It ain't cool to die at 27. I'm not gonna let you do that to yourself. And I'm not gonna let you do it to me.

— Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor)

8 seconds sound clip from the Harlem Nights movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:13:36 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- No, I'm telling you you're gonna hide. If you don't hide, they're gonna kill you.

- I'm not gonna let that happen to you. I didn't come this far with you so you could prove you ain't no punk and die.

- What they gonna put on your tombstone? 'Here lies a man, 27 years old. He died, but he ain't no punk.'

- Hey, man, that's bullshit, OK?

- You know, when you die... when you're 89, you got your children and your grandchildren around the bed, that's cool.

- It ain't cool to die at 27. I'm not gonna let you do that to yourself. And I'm not gonna let you do it to me.

- If they kill you, they'll gonna have to kill me because I'm going to kill them.

- All right, everybody. This is a fucking raid. Anybody try to leave, I'll pump one in your ass.

- Everybody's under arrest.

- And please, cooperate with the arresting officers so we can get this done as quickly and as easily possible.

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