intelligence, latitude and strategy to carry it out.

And if it was not for Mr. Carver and his superiors at the agency,

I would not have been able to do what I did.

And you consider the operation a success?

Almost.

Gopher.

Gopher! Tape.

What the hell's he doing?

What you're about to see is a videotape of Hector Guzman

a diplomat to this country,

a very powerful and important Latin-American politician

and a friend of our president's.

You've got a problem here, Gerry.

I don't know anything about it. Deal with it.

I don't know anything about this. Deal with it.

Here you can see him meeting with drug dealers, including myself,

late last month in Los Angeles.

Now, for years, Mr. Guzman has been a conduit

for his nephew Anton Gallegos, a major drug importer.

This is slanderous and irresponsible.

I want that tape seized now!

I want that tape!

I'm sorry. Copies have already been distributed to the press.

Let's go.

Let's have some order here!

Mr. Stevens, one question.

Mr. Guzman has been mentioned

as a possible presidential candidate in his own country.

Do you intend for these revelations to damage his political career?

I don't know anything about politics.

Let us through, please. What are your motives in all this?

Please, let us through. No comment.

You motherfucker! We had a deal.

The deal was he wouldn't criticize the agency,

and he didn't criticize the agency, so back off.

Go get the car, Gopher. Come here, and talk to me.

You and Jason took a lot of money out of that van before you gave it to Guzman.

Now, how much was that exactly, huh?

Gerry, what's the difference between a Black man and a nigger?

What?

The nigger's the one that would even think about telling you.

You all right? Mm-mmm.

Put it down.

Go wait with Betty. Okay.

We took 11 million in drug profits out of the van.

The money doesn't know where it comes from, but I do.

If I keep it, I'm a criminal.

If I give it to the government, I'm a fool.

If I try and do some good with it, maybe it just makes things worse.

Either way, I'll probably just wind up getting myself in more trouble.

It's an impossible choice,

but in a way, we all have to make it.

What would you do?

Breakin' fools off if I have to Peelin' caps too

So just so you know, I'm comin' at you

I guess that's part of the game

But I know of somebody who think They just gon' come and change things

With the swiftness So get it right with the quickness

And let me handle my business, yo

I'm on a mission And my mission won't stop

Until I get the one Who maxin' at the top

Comin' up like a fat rat

Big money, big cars Big bodyguards on his back

So it's difficult to get 'im

Who knows how To get in contact wit' 'im

Let 'im know that I'm lookin' for A big, fat dope sack

With ends to spend So let's rush it

If he wanna handle it tonight We 'II discuss it

Do it on his time at the fool's place

Take my strap just in case One of his boys recognize my face

'Cause if he do Then he's another witness to hit

Because I'm goin' deep cover, yeah

And yeah, don't stop

Creep with me As I crawl through the hood

Maniac, lunatic Call 'im Snoop Eastwood

Kickin' dust as I bust police

And you never hear me Hollerin' 'bout peace

So yo, you should know I don't care for a cop

So why would you really ever think That it would stop

Plot, yeah That's what we's about to do

Take your ass on a mission With the boys in blue

Yo, I got the feelin'

Tonight's the night, like Betty Wright And I'm chillin'

Killin', feelin' no remorse, yeah

So let's go straight to The undercover source

And see what we can find

Crooked cops that pop us And give us a gang of time

And now they wanna make a deal with me

Scoop me up and put me on they team And chill with me

And make my pockets fat

They wanna meet with me tonight At seven o'clock

So what's up, nigga?

So if you wanna blast, fool We can buck 'em

If we stick 'em, then we stuck 'em Well, it's on

Six-four-five Was the time on the clock

When me and my homey Bailed in the parking lot

The scene looked strange And it felt like a setup

I'm checkin' for they gats They strapped

So what's up, black?

If it ain't up to what you feel Then grab your steel

? Right, so what you Undercovers gonna come at me with??

Hope you ain't wantin' none of my dope Or my grip, yo

We'll put you in a home And make your life plush

Oh, yeah But you gotta sell dope for us

Hmm, let me think about it

Turned my back and grabbed my gat

And guess what I told 'im 'Fore I shot 'im

If you don't stop, yeah

I'm lettin' my gat pop cause it's