Glenn Plummer Quotes

Jeriko One (to the cops) You know what? You pulled over the wrong black male tonight officer — what is it? Steckler — Officer Steckler, because I'm that 800-pound gorilla in your midst, fucker! I make more money in a day than you make in a whole year! And my lawyer loves spending my money dragging sorry-ass Aryan Robocop fuckers like you to court! Get a man down on the ground with no probable cause? Man, fuck you!

James Smith You fuck em without fucking them! That's what you do! Well, it ain't right! You've got too much talent for it to be right!

Pernell It's been a long time, Caine. How you doin', man? How come you never come see me?

Caine Man, I don't want to see you all caged up like some animal.

Pernell Is that what you think? I'm a animal?

Caine Nah. When I was growin up, you was like my dad, man.

Pernell Your letters, in the beginning, it got me through, young brah. Away from my girl, away from my baby, away from you. Go with Ronnie, Caine.

Caine Man, I ain't--it ain't even--

Pernell I know the way she feels about you and that's cool. She's a good girl, you know? And take care of my son. I can't do shit for him in here. You teach him better than I taught you, man. Teach him the way we grew up was bullshit. A'ight? Gimme some.

Steckler You're that rapper, Jeriko One? You're the one that's been getting all the gang-bangers together, going downtown, forming citizen groups, trying to rake the LAPD over a cheese grater?

Jeriko One Yeah, that's right. And you're gonna be in my next song. It's gonna be called "Robo-Steckler." It's all about a cop who has his worst nightmare: a nigga with enough political juice to squash his ass like a stinkbug. You're gonna be famous, fucker!

Jeriko One (rap lyrics)... and you watch us take it all and then you'll understand our pain! We'll make you the rat that crawled through the cracks. You love that red, white and blue but you hate that black-black-black.And you try to make me think I did this to myself, when the drugs I smoke and the guns I tote both came from your shelf!… But I never had a dream, cuz. My life is a nightmare. America's been my bogey-man for four hundred years!

Crocker You still got that map?

Mickey Yeah.

Crocker Don't lose it. It might be the piece of evidence that gets me off a murder charge.

Mickey Who you gonna kill?

Crocker The son of a bitch who drew that map.

Johnny Doyle Bet twenty thousand! The poolhall falls silent] Oh, did I stutter? Everybody gone all quiet and shit? About a minute ago it was like an evening at the Apollo up in this motherfucker, now all of a sudden it's quiet as a church. That's all right, Chico, I don't blame you. I've been beatin this Jimmy Walker lookin motherfucker all goddamn night, he can't win.

Chico You'd better watch your mouth, Johnny!

Johnny Doyle You watch my mouth, Chico. Cause you sure as hell don't wanna watch me play pool. Unless, of course, I'm blind folded and hand cuffed with a pool cue stickin out of my ass. Or maybe you'd bet the twenty thousand then?

Jeriko One The mayor and the city council sit up in their offices with their social programs that don't work. These people are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, but the new day is coming. 2K is coming! The day of reckoning is upon us. History ends and begins again — Right here! Right now!

Alex Go faster.

Maurice Give me one good reason!

Alex If you don't, I'll throw you over.

Maurice That's a good reason.

Marifa Bad luck to run ship over town.

Maurice No shit, bad luck! I just bought a condo here!

James Smith I have a problem with pussy. I always have, and I'm always gonna.

Crocker You slept on the floor huh? We slept outside with the bugs and the wild animals. A bridge nearly killed us. Nobody knows where the hell Redbud is. And we haven't eaten since yesterday morning. So stay the hell out of our way and keep your mouth shut!

Mickey This ain't a bridge. It's termites holding hands.