The Wire, Season 1

Proposition Joe:
He said y'all would be paying my fee rather than his ownself...

Stringer:
Your fee?

Proposition Joe:
I'm doing like one of them marriage counselors. Charge by the hour to tell some fool he need to bring some flowers home, then charge another hour telling the bitch she oughta suck some cock every little once in a while. You know, keep a marriage strong like that. [Omar arrives] Speaking of cocksuckers... [to Omar] Don't believe we met. Proposition Joe. You ever steal from me, I'll kill your whole family. A'ight, you're both here on my guarantee, so respect that shit and say what you feel. I'm up out of here.

[Joe leaves. Stringer and Omar circle around the fountain]

Stringer:
I got a man who say, he gonna give you your life back, yo.

Omar:
Who? Barksdale?

Stringer:
My man say, "Tell that motherfucker that if he can find a way not to dip in our pockets, we gonna call this shit even."

Omar:
Y'all aced Bailey, and what you did to my boy? So y'all think after what you did to Brandon, we supposed to find some even on this, huh?

Stringer:
Yo, I don't know shit about shit, alright? I'm just the messenger.

Omar:
Whatever, man.

Stringer:
You know there's dead on both sides, right? There's gonna be a whole lot more if this beef keep up, but the truth be told? There be more soldiers on one half than the other, y'know what I'm sayin'?

Omar:
Hey, look here, son - you tell Barksdale that he's been paid back for what he did to my peoples. As for his product, well... man's gotta earn a living, y'know?

Stringer:
I don't know nobody called Barksdale, B. The man I'm talking about can't have his shit taken like that. That won't do.

Omar:
A'ight. Tell him to throw me some cash, then, and we'll see: about five or ten thousand. Y'know what I mean, for my retirement, homes.

Stringer:
Fine, if you can keep quiet about it.

Omar:
Send my money through Joe, man.

Stringer:
You go through Joe, you're not gonna see two thousand of that. Why don't you tell my man where you at?

Omar:
Nah, nah, nah, we gonna figure something else out, you heard? I'll be in touch, homes.